--- title: He then went to the marsh where he had made buffalo before, and agai… — The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian S… · tree and pragmatics description: He then went to the marsh where he had made buffalo before, and again made many little piles of buffalo chips in rows, and again went back some distance and then came charging down on the piles running and shouting. Who acts: son, piles. 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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 (son, piles), 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:pg66596:15:173 # text = He then went to the marsh where he had made buffalo before, and again made many little piles of buffalo chips in rows, and again went back some distance and then came charging down on the piles running and shouting. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 3 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 marsh marsh NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 10 advmod _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 acl:relcl _ _ 11 buffalo buffalo NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 12 before before ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 15 again again ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 16 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 17 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 18 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 piles pile NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obj _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 buffalo buffalo NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 compound _ _ 22 chips chip NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 nmod _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 rows row NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 27 again again ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 28 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 29 back back ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 30 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 31 det _ _ 31 distance distance NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 33 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 34 advmod _ _ 34 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ _ 35 charging charge VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 34 xcomp _ _ 36 down down ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 37 on on ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 piles pile NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obl _ _ 40 running run VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 39 acl _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 shouting shout VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 40 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | son | | | the marsh | then | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to marsh=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **make** | past · perfect | son | buffalo | | | | before *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent buffalo=Product | | 3 | **make** | past | son *not said here* | many little piles of buffalo chips in rows | | | again | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset pile=Product | | 4 | **go back** | past | | some distance | | | again | | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **come** | past | | | | | then | | tree rules | | 6 | **charge down** | gerund | | | | the piles | | down *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on pile=Trajectory | | 7 | **run** | gerund | the piles *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **shout** *speech: express* | gerund | the piles *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «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 172](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/15/172/) - next →: [sentence 174](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/15/174/) - ↑ back to [Nothing Child](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/15/)