--- title: In his mind he saw the great bird soar, now high, now low, with scar… — The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian S… · tree and pragmatics description: In his mind he saw the great bird soar, now high, now low, with scarcely a movement of its powerful wings, saw the flash of golden light on its body as it turned to the rising sun. “Ah,” he thought, “if my sight were only as good as that bird’s, how happy I should be! 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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 (stir, flash, sight, golden light), 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:pg66596:13:60 # text = In his mind he saw the great bird soar, now high, now low, with scarcely a movement of its powerful wings, saw the flash of golden light on its body as it turned to the rising sun. “Ah,” he thought, “if my sight were only as good as that bird’s, how happy I should be! 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 7 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 8 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 soar soar NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 12 advmod _ _ 12 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 15 advmod _ _ 15 low low ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 with with ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 scarcely scarcely ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 movement movement NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 23 powerful powerful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 wings wing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 26 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 flash flash NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ _ 32 on on ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 35 as as SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 36 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 advcl _ _ 38 to to ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 rising rise VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 41 amod _ _ 41 sun. sun. NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 42 “ " PUNCT `` _ 47 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 Ah ah INTJ UH _ 47 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ” " PUNCT '' _ 43 punct _ _ 46 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 47 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 49 “ " PUNCT `` _ 56 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 if if SCONJ IN _ 56 mark _ _ 51 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 52 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 nsubj _ _ 53 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 56 cop _ _ 54 only only ADV RB _ 56 advmod _ _ 55 as as ADV RB _ 56 advmod _ _ 56 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 ccomp _ _ 57 as as ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 58 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 59 det _ _ 59 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 60 ’s 's PART POS _ 59 case _ SpaceAfter=No 61 , , PUNCT , _ 63 punct _ _ 62 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 63 advmod _ _ 63 happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 56 conj _ _ 64 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 66 nsubj _ _ 65 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 66 aux _ _ 66 be be VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 63 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 67 ! ! PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | stir | the great bird soar | | stir's mind | | a movement of movement's powerful wings *conj* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer soar=Stimulus | | 2 | **see** | past | stir *not said here* | the flash of golden light | | light's body | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer flash=Stimulus | | 3 | **turn** | past | flash | | | the rising sun. | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme to sun.=Trajectory | | 4 | **rise** | gerund | | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **think** *speech: other* | past | stir | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | past | my sight | | | | | as that bird; good *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **be** *in a quote* | | my sight *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **be** *in a quote* | should | stir | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **mind** | | stir | | | | | | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | | 10 | **move** | | | movement's powerful wings | | | | | nom movement «act transitive»: of=patient | | 11 | **flash** | | golden light | | | | | | nom flash «event intransitive»: of=agent | | 12 | **sight** *in a quote* | | my | | | | | | nom sight «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | 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 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/13/59/) - next →: [sentence 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/13/61/) - ↑ back to [The Blindness of Pi-waṕ-ōk](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/13/)