--- title: Then came the most dangerous feat of all, to climb over the rim of t… — The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian S… · tree and pragmatics description: Then came the most dangerous feat of all, to climb over the rim of the wide and loose-sticked nest; but that too was accomplished, and the tired man lay down in its hollow beside the scared and hissing fledglings. Who acts: tired man. 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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 (tired man), 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:pg66596:13:96 # text = Then came the most dangerous feat of all, to climb over the rim of the wide and loose-sticked nest; but that too was accomplished, and the tired man lay down in its hollow beside the scared and hissing fledglings. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ _ 2 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 4 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 5 advmod _ _ 5 dangerous dangerous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 feat feat NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 climb climb VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 12 over over ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 rim rim NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 17 wide wide ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 19 loose loose ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 sticked sticke VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 amod _ _ 22 nest nest NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 24 but but CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 25 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 28 nsubj:pass _ _ 26 too too ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 27 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux:pass _ _ 28 accomplished accomplish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 tired tired ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 34 lay lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 35 down down ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 36 in in ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 hollow hollow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 obl _ _ 39 beside beside ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 scared scared ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 obl _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 hissing hiss VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 38 conj _ _ 44 fledglings fledgling NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | | the dangerous feat of all | | | then | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location feat=Theme | | 2 | **climb** | to-infinitive | | | | the rim of the wide loose sticked nest | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over rim=Trajectory | | 3 | **sticke** | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **accomplish** | past · passive | | that | | | | | vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 5 | **lie down** | past | the tired man | | | nest's hollow | | down *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in hollow=Location | | 6 | **hiss** | gerund | the tired man *not said here* | fledglings | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fledgling=Topic | 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 95](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/13/95/) - next →: [sentence 97](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/13/97/) - ↑ back to [The Blindness of Pi-waṕ-ōk](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/13/)