--- title: During the day he went hunting, and set traps and snares for game, a… — The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian S… · tree and pragmatics description: During the day he went hunting, and set traps and snares for game, and at night, when he returned to the camp, he did not go about visiting at the other lodges, but stayed at home by himself. Who acts: man. 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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 (man), 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:pg66596:15:6 # text = During the day he went hunting, and set traps and snares for game, and at night, when he returned to the camp, he did not go about visiting at the other lodges, but stayed at home by himself. 1 During during ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 hunting hunt VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 set set VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 ccomp _ _ 10 traps trap NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 snares snare NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 conj _ _ 13 for for ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 game game NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 17 at at ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 22 advmod _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 returned return VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 23 to to ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 camp camp NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 28 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 29 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 30 advmod _ _ 30 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 31 about about SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 32 visiting visit VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 30 advcl _ _ 33 at at ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 lodges lodge NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 but but CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 stayed stay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 40 at at ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 42 by by ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | man | | | | day | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **hunt** | gerund | man *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **set** | infinitive | man *not said here* | traps and snares | | | | for game | vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent trap=Patient for game=Beneficiary | | 4 | **return** | past | man | | | | | to the camp *result* | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to camp=Result | | 5 | **not** **go** | past · do-support | man | | | | night | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **visit** | gerund | man *not said here* | | | the other lodges | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **stay** | past | man *not said here* | | | home | | by man | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at home=Location | 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 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/15/5/) - next →: [sentence 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/15/7/) - ↑ back to [Nothing Child](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/15/)