--- title: The young men set their traps all over the prairie, but Nothing Chil… — The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian S… · tree and pragmatics description: The young men set their traps all over the prairie, but Nothing Child asked his grandmother to go with him, and he went to a place far from all the others and there set his trap. Who acts: young men, Nothing Child, 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 (young men, Nothing Child, 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:pg66596:15:106 # text = The young men set their traps all over the prairie, but Nothing Child asked his grandmother to go with him, and he went to a place far from all the others and there set his trap. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 set set VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 traps trap NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 7 all all ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 8 over over ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 prairie prairie NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 but but CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 13 Nothing nothing ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 Child Child PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 15 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 grandmother grandmother NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 xcomp _ _ 20 with with ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 26 to to ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 29 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 25 advmod _ _ 30 from from ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 33 det:predet _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obl _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 35 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 36 advmod _ _ 36 set set VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 37 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 trap trap NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **set** | past | the young men | daughters's traps | | the prairie | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent trap=Theme over prairie=Destination | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | Nothing Child | | man's grandmother | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent grandmother=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **go** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Nothing Child *not said here* | | | | | with man | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with he=Beneficiary | | 4 | **go** | past | man | | | a place | | far *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to place=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **set** | past | man *not said here* | man's trap | | there | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient trap=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 105](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/15/105/) - next →: [sentence 107](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/15/107/) - ↑ back to [Nothing Child](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/15/)