--- title: She lay motionless a little while, and then could bear the suspense… — The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian S… · tree and pragmatics description: She lay motionless a little while, and then could bear the suspense no longer; slowly rising up and turning back her robe, what should she find lying by her side but a coyote, looking up into her face and wagging his tail! Who acts: pi, 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 (pi, 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:pg66596:18:105 # text = She lay motionless a little while, and then could bear the suspense no longer; slowly rising up and turning back her robe, what should she find lying by her side but a coyote, looking up into her face and wagging his tail! 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 lay lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 motionless motionless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 while while NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 9 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 11 advmod _ _ 10 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 bear bear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 advcl _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 suspense suspense NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 no no ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 11 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 slowly slowly ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 18 rising rise VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 19 up up ADP RP _ 18 compound:prt _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 turning turn VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 18 conj _ _ 22 back back ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 23 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 robe robe NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 26 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 29 obj _ _ 27 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 28 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 acl:relcl _ _ 30 lying lie VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 29 xcomp _ _ 31 by by ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 34 but but CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 coyote coyote NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 38 looking look VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 30 conj _ _ 39 up up ADP RP _ 38 compound:prt _ _ 40 into into ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 wagging wag VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 30 conj _ _ 45 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ! ! PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lie** | past | pi | | | | while | motionless *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **bear** | could | pi *not said here* | the suspense | | | then | long *property* | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent suspense=Patient | | 3 | **rise up** | gerund | pi *not said here* | | | | | slowly *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **turn back** | gerund | pi *not said here* | pi's robe | | | | | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent robe=Theme | | 5 | **find** | should | pi | pi's robe | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent what=Attribute clause=Theme | | 6 | **lie** | gerund | pi's robe *not said here* | | | | | by pi's side but a coyote | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by side=Location | | 7 | **look up** | gerund | pi's robe *not said here* | | | | | into pi's face | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent into face=Theme | | 8 | **wag** | gerund | pi's robe *not said here* | face's tail | | | | | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tail=Patient | 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 104](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/18/104/) - next →: [sentence 106](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/18/106/) - ↑ back to [Little Friend Coyote](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/18/)