--- title: When the young men who had been shooting at the eagle saw the child… — The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian S… · tree and pragmatics description: When the young men who had been shooting at the eagle saw the child coming with the tiny bow, they laughed and made fun of him, but Nothing Child fitted a little arrow on the string of his bow, and shot and killed the eagle. Who acts: young men, child, children, Nothing Child. 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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 (young men, child, children, Nothing Child), 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:pg66596:15:90 # text = When the young men who had been shooting at the eagle saw the child coming with the tiny bow, they laughed and made fun of him, but Nothing Child fitted a little arrow on the string of his bow, and shot and killed the eagle. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 12 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nsubj _ _ 5 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 6 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 7 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 8 aux _ _ 8 shooting shoot VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 acl:relcl _ _ 9 at at ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 eagle eagle NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 12 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 advcl _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 15 coming come VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 14 acl _ _ 16 with with ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 tiny tiny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 bow bow NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 21 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 laughed laugh VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 25 fun fun NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 but but CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 30 Nothing nothing ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 Child Child PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 32 fitted fit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 arrow arrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 36 on on ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 string string NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 bow bow NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 shot shoot VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 parataxis _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 killed kill VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 conj _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 eagle eagle NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 22 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shoot** | past · perfect · progressive | the young men | | | | | at the eagle | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent at eagle=Destination | | 2 | **see** | past | the young men | the child | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer child=Stimulus | | 3 | **come** | gerund | the child *not said here* | | | | | with the tiny bow | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **laugh** | past | children *= child* | | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **make** | past | children *= child* *not said here* | fun of man | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset fun=Product | | 6 | **fit** | past | Nothing Child | a little arrow | | the string of man's bow | | | vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent arrow=Theme on string=Trajectory | | 7 | **shoot** | past | | | | | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **kill** | past | | 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 89](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/15/89/) - next →: [sentence 91](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/15/91/) - ↑ back to [Nothing Child](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/15/)