--- title: With a great splash he disappeared in the water, and New Robe, after… — The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian S… · tree and pragmatics description: With a great splash he disappeared in the water, and New Robe, after hesitating a little and praying to the Sun for aid in this strange adventure, closed his eyes and pitched headlong into the place where his companion had disappeared. Who acts: house, New Robe, strange adventure, companion. 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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 (house, New Robe, strange adventure, companion), 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:pg66596:17:55 # text = With a great splash he disappeared in the water, and New Robe, after hesitating a little and praying to the Sun for aid in this strange adventure, closed his eyes and pitched headlong into the place where his companion had disappeared. 1 With with ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 splash splash NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 disappeared disappear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 12 New New ADJ NNP Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 Robe Robe PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 after after SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 16 hesitating hesitate VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 obj _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 praying pray VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 conj _ _ 21 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 Sun Sun PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 24 for for ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 aid aid NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 26 in in ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 27 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 29 det _ _ 28 strange strange ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 adventure adventure NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 31 closed close VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 acl _ _ 32 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obj _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 pitched pitch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 36 headlong headlong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 xcomp _ _ 37 into into ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 40 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 44 advmod _ _ 41 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 companion companion NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nsubj _ _ 43 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 disappeared disappear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 39 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **disappear** | past | house | | | the water | | with a great splash | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **hesitate** | gerund | New Robe | a little | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **pray** | gerund | New Robe *not said here* | | | | | to the Sun; for aid in this strange adventure | vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for aid=Theme | | 4 | **close** | participle | this strange adventure *not said here* | Robe's eyes | | | | | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Patient | | 5 | **pitch** | past | house *not said here* | | | the place | | headlong *property* | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent into place=Destination | | 6 | **disappear** | past · perfect | Robe's companion | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/17/54/) - next →: [sentence 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/17/56/) - ↑ back to [The Beaver Stick](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/17/)