--- title: He would wait for her at the top of a ridge, where they would sit an… — The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian S… · tree and pragmatics description: He would wait for her at the top of a ridge, where they would sit and rest awhile, and as soon as she was ready to go on he would run to the top of the next rise before she had taken fifty steps. Who acts: yé, objects, 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, objects, 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:pg66596:18:118 # text = He would wait for her at the top of a ridge, where they would sit and rest awhile, and as soon as she was ready to go on he would run to the top of the next rise before she had taken fifty steps. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 ridge ridge NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 16 advmod _ _ 14 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 sit sit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 rest rest VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 conj _ _ 19 awhile awhile ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 22 as as ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 23 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 27 advmod _ _ 24 as as SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 25 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 27 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 conj _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 xcomp _ _ 30 on on SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 run run VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 advcl _ _ 34 to to ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 rise rise NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ _ 41 before before SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 42 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 43 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 33 advcl _ _ 45 fifty fifty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 46 nummod _ _ 46 steps step NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | would | yé | | | the top of a ridge | | for pi | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at top=Location | | 2 | **sit** | would | objects *= object* | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **rest** | infinitive | objects *= object* *not said here* | | | | | awhile *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **is** | past | pi | | | | | ready, soon *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **go** | to-infinitive | pi *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **run** | would | yé | | | | | to the top of the next rise *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to top=Result | | 7 | **take** | past · perfect | pi | fifty steps | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent step=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 117](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/18/117/) - next →: [sentence 119](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/18/119/) - ↑ back to [Little Friend Coyote](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/18/)