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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 (man, opportunity), 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:pg66596:13:70 # text = “Yes,” the man replied, “it has a nest here, and just as I came in I saw it carrying something to feed its young. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 “ " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 ccomp _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 nest nest NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 11 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 17 just just ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 18 as as SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 19 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 21 in in SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 22 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 advcl _ _ 24 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ _ 25 carrying carry VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 23 xcomp _ _ 26 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 25 obj _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 feed feed VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 acl _ _ 29 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 young young NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | the man | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **have** *in a quote* | present | opportunity | a nest | | here | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nest=Patient | | 3 | **come** *in a quote* | past | the man *= man* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **see** *in a quote* | past | the man *= man* | opportunity | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **carry** *in a quote* | gerund | opportunity *not said here* | something | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Theme | | 6 | **feed** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | opportunity *not said here* | opportunity's young | | | | | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent young=Recipient | 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 69](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/13/69/) - next →: [sentence 71](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/13/71/) - ↑ back to [The Blindness of Pi-waṕ-ōk](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/13/)