--- title: They all wore clothing of beautiful material and fashion, but he now… — The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian S… · tree and pragmatics description: They all wore clothing of beautiful material and fashion, but he now noticed that the skin of each of these persons, wherever it could be seen—even their faces—was covered with fine fur, that of the two sons being pure white. Who acts: beds, Robe. 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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 (beds, 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:pg66596:17:60 # text = They all wore clothing of beautiful material and fashion, but he now noticed that the skin of each of these persons, wherever it could be seen—even their faces—was covered with fine fur, that of the two sons being pure white. 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 wore wear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 clothing clothing NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 material material NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 fashion fashion NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 but but CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 13 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 14 advmod _ _ 14 noticed notice VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 15 that that SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj:pass _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 17 nmod _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 22 det _ _ 22 persons person NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 24 wherever wherever ADV WRB PronType=Int 28 advmod _ _ 25 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj:pass _ _ 26 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 27 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 28 aux:pass _ _ 28 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 — - PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 even even ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 31 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 faces face NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 — - PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux:pass _ _ 35 covered cover VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 ccomp _ _ 36 with with ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 fur fur NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 40 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 38 nmod _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 43 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 44 nummod _ _ 44 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 nmod _ _ 45 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 46 cop _ _ 46 pure pure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 csubj _ _ 47 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wear** | past | beds *= bed* | clothing of beautiful material and fashion | | | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent clothing=Theme | | 2 | **notice** | past | Robe | | | | now | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **see** | could · passive | | skin | | | | beds's faces *obl*; wherever *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | | 4 | **cover** | past · passive | | the skin of each of this persons | | | | with fine fur that of the two sons | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination with fur=Theme | | 5 | **is** | gerund | | | | | | pure *property* | tree rules | 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 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/17/59/) - next →: [sentence 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/17/61/) - ↑ back to [The Beaver Stick](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/17/)