--- title: He asked him the same question again, and a third and a fourth time,… — The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian S… · tree and pragmatics description: He asked him the same question again, and a third and a fourth time, and then the bear answered and said: “All this trouble has come upon us through your fault, because you listened to the lies your woman told you. Who acts: boy, bear, trouble, you. 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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 (boy, bear, trouble, you), 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:pg66596:15:51 # text = He asked him the same question again, and a third and a fourth time, and then the bear answered and said: “All this trouble has come upon us through your fault, because you listened to the lies your woman told you. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 iobj _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 question question NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 7 again again ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 third third NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 parataxis _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 fourth fourth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 15 amod _ _ 15 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 18 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 21 advmod _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 bear bear NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 21 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 : : PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 25 “ " PUNCT `` _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 All all DET DT PronType=Tot 28 det _ _ 27 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 28 det _ _ 28 trouble trouble NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 29 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 23 ccomp _ _ 31 upon upon ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 obl _ _ 33 through through ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 fault fault NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 because because SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 38 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 listened listen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 parataxis _ _ 40 to to ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 lies lie NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 obl _ _ 43 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ _ 45 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 acl:relcl _ _ 46 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 45 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | boy | the same question | man | | again | a third and a fourth time *parataxis* | tree rules | | 2 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | the bear | | | | then | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the bear *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **come** *in a quote* | present · perfect | all trouble | | | your fault | | upon us | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme through fault=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **listen** *in a quote* | past | you | | | | | to the lies | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to lie=Theme | | 6 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | your woman | the lies *not said here* | you | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient | | 7 | **fault** *in a quote* | | your | | | | | | nom fault «act 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 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/15/50/) - next →: [sentence 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/15/52/) - ↑ back to [Nothing Child](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/15/)