--- title: Í-kai-si cried, and begged him to think no more of such a dangerous… — The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian S… · tree and pragmatics description: Í-kai-si cried, and begged him to think no more of such a dangerous thing; the friend told how straight and high the cliff was, how difficult to climb, but they talked in vain. Who acts: Í, friend, cliff, chance. 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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, friend, cliff, chance), 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:pg66596:13:81 # text = Í-kai-si cried, and begged him to think no more of such a dangerous thing; the friend told how straight and high the cliff was, how difficult to climb, but they talked in vain. 1 Í Í PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 kai kai X FW Foreign=Yes 1 dep _ SpaceAfter=No 4 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 si si NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ _ 6 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 begged beg VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 10 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ _ 13 no no ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 12 obj _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 16 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 19 det:predet _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 dangerous dangerous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 23 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 24 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 25 advmod _ _ 25 straight straight ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 ccomp _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 cliff cliff NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 30 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 33 advmod _ _ 33 difficult difficult ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 advcl _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 climb climb VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 but but CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 38 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 talked talk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 40 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 vain vain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | Í | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | Í *not said here* | | Í *= í* | | | | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **think** *speech: other* *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Í *not said here* | more of such dangerous thing | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot more=Theme | | 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the friend | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is** | past | the cliff | | | | | high, straight *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **climb** | to-infinitive | the cliff *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **talk** | past | chance | | | vain | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=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 80](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/13/80/) - next →: [sentence 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/13/82/) - ↑ back to [The Blindness of Pi-waṕ-ōk](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/13/)