--- title: One of the two contestants rolled the ring over a smooth prepared co… — The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian S… · tree and pragmatics description: One of the two contestants rolled the ring over a smooth prepared course, and when it had been set in motion the players ran after it side by side, each one trying to throw his stick through the ring. Who acts: players, one. 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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 (players, one), 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:pg66596:18:151 # text = One of the two contestants rolled the ring over a smooth prepared course, and when it had been set in motion the players ran after it side by side, each one trying to throw his stick through the ring. 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 obl _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 contestants contestant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ 6 rolled roll VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 ring ring NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 over over ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 11 smooth smooth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 12 prepared prepared ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 course course NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 16 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 20 advmod _ _ 17 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj:pass _ _ 18 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 19 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 20 aux:pass _ _ 20 set set VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 conj _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 motion motion NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 players player NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 nsubj _ _ 25 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 acl:relcl _ _ 26 after after ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 29 by by ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 33 det _ _ 33 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 appos _ _ 34 trying try VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 33 acl _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 throw throw VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 xcomp _ _ 37 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 stick stick NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 39 through through ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 ring ring NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **roll** | past | | One | | a smooth prepared course | | of the two contestants; the ring *obj* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP PP.source PP.destination PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent ring=Theme of contestant=Initial\_Location over course=Trajectory | | 2 | **set** | past · perfect · passive | | ring | | motion | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in motion=Destination | | 3 | **run** | past | the players | motion *not said here* | | | after side ring by side | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme motion=Trajectory | | 4 | **try** | gerund | each one *not said here* | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 5 | **throw** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | each one *not said here* | player's stick | | the ring | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent stick=Theme through ring=Destination | 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 150](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/18/150/) - next →: [sentence 152](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/18/152/) - ↑ back to [Little Friend Coyote](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/18/)