--- title: He raised himself up while she clung to him, and the Snake made a pa… — The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian S… · tree and pragmatics description: He raised himself up while she clung to him, and the Snake made a pass at him with the lance, but he was afraid of killing the woman, and he missed the man, and Shield Quiver caught hold of the lance. Who acts: husband, girl, Snake, Shield. 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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, girl, Snake, Shield), 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:pg66596:16:72 # text = He raised himself up while she clung to him, and the Snake made a pass at him with the lance, but he was afraid of killing the woman, and he missed the man, and Shield Quiver caught hold of the lance. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 raised raise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 2 obj _ _ 4 up up ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 5 while while SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 6 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 clung cling VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 Snake Snake PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 14 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 pass pass NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 17 at at ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obl _ _ 19 with with ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 lance lance NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 but but CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 26 afraid afraid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 advcl _ _ 27 of of SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 28 killing kill VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 26 advcl _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 missed miss VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 39 Shield Shield PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 40 Quiver Quiver PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 flat _ _ 41 caught catch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 42 hold hold NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 lance lance NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **raise up** | past | husband | husband | | | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Theme | | 2 | **cling** | past | girl | | husband | | | | vn cling-22.5 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme to he=Co-Theme | | 3 | **make** | past | the Snake | a pass | | | | at husband; with the lance | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pass=Product | | 4 | **is** | past | husband | | | | | afraid *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **kill** | gerund | husband *not said here* | the woman | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent woman=Theme | | 6 | **miss** | past | husband | the man | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer man=Stimulus | | 7 | **catch** | past | Shield | hold of the lance | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hold=Theme | | 8 | **hold** | | | the lance | | | | | nom hold «act transitive»: of=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 71](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/16/71/) - next →: [sentence 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/16/73/) - ↑ back to [Shield Quiver’s Wife](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/16/)