--- title: The coyote was not forgotten; food was always left at the camp site,… — The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian S… · tree and pragmatics description: The coyote was not forgotten; food was always left at the camp site, as she had promised, and often, as Su-yé-sai-pi and her people started on after the others, they saw him standing on a near hill, watching them out of sight. Who acts: mother, people, coyote. A sentence of «The Punishment of the St --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/18/145/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Punishment of the Stingy, and Othe…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/) / [Little Friend Coyote](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/18/) / 145 # The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian Stories, Little Friend Coyote, sentence 145 The coyote was not forgotten; food was always left at the camp site, as she had promised, and often, as Su-yé-sai-pi and her people started on after the others, they saw him standing on a near hill, watching them out of sight. **Who acts:** mother, people, coyote · **What happens:** not forget, leave, promise, start on, see, stand · **To what, where:** coyote, food, camp site, near hill, people, sight This is a sentence of «The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian Stories» by George Bird Grinnell, Little Friend Coyote. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (mother, people, 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:pg66596:18:145 # text = The coyote was not forgotten; food was always left at the camp site, as she had promised, and often, as Su-yé-sai-pi and her people started on after the others, they saw him standing on a near hill, watching them out of sight. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 coyote coyote NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 forgotten forget VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ; ; PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj:pass _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux:pass _ _ 9 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 10 advmod _ _ 10 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 parataxis _ _ 11 at at ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 camp camp NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 compound _ _ 14 site site NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 as as SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 17 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 promised promise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 10 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 often often ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 24 as as ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 25 Su Su PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 yé yé NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 28 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 sai sai NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 30 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 pi pi NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 parataxis _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 33 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 nsubj _ _ 35 started start VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 36 on on ADP RP _ 35 compound:prt _ _ 37 after after ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 43 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ _ 44 standing stand VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 42 xcomp _ _ 45 on on ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 46 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 47 near near ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 48 hill hill NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 50 watching watch VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 44 advcl _ _ 51 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 obj _ _ 52 out out ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 of of ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 54 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **forget** | past · passive | | the coyote | | | | sai pi Su *parataxis*; often *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **leave** | past · passive | | food | | the camp site | | always *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme at site=Location | | 3 | **promise** *speech: promise* | past · perfect | mother | | | | | | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **start on** | past | mother's people | | | | after the others | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 5 | **see** | past | people | coyote | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **stand** | gerund | coyote *not said here* | | | a near hill | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on hill=Location | | 7 | **watch** | gerund | coyote *not said here* | people | | sight | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=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 144](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/18/144/) - next →: [sentence 146](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/18/146/) - ↑ back to [Little Friend Coyote](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/18/)