--- title: One night while the man was lying asleep, he dreamed of the bear; an… — The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian S… · tree and pragmatics description: One night while the man was lying asleep, he dreamed of the bear; and the bear spoke to him and said: “My brother, listen to the words that I speak to you, and do now what I tell you to. Who acts: man, bear, brother. 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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, bear, brother), 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:pg66596:15:62 # text = One night while the man was lying asleep, he dreamed of the bear; and the bear spoke to him and said: “My brother, listen to the words that I speak to you, and do now what I tell you to. 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl:unmarked _ _ 3 while while SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 lying lie VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 acl _ _ 8 asleep asleep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 dreamed dream VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 bear bear NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ; ; PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 bear bear NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 19 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obl _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 : : PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 25 “ " PUNCT `` _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 29 listen listen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 ccomp _ _ 30 to to ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obl _ _ 33 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 35 obj _ _ 34 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 speak speak VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 acl:relcl _ _ 36 to to ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 conj _ _ 41 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 40 advmod _ _ 42 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 40 obj _ _ 43 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 tell tell VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 acl:relcl _ _ 45 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 44 iobj _ _ 46 to to PART TO _ 44 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lie** | past · progressive | the man | One night *not said here* | | | | asleep *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location night=Theme | | 2 | **dream** | past | man | | | | night | of the bear | vn cognize-85 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | the bear | | man | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to he=Co-Agent | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the bear *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **listen** *in a quote* | infinitive | My brother | | | | | to the words | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to word=Theme | | 6 | **speak** *speech: other* *in a quote* | present | the bear *= bear* | the words | you | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **do** *in a quote* | infinitive | My brother *not said here* | | | | now | what *obj* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | | 8 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | the bear *= bear* | | you | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient | 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 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/15/61/) - next →: [sentence 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/15/63/) - ↑ back to [Nothing Child](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/15/)