--- title: Shield Quiver thought for a little while, and then said: “Very well;… — The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian S… · tree and pragmatics description: Shield Quiver thought for a little while, and then said: “Very well; I will go to war, and I will take your daughter with me, but if I go with a woman I cannot let men go with me. Who acts: Shield, men. 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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, men), 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:pg66596:16:18 # text = Shield Quiver thought for a little while, and then said: “Very well; I will go to war, and I will take your daughter with me, but if I go with a woman I cannot let men go with me. 1 Shield Shield PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 Quiver Quiver PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 flat _ _ 3 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 while while NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 11 advmod _ _ 11 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 : : PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 13 “ " PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 Very very ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 11 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 17 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 ccomp _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 war war NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 24 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 parataxis _ _ 27 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 29 with with ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 32 but but CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 33 if if SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 34 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 go go VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 advcl _ _ 36 with with ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 39 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 40 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 41 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 42 advmod _ _ 42 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 parataxis _ _ 43 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obj _ _ 44 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 xcomp _ _ 45 with with ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | Shield | | | | while | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Shield *not said here* | | | | then | well *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **go** *in a quote* | future | Shield | | | war | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to war=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **take** *in a quote* | future | Shield | | your daughter | | | with Shield | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument daughter=Destination | | 5 | **go** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | Shield | | | | | with a woman | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with woman=Beneficiary | | 6 | **not** **let** *in a quote* | can | Shield | men | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **go** *in a quote* | infinitive | men *not said here* | | | | | with Shield | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with i=Beneficiary | 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 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/16/17/) - next →: [sentence 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/16/19/) - ↑ back to [Shield Quiver’s Wife](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/16/)