--- title: The old woman laughed when he asked her this, but she was very fond… — The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian S… · tree and pragmatics description: The old woman laughed when he asked her this, but she was very fond of him, so she tied a string to a deer’s rib for a bow and made him some little arrows, and he set out to kill the eagle. Who acts: old woman, man, woman. 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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 (old woman, man, woman), 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:pg66596:15:89 # text = The old woman laughed when he asked her this, but she was very fond of him, so she tied a string to a deer’s rib for a bow and made him some little arrows, and he set out to kill the eagle. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 laughed laugh VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 8 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 iobj _ _ 9 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 11 but but CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 12 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 13 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 14 very very ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 fond fond ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 conj _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 so so ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 20 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 tied tie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 string string NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 24 to to ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 deer deer NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ’s 's PART POS _ 26 case _ _ 28 rib rib NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 29 for for ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 bow bow NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 34 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ _ 35 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 37 det _ _ 36 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 arrows arrow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 40 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 set set VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 42 out out ADP RP _ 41 compound:prt _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 44 kill kill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 xcomp _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 eagle eagle NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **laugh** | past | the old woman | | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | man | this | woman | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **is** | past | woman | | | | | of man; fond *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **tie** | past | woman | a string | | | | to a deer's rib; for a bow | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent string=Patient to rib=Co-Patient | | 5 | **make** | past | the old woman *not said here* | some little arrows | man | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset he=Beneficiary arrow=Product | | 6 | **set out** | past | man | | | | | | vn begin-55.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 7 | **kill** | to-infinitive | man *not said here* | the eagle | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eagle=Theme | 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 88](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/15/88/) - next →: [sentence 90](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/15/90/) - ↑ back to [Nothing Child](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/15/)