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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 (New Robe, Robe), 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:pg66596:17:127 # text = New Robe was pleased, and when he learned how powerful the medicine was that he had chosen he knew that he had not left the home of his people in vain. 1 New New ADJ NNP Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 Robe Robe PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 pleased pleased ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 7 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 9 advmod _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 learned learn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 advcl _ _ 10 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 11 advmod _ _ 11 powerful powerful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 xcomp _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 medicine medicine NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj:pass _ _ 14 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux:pass _ _ 15 that that SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 chosen choose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 ccomp _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 21 that that SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 23 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 24 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 25 advmod _ _ 25 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 20 ccomp _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 nmod _ _ 31 in in ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 vain vain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | New Robe | | | | | pleased *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **learn** | past | Robe | | | | | powerful *property* | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **choose** | past · perfect · passive | | the medicine | | | | Robe *nsubj* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 4 | **know** | past | Robe | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 5 | **not** **leave** | past · perfect | Robe | the home of Robe's people in vain | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent home=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 126](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/17/126/) - next →: [sentence 128](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/17/128/) - ↑ back to [The Beaver Stick](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/17/)