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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 (Shield, chief, you, man), 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:pg66596:16:12 # text = When Shield Quiver had come to the lodge the chief said: “Here, my young man, now that you are going to war, take my daughter with you, for you are the man that ought to have her. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 Shield Shield PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 Quiver Quiver PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 flat _ _ 4 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 11 ccomp _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 lodge lodge NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 chief chief NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 12 : : PUNCT : _ 14 punct _ _ 13 “ " PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 Here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 11 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 17 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 20 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 24 advmod _ _ 21 that that SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 22 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 advcl _ _ 25 to to ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 war war NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 28 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 conj _ _ 29 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 31 with with ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 34 for for ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 35 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 36 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 cop _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 39 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 42 nsubj _ _ 40 ought ought AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 41 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 42 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 acl:relcl _ _ 43 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past · perfect | Shield | | | the lodge | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to lodge=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the chief | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **go** *in a quote* | present · progressive | you | | | war | now | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to war=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **take** *in a quote* | infinitive | you *not said here* | | my daughter | | | with you | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument daughter=Destination | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | present | you | | | | | for the man | tree rules | | 6 | **have** *in a quote* | ought | the man | chief | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient | 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 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/16/11/) - next →: [sentence 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/16/13/) - ↑ back to [Shield Quiver’s Wife](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/16/)