--- title: He led her to the top of another hill, and then, looking away along… — The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian S… · tree and pragmatics description: He led her to the top of another hill, and then, looking away along the ridge, she saw that he had led her around a band of grizzly bears, feeding and playing on the steep slope. Who acts: yé, pi. 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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 (yé, pi), 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:pg66596:18:115 # text = He led her to the top of another hill, and then, looking away along the ridge, she saw that he had led her around a band of grizzly bears, feeding and playing on the steep slope. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 led lead VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 9 det _ _ 9 hill hill NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 12 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 14 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 15 away away ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 16 along along ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 ridge ridge NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 22 that that SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 led lead VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 21 ccomp _ _ 26 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ _ 27 around around ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 band band NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 grizzly grizzly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 bears bear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 34 feeding feed VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 25 conj _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 playing play VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 34 conj _ _ 37 on on ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 steep steep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 slope slope NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lead** | past | yé | pi | | the top of another hill | | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to top=Destination | | 2 | **look away** | gerund | yé *not said here* | | | | then | along the ridge; away *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent along ridge=Theme | | 3 | **see** | past | pi | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **lead** | past · perfect | yé | pi | | a band of grizzly bears | | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme around band=Destination | | 5 | **feed** | gerund | yé *not said here* | | | | | | vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **play** | gerund | yé *not said here* | | | the steep slope | | | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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 114](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/18/114/) - next →: [sentence 116](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/18/116/) - ↑ back to [Little Friend Coyote](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/18/)