--- title: She talked to him all the time, telling him what had happened, and w… — The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian S… · tree and pragmatics description: She talked to him all the time, telling him what had happened, and what she wished to do; and he seemed to understand, for when she started to leave the spring he bounded on ahead, often stopping and looking back, as much as to say, “Come on; this is the way.” Who acts: doubt, animal, this. 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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 (doubt, animal, this), 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:pg66596:18:112 # text = She talked to him all the time, telling him what had happened, and what she wished to do; and he seemed to understand, for when she started to leave the spring he bounded on ahead, often stopping and looking back, as much as to say, “Come on; this is the way.” 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 talked talk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ _ 5 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 7 det:predet _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 telling tell VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 parataxis _ _ 10 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 iobj _ _ 11 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 13 nsubj _ _ 12 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 happened happen VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 9 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 13 obl _ _ 17 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 wished wish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 acl:relcl _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 understand understand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 for for SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 29 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 31 advmod _ _ 30 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 started start VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 xcomp _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 spring spring NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 bounded bound VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 acl:relcl _ _ 38 on on ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 ahead ahead ADV RB _ 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 often often ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 42 stopping stop VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 33 advcl _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 42 conj _ _ 45 back back ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 47 as as ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 48 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 obj _ _ 49 as as SCONJ IN _ 51 mark _ _ 50 to to PART TO _ 51 mark _ _ 51 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 48 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 53 “ " PUNCT `` _ 54 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 Come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 51 ccomp _ _ 55 on on ADV RB _ 54 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 56 ; ; PUNCT : _ 60 punct _ _ 57 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 60 nsubj _ _ 58 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 60 cop _ _ 59 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 60 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 61 . . PUNCT . _ 60 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 62 ” " PUNCT '' _ 60 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **talk** | past | doubt | | animal | | time | | tree rules | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | gerund | | | animal | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **happen** | past · perfect | | | | | | what *nsubj* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **wish** | past | doubt | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 5 | **do** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | doubt *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **seem** | past | animal | | | | | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | | 7 | **understand** | to-infinitive | animal *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **start** | past | doubt | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 9 | **leave** | to-infinitive | doubt *not said here* | | | | spring | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **bound** | past | animal | the spring *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 11 | **stop** | gerund | doubt *not said here* | much | | | | often *property* | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality much=Eventuality | | 12 | **look back** | gerund | doubt *not said here* | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 13 | **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 14 | **come on** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 15 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | this | the way | | | | | 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 111](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/18/111/) - next →: [sentence 113](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/18/113/) - ↑ back to [Little Friend Coyote](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/18/)