--- title: After a few days’ travel these young men found a trail where people… — The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian S… · tree and pragmatics description: After a few days’ travel these young men found a trail where people had passed not long before, and following this trail, they saw a camp, and hid themselves near by to wait for night and then to go to it and take horses. Who acts: young men, people, few days. 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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 (young men, people, few days), 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:pg66596:14:41 # text = After a few days’ travel these young men found a trail where people had passed not long before, and following this trail, they saw a camp, and hid themselves near by to wait for night and then to go to it and take horses. 1 After after ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ’ 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 6 travel travel NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 7 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 9 det _ _ 8 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj _ _ 10 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 trail trail NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 16 advmod _ _ 14 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nsubj _ _ 15 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 passed pass VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 12 acl:relcl _ _ 17 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 18 advmod _ _ 18 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 19 advmod _ _ 19 before before ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 22 following follow VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 24 case _ _ 23 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 24 det _ _ 24 trail trail NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 26 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 camp camp NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 hid hide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 33 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 32 obj _ _ 34 near near ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 35 by by SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 advcl _ _ 38 for for ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 41 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 43 advmod _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 43 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 conj _ _ 44 to to ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obl _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 conj _ _ 48 horses horse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find** | past | this young men | a trail | | | after a few days's travel | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trail=Topic | | 2 | **pass** | past · perfect | people | | | | | before *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **follow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **see** | past | people | a camp | | | | follow this trail | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer camp=Stimulus | | 5 | **hide** | past | this young men *not said here* | people | | | | near *property* | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent themselves=Patient | | 6 | **wait** | to-infinitive | this young men *not said here* | | | | night | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **go** | to-infinitive | this young men *not said here* | | | trail | then | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to it=Initial\_Location | | 8 | **take** | infinitive | this young men *not said here* | | horses | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument horse=Destination | | 9 | **travel** | | a few days | | | | | | nom travel «act intransitive»: poss=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 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/14/40/) - next →: [sentence 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/14/42/) - ↑ back to [Ragged Head](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/14/)