--- title: When they did not come back he felt lonesome and sad, and began to f… — The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian S… · tree and pragmatics description: When they did not come back he felt lonesome and sad, and began to fear that something would happen to his young brother, and at last he made up his mind that he would start out and learn what had become of him. Who acts: arrows, boy, something. 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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, something), 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:pg66596:15:47 # text = When they did not come back he felt lonesome and sad, and began to fear that something would happen to his young brother, and at last he made up his mind that he would start out and learn what had become of him. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 ccomp _ _ 6 back back ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 lonesome lonesome ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 xcomp _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 sad sad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 fear fear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 xcomp _ _ 17 that that SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 18 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 20 nsubj _ _ 19 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 ccomp _ _ 21 to to ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 23 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 27 at at ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 last last NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 31 up up ADP RP _ 30 compound:prt _ _ 32 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 34 that that SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 start start VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 advcl _ _ 38 out out ADP RP _ 37 compound:prt _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 learn learn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 conj _ _ 41 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 43 nsubj _ _ 42 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 43 become become VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 40 acl:relcl _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **come back** | past · do-support | arrows *= arrow* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **feel** | past | boy | | | | | lonesome *property* | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **begin** | past | | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **fear** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 5 | **happen** | would | something | | | | | to boy's young brother | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **make up** | past | boy | boy's mind | | last | | | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme mind=Pivot | | 7 | **start out** | would | boy | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 8 | **learn** | infinitive | boy *not said here* | | | | | | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **become** | past · perfect | | | | | | of boy; what *nsubj* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 10 | **mind** | | boy | | | | | | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=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 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/15/46/) - next →: [sentence 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/15/48/) - ↑ back to [Nothing Child](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/15/)