--- title: For two days they travelled, and on the third day, as they were goin… — The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian S… · tree and pragmatics description: For two days they travelled, and on the third day, as they were going along, the boy saw sitting in a tree-top a bird that was white as snow, and different from any bird that he had seen before. Who acts: arrows, boy, bird. 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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 (arrows, boy, bird), 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:pg66596:15:31 # text = For two days they travelled, and on the third day, as they were going along, the boy saw sitting in a tree-top a bird that was white as snow, and different from any bird that he had seen before. 1 For for ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 4 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 travelled travel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 8 on on ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 third third ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 11 amod _ _ 11 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 as as SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 14 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 conj _ _ 17 along along ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 21 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 22 sitting sit VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 21 xcomp _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 25 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 26 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 30 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 32 nsubj _ _ 31 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 cop _ _ 32 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 acl:relcl _ _ 33 as as ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 snow snow NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 different different ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 parataxis _ _ 38 from from ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 40 det _ _ 40 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 41 that that SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 42 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 43 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 37 advcl _ _ 45 before before ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **travel** | past | arrows *= arrow* | | | | day | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **go along** | past · progressive | arrows *= arrow* | | | | | along *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **see** | past | the boy | | | | day | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **sit** | gerund | the boy *not said here* | a bird | | a tree top | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in top=Location | | 5 | **is** | past | a bird | | | | | as snow; white *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **see** | past · perfect | boy | | | | | before *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | 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 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/15/30/) - next →: [sentence 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/15/32/) - ↑ back to [Nothing Child](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/15/)