--- title: After some time it happened that food again became scarce in the cam… — The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian S… · tree and pragmatics description: After some time it happened that food again became scarce in the camp, and the chief sent word to his son-in-law, asking him if he could not again bring the buffalo into the camp, as he had done before. Who acts: it, food, chief, son. 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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 (it, food, chief, son), 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:pg66596:15:169 # text = After some time it happened that food again became scarce in the camp, and the chief sent word to his son-in-law, asking him if he could not again bring the buffalo into the camp, as he had done before. 1 After after ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 3 det _ _ 3 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 that that SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 7 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 8 again again ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 9 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 10 scarce scarce ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 xcomp _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 camp camp NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 chief chief NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 18 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 19 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 21 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 22 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ SpaceAfter=No 25 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 law law NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 28 asking ask VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 18 advcl _ _ 29 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ _ 30 if if SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 32 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 33 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 35 advmod _ _ 34 again again ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 35 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 xcomp _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 buffalo buffalo NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 38 into into ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 camp camp NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 42 as as SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 43 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 44 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 35 conj _ _ 46 before before ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | past | it | | | | time | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **become** | past | food | | | | | scarce *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **send** | past | the chief | word | | husband's law son | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent word=Theme to law=Destination | | 4 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund | the chief *not said here* | | son | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **not** **bring** *a condition, not said to happen* | could | son | the buffalo | | the camp | again | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent buffalo=Theme into camp=Destination | | 6 | **do** | past · perfect | son | | | | | before *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=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 168](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/15/168/) - next →: [sentence 170](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/15/170/) - ↑ back to [Nothing Child](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/15/)