--- title: “Now, here we will separate and go off in small parties to see what… — The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian S… · tree and pragmatics description: “Now, here we will separate and go off in small parties to see what we can discover, and after ten nights we will all meet again at the Round Butte at the foot of this mountain, and return to our camp together.” Who acts: we. 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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 (we), 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:pg66596:14:35 # text = “Now, here we will separate and go off in small parties to see what we can discover, and after ten nights we will all meet again at the Round Butte at the foot of this mountain, and return to our camp together.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 7 advmod _ _ 5 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 separate separate VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 10 off off ADP RP _ 9 compound:prt _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 parties party NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 advcl _ _ 16 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 19 obj _ _ 17 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 discover discover VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 22 after after ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 ten ten NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 24 nummod _ _ 24 nights night NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obl _ _ 25 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 26 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 27 all all ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 28 meet meet VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 29 again again ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 30 at at ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 Round Round PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 compound _ _ 33 Butte Butte PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 34 at at ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 39 det _ _ 39 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 return return VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 43 to to ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 camp camp NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 46 together together ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ” " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **separate** *in a quote* | future | we | | | here | now | | vn separate-23.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **go off** *in a quote* | infinitive | we *not said here* | | | small parties | | | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in party=Location | | 3 | **see** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | we *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **discover** *in a quote* | can | we | | | | | what *obj* | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic | | 5 | **meet** *in a quote* | future | we | | | the Round Butte | again; night | at the foot of this mountain; all *property* | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **return** *in a quote* | infinitive | we *not said here* | | | | | to our camp *result*; together *property* | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to camp=Result | 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 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/14/34/) - next →: [sentence 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/14/36/) - ↑ back to [Ragged Head](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/14/)