--- title: The girl said to him: “I will go to him, and do you creep through th… — The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian S… · tree and pragmatics description: The girl said to him: “I will go to him, and do you creep through the brush, and as soon as I see you I will throw my robe around him and hold him, and you can kill him with your lance.” Who acts: girl, person. 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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 (girl, person), 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:pg66596:16:65 # text = The girl said to him: “I will go to him, and do you creep through the brush, and as soon as I see you I will throw my robe around him and hold him, and you can kill him with your lance.” 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 : : PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 7 “ " PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 15 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 16 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 creep creep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 conj _ _ 18 through through ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 brush brush NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 23 as as ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 24 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 31 advmod _ _ 25 as as SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 26 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 advcl _ _ 28 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 27 obj _ _ 29 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 throw throw VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 conj _ _ 32 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 robe robe NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 34 around around ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obl _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 hold hold VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 conj _ _ 38 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 41 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 42 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 43 kill kill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 conj _ _ 44 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obj _ _ 45 with with ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 lance lance NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ” " PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the girl | | person | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **go** *in a quote* | future | the girl *= girl* | | person | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to he=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **creep** *in a quote* | present · do-support | person | | | the brush | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through brush=Trajectory | | 4 | **see** *in a quote* | present | the girl *= girl* | person | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus | | 5 | **throw** *in a quote* | future | the girl *= girl* | my robe | | | | around person; soon *property* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent robe=Theme around he=Destination | | 6 | **hold** *in a quote* | infinitive | the girl *= girl* *not said here* | person | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 7 | **kill** *in a quote* | can | person | person | | | | with your lance | vn murder-42.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent he=Patient with lance=Instrument | 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 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/16/64/) - next →: [sentence 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/16/66/) - ↑ back to [Shield Quiver’s Wife](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/16/)