--- title: All the people of the camp stood watching them with wide-staring eye… — The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian S… · tree and pragmatics description: All the people of the camp stood watching them with wide-staring eyes, and as the two went on, higher and higher, over places where it seemed there was no jutting rock to offer foothold, they held their breath, fearing, expecting, that the next step would be the climbers’ last. 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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 (people, it, jutting rock, next step), 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:pg66596:13:86 # text = All the people of the camp stood watching them with wide-staring eyes, and as the two went on, higher and higher, over places where it seemed there was no jutting rock to offer foothold, they held their breath, fearing, expecting, that the next step would be the climbers’ last. 1 All all DET PDT PronType=Tot 3 det:predet _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 camp camp NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 watching watch VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 7 xcomp _ _ 9 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 with with ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 11 wide wide ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 staring stare VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 14 amod _ _ 14 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 17 as as ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 20 obl _ _ 20 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 21 on on ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 23 higher high ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 20 parataxis _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 higher high ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 23 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 27 over over ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 places place NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obl _ _ 29 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 31 advmod _ _ 30 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 parataxis _ _ 32 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 33 expl _ _ 33 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 34 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 36 det _ _ 35 jutting jut VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 36 amod _ _ 36 rock rock NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 offer offer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 acl _ _ 39 foothold foothold NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 held hold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 43 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 breath breath NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 46 fearing fear VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 42 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 48 expecting expect VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 46 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 50 that that SCONJ IN _ 59 mark _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 52 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 53 amod _ _ 53 step step NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 nsubj _ _ 54 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 59 aux _ _ 55 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 59 cop _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 climbers climber NOUN NNS Number=Plur 59 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 58 ’ 's PART POS _ 57 case _ _ 59 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 60 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** | past | all people of the camp | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **watch** | gerund | all people of the camp *not said here* | people | | | | with staring eyes | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 3 | **stare** | gerund | | | | | | | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **go on** | past | all people of the camp *not said here* | | | | | as the two | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **seem** | past | it | | | places | | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **be** | past | no jutting rock | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **jut** | gerund | | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **offer** | to-infinitive | no jutting rock *not said here* | foothold | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent foothold=Theme | | 9 | **hold** | past | people | people's breath | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent breath=Theme | | 10 | **fear** | gerund | people *not said here* | | | | | | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 11 | **expect** | gerund | people *not said here* | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 12 | **is** | would | the next step | | | | | the climbers *nmod:poss*; last *property* | 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 85](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/13/85/) - next →: [sentence 87](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/13/87/) - ↑ back to [The Blindness of Pi-waṕ-ōk](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/13/)