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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, eyes), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg66596:13:38 # text = “Oh,” Pi-waṕ-ōk replied, “I can’t say that I see any plainer, but I think my eyes are not so painful.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Oh oh INTJ UH _ 9 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 5 Pi pi NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 waṕ waṕ NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 8 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ōk ōk NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 10 replied reply VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 12 “ " PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 14 ca can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 15 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 16 advmod _ _ 16 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 conj _ _ 17 that that SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 18 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 ccomp _ _ 20 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 21 det _ _ 21 plainer plainer NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 but but CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 24 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 think think VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 26 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 nsubj _ _ 28 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 29 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 31 advmod _ _ 30 so so ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 31 painful painful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 32 . . PUNCT . _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ” " PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reply** *speech: assert* | participle | | waṕ ōk Pi *not said here* | | | | | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **not** **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | can | I | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **see** *in a quote* | present | I | any plainer | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer plainer=Stimulus | | 4 | **think** *speech: other* *in a quote* | present | I | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | present | my eyes | | | | | painful *property* | tree rules | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. **Text:** «The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian Stories» by George Bird Grinnell, Project Gutenberg book 66596 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/13/37/) - next →: [sentence 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/13/39/) - ↑ back to [The Blindness of Pi-waṕ-ōk](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/13/)