--- title: They were passing through the broken hills, and the coyote, quite a… — The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian S… · tree and pragmatics description: They were passing through the broken hills, and the coyote, quite a long way ahead, had climbed to the top of a low butte and looked cautiously over it, when he turned, ran back part way, and then circled off to the right. Who acts: meat, coyote. 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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 (meat, coyote), 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:pg66596:18:113 # text = They were passing through the broken hills, and the coyote, quite a long way ahead, had climbed to the top of a low butte and looked cautiously over it, when he turned, ran back part way, and then circled off to the right. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 passing pass VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 through through ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 broken break VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 amod _ _ 7 hills hill NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 coyote coyote NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 quite quite DET PDT PronType=Ind 16 det:predet _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 appos _ _ 17 ahead ahead ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 19 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 climbed climb VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 parataxis _ _ 21 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 low low ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 butte butte NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 30 cautiously cautiously ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 31 over over ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 36 advmod _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 38 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 conj _ _ 39 back back ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 40 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 compound _ _ 41 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 44 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 45 advmod _ _ 45 circled circle VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 conj _ _ 46 off off ADP RP _ 45 compound:prt _ _ 47 to to ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 right right NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pass** | past · progressive | meat | | | the broken hills | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme through hill=Location | | 2 | **break** | participle | | | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **climb** | past · perfect · passive | | the coyote | | | | to the top of a low butte *result* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V NP.extent PP.source PP.goal»: subject=Extent to top=Result | | 4 | **look** | past | | | | | | over way; cautiously *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent over it=Theme | | 5 | **turn** | past | coyote | | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **run back** | past | coyote *not said here* | | | | | part way *parataxis* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **circle off** | past | coyote *not said here* | | | | then | to the right | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «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 112](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/18/112/) - next →: [sentence 114](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/18/114/) - ↑ back to [Little Friend Coyote](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/18/)