--- title: That night the man said to the bear, “Well, we are only two now, and… — The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian S… · tree and pragmatics description: That night the man said to the bear, “Well, we are only two now, and for myself, I have decided to stay here and starve to death, and as for you, you had better leave me and go your way and make your living as all bears do.” Who acts: man, we, bear, bears. 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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, we, bear, bears), 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:pg66596:15:60 # text = That night the man said to the bear, “Well, we are only two now, and for myself, I have decided to stay here and starve to death, and as for you, you had better leave me and go your way and make your living as all bears do.” 1 That that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 det _ _ 2 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl:unmarked _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 bear bear NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 10 “ " PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 Well well INTJ UH _ 16 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 13 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 14 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 15 only only ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 16 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 ccomp _ _ 17 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 16 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 20 for for ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 25 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 23 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 decided decide VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 xcomp _ _ 28 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 27 advmod _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 starve starve VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 conj _ _ 31 to to ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 35 as as ADP IN ExtPos=ADP 37 case _ _ 36 for for ADP IN _ 35 fixed _ _ 37 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 39 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 ccomp _ _ 41 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 40 xcomp _ _ 42 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 xcomp _ _ 43 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 conj _ _ 46 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 49 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 conj _ _ 50 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 51 nmod:poss _ _ 51 living living NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obj _ _ 52 as as SCONJ IN _ 55 mark _ _ 53 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 54 det _ _ 54 bears bear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 55 nsubj _ _ 55 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 49 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 57 ” " PUNCT '' _ 40 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the man | | the bear | | night | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to bear=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | we | two | | | now | | tree rules | | 3 | **decide** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | | the man *= man* | | | | I *nsubj* | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.co-agent that S»: subject=Co-Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **stay** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | | | | here | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **starve** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | to death | tree rules | | 6 | **have** *in a quote* | past | the bear *= bear* | | | | | good *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **leave** *in a quote* | infinitive | the bear *= bear* *not said here* | the man *= man* | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 8 | **go** *in a quote* | infinitive | the bear *= bear* *not said here* | your way | | | | | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location way=Theme | | 9 | **make** *in a quote* | infinitive | the bear *= bear* *not said here* | your living | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset living=Product | | 10 | **do** *in a quote* | present | all bears | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **live** *in a quote* | | your | | | | | | nom living «cognition intransitive»: 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 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/15/59/) - next →: [sentence 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/15/61/) - ↑ back to [Nothing Child](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/15/)