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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, stones, 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:pg66596:17:149 # text = New Robe told them to walk ahead and warn the people to keep away from him, and, as they all stood in a big crowd on each side of his path, he came to the first sweat lodge and entered it. 1 New New ADJ NNP Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 Robe Robe PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 iobj _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 walk walk VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 7 ahead ahead ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 warn warn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ _ 14 away away ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 15 from from ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 20 as as SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 21 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 21 det _ _ 23 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 24 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 crowd crowd NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 28 on on ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 30 det _ _ 30 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 path path NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 37 to to ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 39 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 41 amod _ _ 40 sweat sweat NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 compound _ _ 41 lodge lodge NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 entered enter VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 conj _ _ 44 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | New Robe | | stones *= stone* | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **walk** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | New Robe *not said here* | | | | | ahead *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **warn** *speech: warn* | infinitive | New Robe *not said here* | | the people | | | | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP how S\_INF»: agent=Agent people=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **keep away** | to-infinitive | New Robe *not said here* | | | | | from Robe; away *property* | vn forbid-64.4 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer from he=Eventuality | | 5 | **stand** | past | stones *= stone* | | | a big crowd | | on each side of Robe's path | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in crowd=Location | | 6 | **come** | past | Robe | | | the first sweat lodge | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to lodge=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **enter** | past | Robe *not said here* | lodge | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Destination | 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 148](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/17/148/) - next →: [sentence 150](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/17/150/) - ↑ back to [The Beaver Stick](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/17/)