--- title: Sprinkling the water on the hot stones, he began the sacred songs th… — The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian S… · tree and pragmatics description: Sprinkling the water on the hot stones, he began the sacred songs that the old man beaver had taught him, and, as he sang, some of the fur with which his body had been gradually covered during the winter fell to the ground. Who acts: man, some. 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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 (man, some), 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:pg66596:17:150 # text = Sprinkling the water on the hot stones, he began the sacred songs that the old man beaver had taught him, and, as he sang, some of the fur with which his body had been gradually covered during the winter fell to the ground. 1 Sprinkling sprinkle VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 advcl _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 hot hot ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 stones stone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 sacred sacred ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 songs song NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obj _ _ 14 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 20 obj _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 16 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 17 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 compound _ _ 18 beaver beaver NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj:pass _ _ 19 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 taught teach VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 acl:relcl _ _ 21 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 as as SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 sang sing VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 29 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 44 nsubj _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 fur fur NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ _ 33 with with ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 40 obl _ _ 35 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj:pass _ _ 37 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 38 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 40 aux:pass _ _ 39 gradually gradually ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 40 covered cover VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 acl:relcl _ _ 41 during during ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 winter winter NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 44 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 45 to to ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sprinkle** | gerund | man *not said here* | the water | | the hot stones | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent water=Theme on stone=Destination | | 2 | **begin** | past | man | the sacred songs | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent song=Eventuality | | 3 | **teach** *speech: other* | past · perfect · passive | | the old man beaver | man | | | the sacred songs *obj* | tree rules | | 4 | **sing** *speech: express* | past | man | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location | | 5 | **cover** | past · perfect · passive | | man's body | | | winter | with the fur; gradually *property* | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination with which=Theme | | 6 | **fall** | past | some of the fur | | | | | to the ground | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to ground=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 149](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/17/149/) - next →: [sentence 151](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/17/151/) - ↑ back to [The Beaver Stick](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/17/)