--- title: “Ah!” the medicine man said, “that is but natural; you cannot recove… — The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian S… · tree and pragmatics description: “Ah!” the medicine man said, “that is but natural; you cannot recover at once; when we have driven the ghost away for good, then it will still take time for the eyes to become clear.” Who acts: medicine man, that, you, we. 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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 (medicine man, that, you, we), 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:pg66596:13:39 # text = “Ah!” the medicine man said, “that is but natural; you cannot recover at once; when we have driven the ghost away for good, then it will still take time for the eyes to become clear.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Ah ah INTJ UH _ 8 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ! ! PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 medicine medicine NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 10 “ " PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 14 nsubj _ _ 12 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 13 but but CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 natural natural ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ; ; PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 16 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 17 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 18 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 19 advmod _ _ 19 recover recover VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 20 at at ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 26 advmod _ _ 24 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 driven drive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 19 conj _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 ghost ghost NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 29 away away ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 30 for for ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 33 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 37 advmod _ _ 34 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 35 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 36 still still ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 37 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 parataxis _ _ 38 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 39 for for ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obl _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 43 become become VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 advcl _ _ 44 clear clear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ” " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the medicine man | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | that | | | | | natural *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **recover** *in a quote* | can | you | | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **drive away** *in a quote* | present · perfect | we | the ghost | | | | for good; away *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ghost=Theme | | 5 | **take** *in a quote* | future | it | | | | then; still; time | for the eyes | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for eye=Beneficiary | | 6 | **become** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | | | | | clear *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | 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 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/13/38/) - next →: [sentence 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/13/40/) - ↑ back to [The Blindness of Pi-waṕ-ōk](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/13/)