--- title: The bear, which all this time had been lying by the door of the lodg… — The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian S… · tree and pragmatics description: The bear, which all this time had been lying by the door of the lodge, listening, was angry at the lies the woman had told, and at what her husband had done, and he got up and went out and followed the boy. Who acts: bear, lies, husband. 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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 (bear, lies, husband), 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:pg66596:15:29 # text = The bear, which all this time had been lying by the door of the lodge, listening, was angry at the lies the woman had told, and at what her husband had done, and he got up and went out and followed the boy. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 bear bear NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 4 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 10 nsubj _ _ 5 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 7 det:predet _ _ 6 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 7 det _ _ 7 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl:unmarked _ _ 8 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 9 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 10 aux _ _ 10 lying lie VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 conj _ _ 11 by by ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 lodge lodge NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 18 listening listen VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 20 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 cop _ _ 21 angry angry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 22 at at ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 lies lie NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obl _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj:pass _ _ 27 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 31 at at ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 36 obl _ _ 33 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj:pass _ _ 35 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 parataxis _ _ 41 up up ADP RP _ 40 compound:prt _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 conj _ _ 44 out out ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 followed follow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 conj _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 21 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lie** | past · perfect · progressive | the bear | | | | time | by the door of the lodge | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by door=Location | | 2 | **listen** | gerund | the bear *not said here* | | | | | | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** | past | the bear | | | the lies | | angry *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past · perfect · passive | the lies *not said here* | the woman | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | | 5 | **do** | past · perfect · passive | | woman's husband | | | | what *obl* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 6 | **get up** | past | husband | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **go out** | past | husband *not said here* | | | | | out *property* | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **follow** | past | husband *not said here* | the boy | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boy=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 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/15/28/) - next →: [sentence 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/15/30/) - ↑ back to [Nothing Child](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/15/)