--- title: In a minute he heard the footsteps of some one coming, running, and… — The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian S… · tree and pragmatics description: In a minute he heard the footsteps of some one coming, running, and he said, “Look out! here comes somebody,” and he tried to throw her off, but he could not. Who acts: husband, footsteps. 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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 (husband, footsteps), 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:pg66596:16:71 # text = In a minute he heard the footsteps of some one coming, running, and he said, “Look out! here comes somebody,” and he tried to throw her off, but he could not. 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 minute minute NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 footsteps footstep NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nsubj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 10 det _ _ 10 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 nmod _ _ 11 coming come VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 running run VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 “ " PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 Look look VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 24 nsubj _ _ 21 out out ADP RP _ 20 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ! ! PUNCT . _ 20 punct _ _ 23 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 20 advmod _ _ 24 comes come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 ccomp _ _ 25 somebody somebody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ” " PUNCT '' _ 24 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 tried try VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 throw throw VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 xcomp _ _ 33 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ _ 34 off off ADP RP _ 32 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 but but CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 39 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 38 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past | husband | | | | minute | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **come** | gerund | the footsteps of some one | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **run** | gerund | the footsteps of some one *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **say** *speech: express* | past | husband | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **look out** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | here | | | vn caring-75.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **come** *in a quote* | present | | somebody | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location somebody=Theme | | 7 | **try** | past | husband | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 8 | **throw off** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | husband *not said here* | girl | | | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=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 70](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/16/70/) - next →: [sentence 72](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/16/72/) - ↑ back to [Shield Quiver’s Wife](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/16/)