--- title: All at once he realized that here, perhaps, was the opportunity he h… — The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian S… · tree and pragmatics description: All at once he realized that here, perhaps, was the opportunity he had long sought; here, close by, was a “little brother,” as his fathers called them, more keen-eyed than any other living thing. Who acts: Í, All, opportunity, fathers. 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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 (Í, All, opportunity, fathers), 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:pg66596:13:66 # text = All at once he realized that here, perhaps, was the opportunity he had long sought; here, close by, was a “little brother,” as his fathers called them, more keen-eyed than any other living thing. 1 All all DET DT PronType=Tot 13 nsubj _ _ 2 at at SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 3 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 5 advmod _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 realized realize VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ 6 that that SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 7 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 perhaps perhaps ADV RB _ 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 opportunity opportunity NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 15 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 16 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 17 advmod _ _ 17 sought seek VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 13 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 19 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 13 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 21 close close ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 obl _ _ 22 by by ADP IN _ 21 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 24 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 26 “ " PUNCT `` _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ” " PUNCT '' _ 28 punct _ _ 31 as as SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 32 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 fathers father NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 nsubj _ _ 34 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 advcl _ _ 35 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 37 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 40 advmod _ _ 38 keen keen ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 eyed eyed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 conj _ _ 41 than than ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 42 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 45 det _ _ 43 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 44 living living NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 compound _ _ 45 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 28 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **realize** | past | Í *= í* | | | | | once *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **is a** | past | All | the opportunity | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **seek** | past · perfect | Í *= í* | the opportunity *not said here* | | | | long *property* | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent opportunity=Theme | | 4 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | the opportunity | a little brother | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **call** *speech: assert* | past | Í's fathers | brothers *= brother* | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient | | 6 | **be** | | the opportunity *not said here* | | | | | than any other living thing | 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 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/13/65/) - next →: [sentence 67](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/13/67/) - ↑ back to [The Blindness of Pi-waṕ-ōk](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/13/)