--- title: “Then,” said Pi-waṕ-ōk, “I will go alone,” and he began to climb out… — The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian S… · tree and pragmatics description: “Then,” said Pi-waṕ-ōk, “I will go alone,” and he began to climb out on the trunk, his friend telling him just where to reach for a hold on the spreading branches. Who acts: Pi, Hai, friend. 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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 (Pi, Hai, friend), 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:pg66596:13:95 # text = “Then,” said Pi-waṕ-ōk, “I will go alone,” and he began to climb out on the trunk, his friend telling him just where to reach for a hold on the spreading branches. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 5 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 Pi Pi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 waṕ waṕ NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 9 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ōk ōk NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 “ " PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 parataxis _ _ 16 alone alone ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ” " PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 climb climb VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 xcomp _ _ 24 out out ADP RP _ 23 compound:prt _ _ 25 on on ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 trunk trunk NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 31 telling tell VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 30 acl _ _ 32 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 iobj _ _ 33 just just ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 34 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 36 advmod _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 reach reach VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 advcl _ _ 37 for for ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 hold hold NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 40 on on ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 spreading spreading NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 compound _ _ 43 branches branch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | then | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **ōk** | | Pi | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **go** *in a quote* | future | Hai | | | | | alone *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **begin** | past | Pi | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 5 | **climb out** | to-infinitive | Pi *not said here* | Pi's friend | | the trunk | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on trunk=Trajectory | | 6 | **tell** *speech: assert* | gerund | Pi's friend *not said here* | | Pi | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 7 | **reach** | to-infinitive | Pi's friend *not said here* | | | | | for a hold on the spreading branches | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «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 94](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/13/94/) - next →: [sentence 96](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/13/96/) - ↑ back to [The Blindness of Pi-waṕ-ōk](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/13/)