--- title: In a short time he told his wife to take the skin off the brush, and… — The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian S… · tree and pragmatics description: In a short time he told his wife to take the skin off the brush, and when she did so she was astonished, for she found the twigs loaded with fine ripe berries, as though they were growing. Who acts: husband, woman, twigs. 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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 (husband, woman, twigs), 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:pg66596:15:165 # text = In a short time he told his wife to take the skin off the brush, and when she did so she was astonished, for she found the twigs loaded with fine ripe berries, as though they were growing. 1 In in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 short short ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 iobj _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 off off ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 brush brush NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 18 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 20 advmod _ _ 19 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 21 so so ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 22 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 cop _ _ 24 astonished astonished ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 for for SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 27 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 twigs twig NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 nsubj _ _ 31 loaded load VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 ccomp _ _ 32 with with ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 34 ripe ripe ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 berries berry NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 37 as as SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 38 though though SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 39 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 40 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 growing grow VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 31 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | husband | | husband's wife | | time | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent wife=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **take** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | husband *not said here* | the skin | | the brush | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent skin=Theme off brush=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **do** | past | woman | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is** | past | woman | | | | | astonished *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **find** | past | woman | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 6 | **load** | past | the twigs | | | | | with fine ripe berries | vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent with berry=Theme | | 7 | **grow** | past · progressive | twigs *= twig* | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=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 164](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/15/164/) - next →: [sentence 166](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/15/166/) - ↑ back to [Nothing Child](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/15/)