--- title: When they had come near enough to hear his voice—for he kept his fac… — The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian S… · tree and pragmatics description: When they had come near enough to hear his voice—for he kept his face covered—he told them to stand where they were, and asked them to go and tell the father of Raven Woman that he was New Robe, returned from strange adventures, and with a powerful medicine. Who acts: occupants, man, 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 (occupants, man, 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:pg66596:17:146 # text = When they had come near enough to hear his voice—for he kept his face covered—he told them to stand where they were, and asked them to go and tell the father of Raven Woman that he was New Robe, returned from strange adventures, and with a powerful medicine. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 near near ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 enough enough ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 — - PUNCT : _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 for for SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 15 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 17 covered cover VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 18 — - PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 advcl _ _ 21 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 iobj _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 stand stand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 xcomp _ _ 24 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 26 advmod _ _ 25 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 were be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 30 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 xcomp _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 conj _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 iobj _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 Raven Raven PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 compound _ _ 39 Woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ _ 40 that that SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 41 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 42 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 cop _ _ 43 New new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 Robe Robe PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 46 returned return VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 conj _ _ 47 from from ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 strange strange ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 adventures adventure NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 52 with with ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 53 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 54 powerful powerful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 55 amod _ _ 55 medicine medicine NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past · perfect | occupants *= occupant* | | | | | near *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **hear** | to-infinitive | occupants *= occupant* *not said here* | man's voice | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer voice=Stimulus | | 3 | **keep** | past | man | | | | | a powerful medicine *parataxis* | tree rules | | 4 | **cover** | past | man's face | | | | | | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | man | | occupants *= occupant* | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic | | 6 | **stand** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | man *not said here* | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **be** | past | occupants *= occupant* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | man *not said here* | | occupants *= occupant* | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic | | 9 | **go** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | man *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive | man *not said here* | | the father of Raven Woman | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent father=Recipient | | 11 | **is a** | past | man | New Robe | | | | | tree rules | | 12 | **return** | past | man *not said here* | | | strange adventures | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from adventure=Initial\_Location | 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 145](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/17/145/) - next →: [sentence 147](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/17/147/) - ↑ back to [The Beaver Stick](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/17/)