--- title: The woman had been telling her companion—she talked to him now as sh… — The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian S… · tree and pragmatics description: The woman had been telling her companion—she talked to him now as she would have talked to a person—that her feet were swollen so badly she could go no farther, and then she fell asleep. Who acts: woman. 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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 (woman), 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:pg66596:18:130 # text = The woman had been telling her companion—she talked to him now as she would have talked to a person—that her feet were swollen so badly she could go no farther, and then she fell asleep. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 aux _ _ 5 telling tell VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 0 root _ _ 6 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 companion companion NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 — - PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 talked talk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obl _ _ 13 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 18 advmod _ _ 14 as as SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 15 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 16 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 17 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 18 aux _ _ 18 talked talk VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 10 advcl _ _ 19 to to ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 — - PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 that that SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 24 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 nsubj:pass _ _ 26 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux:pass _ _ 27 swollen swell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 parataxis _ _ 28 so so ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 29 badly badly ADV RB Degree=Pos 27 advmod _ _ 30 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 ccomp _ _ 33 no no ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 farther far ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 32 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 37 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 39 advmod _ _ 38 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ _ 40 asleep asleep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past · perfect · progressive | the woman | woman's companion | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent companion=Recipient | | 2 | **talk** | past | woman | | coyote | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to he=Co-Agent | | 3 | **talk** | would · perfect | woman | | | | now | to a person | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to person=Co-Agent | | 4 | **swell** | past · passive | | woman's feet | | | | badly *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **go** | could | woman | | | | | far *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **fall** | past | woman | | | | then | asleep *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: 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 129](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/18/129/) - next →: [sentence 131](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/18/131/) - ↑ back to [Little Friend Coyote](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/18/)