--- title: It was in the summer, when the Blackfoot and Piegan tribes were camp… — The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian S… · tree and pragmatics description: It was in the summer, when the Blackfoot and Piegan tribes were camped together, that the Blackfoot Front Wolf first noticed Su-yé-sai-pi, a Piegan girl, and liked her, and determined to make her his wife. Who acts: It, Blackfoot Front Wolf. 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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 (It, Blackfoot Front Wolf), 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:pg66596:18:1 # text = It was in the summer, when the Blackfoot and Piegan tribes were camped together, that the Blackfoot Front Wolf first noticed Su-yé-sai-pi, a Piegan girl, and liked her, and determined to make her his wife. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 summer summer NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 7 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 14 advmod _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 9 Blackfoot Blackfoot PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 compound _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 Piegan Piegan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 conj _ _ 12 tribes tribe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nsubj:pass _ _ 13 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux:pass _ _ 14 camped camp VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 15 together together ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 17 that that SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 19 Blackfoot Blackfoot PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 compound _ _ 20 Front Front PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 compound _ _ 21 Wolf Wolf PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 22 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 23 advmod _ _ 23 noticed notice VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 parataxis _ _ 24 Su Su PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 yé yé NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 27 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 sai sai NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 29 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 pi pi NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 Piegan Piegan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 compound _ _ 34 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 liked like VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 38 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 determined determined ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 ccomp _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 43 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 xcomp _ _ 44 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obj _ _ 45 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | It | | | | | in the summer | tree rules | | 2 | **camp** | past · passive | | the Blackfoot tribes | | | | together *property* | vn odge-46-1 «NP V ADV»: subject=Location | | 3 | **notice** | past | the Blackfoot Front Wolf | Su | | | | yé sai pi *obl*; first *property* | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer su=Stimulus | | 4 | **like** | past | the Blackfoot Front Wolf *not said here* | Su | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot she=Theme | | 5 | **make** | to-infinitive | the Blackfoot Front Wolf *not said here* | Wolf's wife | Su | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset she=Beneficiary wife=Product | 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: [The Beaver Stick, 162](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/17/162/) - next →: [sentence 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/18/2/) - ↑ back to [Little Friend Coyote](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/18/)