--- title: At length, seeing that he was not to be turned from this which he ha… — The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian S… · tree and pragmatics description: At length, seeing that he was not to be turned from this which he had set his mind upon, the friend consented to be his guide, and they started. Who acts: length, friend, chance, Í. 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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 (length, friend, chance, Í), 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:pg66596:13:83 # text = At length, seeing that he was not to be turned from this which he had set his mind upon, the friend consented to be his guide, and they started. 1 At at ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 length length NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 seeing see VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 acl _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux:pass _ _ 8 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 11 advmod _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 10 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 11 aux:pass _ _ 11 turned turn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 advcl _ _ 12 from from ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 11 obl _ _ 14 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 17 nsubj:pass _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj:pass _ _ 16 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 set set VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl:relcl _ _ 18 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 20 upon upon ADP IN _ 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 24 consented consent VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 26 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 28 cop _ _ 27 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 guide guide NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 31 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 started start VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 . . PUNCT . _ 24 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | gerund | length *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **not** **turn** | past · passive | | Í *= í* | | this | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: subject=Theme from this=Trajectory | | 3 | **set** | past · perfect · passive | | length | | | | Í *= í* *nsubj:pass*; Í's mind *obj* | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme mind=Destination | | 4 | **consent** | past | the friend | | | length | | | vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is a** | to-infinitive | the friend *not said here* | Í's guide | | | | Í *= í* *nmod:poss* | tree rules | | 6 | **start** | past | chance | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 7 | **mind** | | Í *= í* | | | | | | nom mind «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 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/13/82/) - next →: [sentence 84](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/13/84/) - ↑ back to [The Blindness of Pi-waṕ-ōk](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/13/)