--- title: The pouch had long been empty, and Su-yé-sai-pi was weak from hunger… — The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian S… · tree and pragmatics description: The pouch had long been empty, and Su-yé-sai-pi was weak from hunger, and her weary feet were swollen and blistered, for the last pair of moccasins had been worn out. Who acts: pouch, yé sai 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 (pouch, yé sai 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:pg66596:18:122 # text = The pouch had long been empty, and Su-yé-sai-pi was weak from hunger, and her weary feet were swollen and blistered, for the last pair of moccasins had been worn out. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 pouch pouch NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 4 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 6 advmod _ _ 5 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 cop _ _ 6 empty empty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 9 Su Su PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 10 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 yé yé NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 12 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 sai sai NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 14 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 pi pi NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 16 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 17 weak weak ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 conj _ _ 18 from from ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 hunger hunger NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 22 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 23 weary weary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 nsubj:pass _ _ 25 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux:pass _ _ 26 swollen swell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 conj _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 blistered blister VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 26 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 for for ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 pair pair NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 moccasins moccasin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obl _ _ 36 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 37 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 38 aux:pass _ _ 38 worn wear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 acl:relcl _ _ 39 out out ADP RP _ 38 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past · perfect | the pouch | | | | | empty, long *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | past | yé sai pi | | | hunger | | weak *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **swell** | past · passive | | pi's weary feet | | | | for the last pair | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V NP.extent PP.source PP.goal»: subject=Extent | | 4 | **blister** | participle | | | | | | | vn entity\_specific\_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **wear out** | past · perfect · passive | | the last pair *not said here* | | | | of moccasins | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: of moccasin=Source | 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 121](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/18/121/) - next →: [sentence 123](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/18/123/) - ↑ back to [Little Friend Coyote](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/18/)