--- title: Pretty soon she asked him again, and then a third time, and when she… — The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian S… · tree and pragmatics description: Pretty soon she asked him again, and then a third time, and when she called him the fourth time he got up and went outside and killed the bird and gave it to her, and then went into the lodge again and kept on working at his arrows. Who acts: woman, brother. 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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 (woman, brother), 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:pg66596:15:14 # text = Pretty soon she asked him again, and then a third time, and when she called him the fourth time he got up and went outside and killed the bird and gave it to her, and then went into the lodge again and kept on working at his arrows. 1 Pretty pretty ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 4 advmod _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 iobj _ _ 6 again again ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 9 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 12 advmod _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 third third ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 12 amod _ _ 12 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 15 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 17 advmod _ _ 16 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 18 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 fourth fourth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 21 amod _ _ 21 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 xcomp _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 acl:relcl _ _ 24 up up ADP RP _ 23 compound:prt _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 27 outside outside ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 killed kill VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 34 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 39 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 40 advmod _ _ 40 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 41 into into ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 lodge lodge NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 44 again again ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 kept keep VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 40 conj _ _ 47 on on SCONJ IN _ 48 mark _ _ 48 working work VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 46 advcl _ _ 49 at at ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 51 nmod:poss _ _ 51 arrows arrow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | woman | | brother | | again; time | soon *property* | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 2 | **call** | past | woman | | brother | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 3 | **get up** | past | brother | the fourth time *not said here* | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer time=Stimulus | | 4 | **go** | past | woman *not said here* | | | | | outside *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **kill** | past | woman *not said here* | the bird | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bird=Theme | | 6 | **give** | past | woman *not said here* | bird | woman | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to she=Recipient | | 7 | **go** | past | | | | the lodge | then; again | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into lodge=Initial\_Location | | 8 | **keep** | participle | | | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **work** | gerund | | | | | | at brother's arrows | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at arrow=Theme | 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 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/15/13/) - next →: [sentence 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/15/15/) - ↑ back to [Nothing Child](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/15/)