--- title: They all shrieked with laughter—she who had spoken most of all—and t… — The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian S… · tree and pragmatics description: They all shrieked with laughter—she who had spoken most of all—and then began to jest about him, and New Robe’s face grew hot as he heard the many unkind things they said about his appearance and his poverty. Who acts: girls, woman, face. 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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 (girls, woman, face), 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:pg66596:17:13 # text = They all shrieked with laughter—she who had spoken most of all—and then began to jest about him, and New Robe’s face grew hot as he heard the many unkind things they said about his appearance and his poverty. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 3 advmod _ _ 3 shrieked shriek VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 laughter laughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 — - PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 8 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 10 nsubj _ _ 9 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 spoken speak VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 parataxis _ _ 11 most most ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 10 obj _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 — - PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 17 advmod _ _ 17 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 jest jest VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 xcomp _ _ 20 about about ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 24 New New ADJ NNP Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 Robe Robe PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ’s 's PART POS _ 25 case _ _ 27 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 28 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 29 hot hot ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 xcomp _ _ 30 as as SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 advcl _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 34 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 35 unkind unkind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obj _ _ 37 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 acl:relcl _ _ 39 about about ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 appearance appearance NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 43 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 poverty poverty NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shriek** | past | girls *= girl* | | | | | with laughter | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with laughter=Theme | | 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | past · perfect | woman | most of all | | | | who *nsubj* | tree rules | | 3 | **begin** | past | | | | | then | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **jest** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | | | | | | about Robe | vn chit\_chat-37.6 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about he=Topic | | 5 | **grow** | past | New Robe's face | | | | | hot *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **hear** | past | face | the many unkind things | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer thing=Stimulus | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | girls *= girl* | the many unkind things *not said here* | | | | about Robe's appearance and Robe's poverty | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent thing=Topic | 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 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/17/12/) - next →: [sentence 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/17/14/) - ↑ back to [The Beaver Stick](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/17/)