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title: The girl had two brothers, and both were sitting in the lodge while… — The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian S… · tree and pragmatics
description: The girl had two brothers, and both were sitting in the lodge while Shield Quiver was speaking; and when they had heard the story told, and had thought about it, they got up, and each took hold of one of the girl’s arms, and they led her out of the lodge. Who acts: girl, both, Shield, brothers. A se
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# The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian Stories, Shield Quiver’s Wife, sentence 112

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The girl had two brothers, and both were sitting in the lodge while Shield Quiver was speaking; and when they had heard the story told, and had thought about it, they got up, and each took hold of one of the girl’s arms, and they led her out of the lodge.

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**Who acts:** girl, both, Shield, brothers, story, each · **What happens:** have, sit, speak, hear, tell, think · **To what, where:** two brothers, lodge, hold, girl · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian Stories» by George Bird Grinnell, Shield Quiver’s Wife. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (girl, both, Shield, brothers), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg66596:16:112
# text = The girl had two brothers, and both were sitting in the lodge while Shield Quiver was speaking; and when they had heard the story told, and had thought about it, they got up, and each took hold of one of the girl’s arms, and they led her out of the lodge.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	brothers	brother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	nsubj	_	_
9	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	sitting	sit	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	conj	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	lodge	lodge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
14	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	18	mark	_	_
15	Shield	Shield	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	nsubj	_	_
16	Quiver	Quiver	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	flat	_	_
17	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	_
18	speaking	speak	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
20	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
21	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	24	advmod	_	_
22	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	24	nsubj	_	_
23	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	24	aux	_	_
24	heard	hear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	3	conj	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	nsubj	_	_
27	told	tell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	24	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	31	punct	_	_
29	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	31	cc	_	_
30	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	31	aux	_	_
31	thought	think	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	27	conj	_	_
32	about	about	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
33	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	31	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
35	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	36	nsubj	_	_
36	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	27	conj	_	_
37	up	up	ADP	RP	_	36	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	41	punct	_	_
39	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	41	cc	_	_
40	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	41	nsubj	_	_
41	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	27	conj	_	_
42	hold	hold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	obj	_	_
43	of	of	ADP	IN	_	44	case	_	_
44	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	42	nmod	_	_
45	of	of	ADP	IN	_	49	case	_	_
46	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	47	det	_	_
47	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	49	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	’s	's	PART	POS	_	47	case	_	_
49	arms	arm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	44	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
50	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	53	punct	_	_
51	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	53	cc	_	_
52	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	53	nsubj	_	_
53	led	lead	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	41	conj	_	_
54	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	53	obj	_	_
55	out	out	ADP	IN	_	58	case	_	_
56	of	of	ADP	IN	_	58	case	_	_
57	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	58	det	_	_
58	lodge	lodge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	53	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
59	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | the girl | two brothers |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brother=Patient |
| 2 | **sit** | past · progressive | both |  |  | the lodge |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in lodge=Location |
| 3 | **speak** *speech: other* | past · progressive | Shield |  |  |  |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **hear** | past · perfect | brothers *= brother* |  |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer |
| 5 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the story |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 6 | **think** *speech: other* | past · perfect | the story *not said here* |  |  |  |  | about story | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about it=Topic |
| 7 | **get up** | past | brothers *= brother* |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 8 | **take** | past | each | hold of one of the girl's arms |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hold=Theme |
| 9 | **lead** | past | brothers *= brother* | girl |  | the lodge |  |  | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme out lodge=Destination |

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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.

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**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.

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