--- title: When he saw a party of his enemies, he would charge down upon them,… — The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian S… · tree and pragmatics description: When he saw a party of his enemies, he would charge down upon them, shaking his war-club and shouting out the war-cry; and when the Piegans saw who it was that was coming they all tried to get out of his way, for they knew that he could not be killed, and that they could not do anything to hurt him. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/14/22/) [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/) / 22 # The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian Stories, Ragged Head, sentence 22 When he saw a party of his enemies, he would charge down upon them, shaking his war-club and shouting out the war-cry; and when the Piegans saw who it was that was coming they all tried to get out of his way, for they knew that he could not be killed, and that they could not do anything to hurt him. **Who acts:** man, Piegans · **What happens:** see, charge down, shake, shout out, come, try · **To what, where:** party, war club, war cry, way, man, anything · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (man, Piegans), 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:pg66596:14:22 # text = When he saw a party of his enemies, he would charge down upon them, shaking his war-club and shouting out the war-cry; and when the Piegans saw who it was that was coming they all tried to get out of his way, for they knew that he could not be killed, and that they could not do anything to hurt him. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 party party NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 enemies enemy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 charge charge VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 13 down down ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 14 upon upon ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 shaking shake VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 advcl _ _ 18 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 19 war war NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 20 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 club club NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 shouting shout VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 17 conj _ _ 24 out out ADP RP _ 23 compound:prt _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 26 war war NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 27 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 cry cry NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 31 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 34 advmod _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 Piegans Piegan PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 34 nsubj _ _ 34 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 35 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 40 nsubj _ _ 36 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 37 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 38 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 40 nsubj _ _ 39 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 coming come VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 34 ccomp _ _ 41 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 42 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 43 advmod _ _ 43 tried try VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 ccomp _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 45 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 xcomp _ _ 46 out out ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 51 for for SCONJ IN _ 53 mark _ _ 52 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 53 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 advcl _ _ 54 that that SCONJ IN _ 59 mark _ _ 55 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 59 nsubj:pass _ _ 56 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 59 aux _ _ 57 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 59 advmod _ _ 58 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 59 aux:pass _ _ 59 killed kill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 53 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 60 , , PUNCT , _ 66 punct _ _ 61 and and CCONJ CC _ 66 cc _ _ 62 that that SCONJ IN _ 66 mark _ _ 63 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 66 nsubj _ _ 64 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 66 aux _ _ 65 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 66 advmod _ _ 66 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 67 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 66 obj _ _ 68 to to PART TO _ 69 mark _ _ 69 hurt hurt VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 67 acl _ _ 70 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 69 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 71 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | man | a party of man's enemies | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer party=Stimulus | | 2 | **charge down** | would | man | | | | | upon Piegans *= piegan*; down *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon they=Trajectory | | 3 | **shake** | gerund | man *not said here* | man's war club | | | | | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent club=Patient | | 4 | **shout out** *speech: express* | gerund | man *not said here* | the war cry | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cry=Topic | | 5 | **see** | past | the Piegans | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 6 | **come** | past · progressive | | | | | | who *nsubj*; club *nsubj*; that *nsubj* | tree rules | | 7 | **try** | past | Piegans *= piegan* | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 8 | **get out** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Piegans *= piegan* *not said here* | man's way | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **know** | past | Piegans *= piegan* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 10 | **not** **kill** | could · passive | | man | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 11 | **not** **do** | could | Piegans *= piegan* | anything | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Eventuality | | 12 | **hurt** | to-infinitive | Piegans *= piegan* *not said here* | man | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Patient | 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 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/14/21/) - next →: [sentence 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/14/23/) - ↑ back to [Ragged Head](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/14/)