--- title: Then he turned to his wife and said: “Now, woman, I have killed this… — The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian S… · tree and pragmatics description: Then he turned to his wife and said: “Now, woman, I have killed this man that you have tried to help, and I would like to have you tell me what is the reason that you acted as you did, and tried to help him to kill me.” Who acts: Shield, woman, 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 (Shield, woman, 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:pg66596:16:80 # text = Then he turned to his wife and said: “Now, woman, I have killed this man that you have tried to help, and I would like to have you tell me what is the reason that you acted as you did, and tried to help him to kill me.” 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 : : PUNCT : _ 13 punct _ _ 10 “ " PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 13 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 13 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj:pass _ _ 16 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 killed kill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 acl:relcl _ _ 18 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 19 det _ _ 19 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 20 that that SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 21 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 tried try VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 19 acl _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 28 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 like like VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 xcomp _ _ 33 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ _ 34 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 xcomp _ _ 35 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 iobj _ _ 36 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 39 nsubj _ _ 37 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 parataxis _ _ 40 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 42 obj _ _ 41 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 acted act VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 acl:relcl _ _ 43 as as SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 44 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 45 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 48 tried try VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 49 to to PART TO _ 50 mark _ _ 50 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 48 xcomp _ _ 51 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 obj _ _ 52 to to PART TO _ 53 mark _ _ 53 kill kill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 50 xcomp _ _ 54 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 53 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 56 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | past | Shield | | | | then | to Shield's wife *result* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to wife=Result | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Shield *not said here* | | | | | woman *ccomp* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **kill** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | woman *not said here* | Shield | | | | this man *obj* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Experiencer man=Result | | 4 | **try** *in a quote* | present · perfect | you | this man *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **help** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **like** *in a quote* | would | Shield | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 7 | **have** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | Shield *not said here* | you | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | infinitive | you *not said here* | | Shield | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Recipient | | 9 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | | the reason | | | | what *nsubj* | tree rules | | 10 | **act** *in a quote* | past | you | the reason | | | | | vn act-114-1-1 «NP V PP.predicate»: agent=Agent that=Eventuality | | 11 | **do** *in a quote* | past | you | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 12 | **try** *in a quote* | past | Shield *not said here* | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 13 | **help** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | Shield *not said here* | Shield | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary clause=Theme | | 14 | **kill** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | Shield *not said here* | Shield | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=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 79](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/16/79/) - next →: [sentence 81](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/16/81/) - ↑ back to [Shield Quiver’s Wife](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/16/)