--- title: Fearing that she might find her people, dreading the awful vengeance… — The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian S… · tree and pragmatics description: Fearing that she might find her people, dreading the awful vengeance that would overtake them if she did, they were no doubt already fleeing towards the pine-covered slopes of the great mountains. Who acts: people, body, awful vengeance. 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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 (people, body, awful vengeance), 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:pg66596:18:100 # text = Fearing that she might find her people, dreading the awful vengeance that would overtake them if she did, they were no doubt already fleeing towards the pine-covered slopes of the great mountains. 1 Fearing fear VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 26 advcl _ _ 2 that that SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 ccomp _ _ 6 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 dreading dread VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 awful awful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 vengeance vengeance NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 13 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 15 nsubj _ _ 14 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 overtake overtake VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 acl:relcl _ _ 16 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ _ 17 if if SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 18 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 21 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 22 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 23 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 24 det _ _ 24 doubt doubt NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 25 already already ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 26 fleeing flee VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 27 towards towards ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 29 pine pine NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 30 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 covered cover VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 amod _ _ 32 slopes slope NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obl _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 mountains mountain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 . . PUNCT . _ 26 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fear** | gerund | people *not said here* | | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **find** | might | body | body's people | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Topic | | 3 | **dread** | gerund | body *not said here* | the awful vengeance | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer vengeance=Stimulus | | 4 | **overtake** | would | the awful vengeance | people | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **do** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | body | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **flee** | past · progressive | people | | | the covered slopes of the great mountains | | no doubt *nsubj* | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme towards slope=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **cover** | participle | | | | | | pine *compound* | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: 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 99](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/18/99/) - next →: [sentence 101](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/18/101/) - ↑ back to [Little Friend Coyote](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/18/)