--- title: At this time the Piegans were hunting on the Lower Milk River, but t… — The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian S… · tree and pragmatics description: At this time the Piegans were hunting on the Lower Milk River, but the morning that Front Wolf and his wife started away the whole camp moved too, for the chiefs wished to pass the hot season along the foot-hills of the great mountains. Who acts: Piegans, Front Wolf, morning, chiefs. 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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 (Piegans, Front Wolf, morning, chiefs), 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:pg66596:18:20 # text = At this time the Piegans were hunting on the Lower Milk River, but the morning that Front Wolf and his wife started away the whole camp moved too, for the chiefs wished to pass the hot season along the foot-hills of the great mountains. 1 At at ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 det _ _ 3 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Piegans Piegan PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 6 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 hunting hunt VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 acl:relcl _ _ 8 on on ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 10 Lower low ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 12 amod _ _ 11 Milk Milk PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 compound _ _ 12 River River PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 14 but but CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 17 that that SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 18 Front Front PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 compound _ _ 19 Wolf Wolf PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 21 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 conj _ _ 23 started start VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 acl _ _ 24 away away ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 camp camp NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 28 moved move VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 acl:relcl _ _ 29 too too ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 for for SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 chiefs chief NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 nsubj _ _ 34 wished wish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 xcomp _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 hot hot ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 season season NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 40 along along ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 42 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 43 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 hills hill NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obl _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 47 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 48 mountains mountain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hunt** | past · progressive | the Piegans | this time *not said here* | | the Lower Milk River | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent time=Theme on river=Location | | 2 | **start away** | past | Front Wolf and Wolf's wife | the whole camp | | | | away *property* | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent camp=Eventuality | | 3 | **move** | past | the morning | the Lower Milk River *not said here* | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V ADJ.result»: agent=Theme river=Result | | 4 | **wish** | past | the chiefs | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 5 | **pass** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the chiefs *not said here* | | | the foot hills of the great mountains | season | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme along hill=Location | 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 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/18/19/) - next →: [sentence 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/18/21/) - ↑ back to [Little Friend Coyote](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/18/)