--- title: “Very well,” said his wife, “while you are fixing the place, I will… — The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian S… · tree and pragmatics description: “Very well,” said his wife, “while you are fixing the place, I will go around the point and into the old camp and will see if I can find anything there that has been left behind.” Who acts: wife, you. 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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 (wife, you), 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:pg66596:16:39 # text = “Very well,” said his wife, “while you are fixing the place, I will go around the point and into the old camp and will see if I can find anything there that has been left behind.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Very very ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ” " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 6 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 10 “ " PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 while while SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 12 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 13 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 fixing fix VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 ccomp _ _ 21 around around ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 point point NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 25 into into ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 camp camp NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 conj _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 30 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 conj _ _ 32 if if SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 33 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 ccomp _ _ 36 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 35 obj _ _ 37 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 36 advmod _ _ 38 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 41 nsubj:pass _ _ 39 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 40 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 41 aux:pass _ _ 41 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 36 acl:relcl _ _ 42 behind behind ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ” " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Shield's wife | | | | | well *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **fix** *in a quote* | present · progressive | you | the place | | | | | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent place=Patient | | 3 | **go** *in a quote* | future | Shield's wife *= wife* | | | the point and the old camp | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme around point=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **see** *in a quote* | future | Shield's wife *= wife* *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 5 | **find** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | can | Shield's wife *= wife* | anything | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Topic | | 6 | **leave behind** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | | | | | | behind *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=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 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/16/38/) - next →: [sentence 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/16/40/) - ↑ back to [Shield Quiver’s Wife](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/16/)