--- title: None of these three men thought much about it, nor felt afraid, for… — The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian S… · tree and pragmatics description: None of these three men thought much about it, nor felt afraid, for every one knows that people when they are in battle and are trying to kill their enemies, do not shoot ramrods at them, but bullets. Who acts: None, one, people. A sentence of «The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian Stories» --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/14/16/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Punishment of the Stingy, and Othe…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/) / [Ragged Head](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/14/) / 16 # The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian Stories, Ragged Head, sentence 16 None of these three men thought much about it, nor felt afraid, for every one knows that people when they are in battle and are trying to kill their enemies, do not shoot ramrods at them, but bullets. **Who acts:** None, one, people · **What happens:** think, feel, know, be, try, kill · **To what, where:** bullets, people, battle, enemies, ramrods This is a sentence of «The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian Stories» by George Bird Grinnell, Ragged Head. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (None, one, people), 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:pg66596:14:16 # text = None of these three men thought much about it, nor felt afraid, for every one knows that people when they are in battle and are trying to kill their enemies, do not shoot ramrods at them, but bullets. 1 None none PRON NN PronType=Neg 6 nsubj _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 5 det _ _ 4 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 nmod _ _ 6 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 much much ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 8 about about ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 12 cc _ _ 12 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 13 afraid afraid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 for for SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 16 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 17 det _ _ 17 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 18 knows know VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 19 that that SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 20 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obj _ _ 21 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 25 advmod _ _ 22 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 23 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 cop _ _ 24 in in ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 battle battle NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 27 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 trying try VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 25 conj _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 kill kill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 xcomp _ _ 31 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 enemies enemy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 do do AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 36 aux _ _ 35 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 36 advmod _ _ 36 shoot shoot VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 conj _ _ 37 ramrods ramrod NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obj _ _ 38 at at ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 but but CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 bullets bullet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | None of this three men | | | | | about part | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about it=Topic | | 2 | **feel** | past | | bullets | | | | afraid *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 3 | **know** | present | every one | people | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer people=Stimulus | | 4 | **is** | present | people | | | battle | | | tree rules | | 5 | **try** | present · progressive | people *not said here* | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 6 | **kill** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | people *not said here* | people's enemies | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent enemy=Theme | | 7 | **not** **shoot** | infinitive · do-support | every one *not said here* | ramrods | | | | at people | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent ramrod=Theme at they=Destination | 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 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/14/15/) - next →: [sentence 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/14/17/) - ↑ back to [Ragged Head](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/14/)