--- title: They reached the southern slopes of the low buttes one morning, afte… — The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian S… · tree and pragmatics description: They reached the southern slopes of the low buttes one morning, after being without water all the preceding day, and prepared to camp and rest at the edge of a little grove, close to which a large, clear spring bubbled up from a pile of sunken bowlders. Who acts: parties. 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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 (parties), 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:pg66596:18:24 # text = They reached the southern slopes of the low buttes one morning, after being without water all the preceding day, and prepared to camp and rest at the edge of a little grove, close to which a large, clear spring bubbled up from a pile of sunken bowlders. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 southern southern ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 slopes slope NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 low low ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 buttes butte NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nmod _ _ 10 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 11 nummod _ _ 11 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 after after ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 cop _ _ 15 without without ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 17 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 20 det:predet _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 preceding precede VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 20 amod _ _ 20 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 prepared prepare VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 parataxis _ _ 24 to to ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 camp camp VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 xcomp _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 rest rest VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 conj _ _ 28 at at ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 edge edge NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 grove grove NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 36 close close ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 37 to to ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 36 conj _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 40 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 42 clear clear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 spring spring NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 44 bubbled bubble VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 43 acl _ _ 45 up up ADP RP _ 44 compound:prt _ _ 46 from from ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 pile pile NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ _ 49 of of ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 sunken sunken ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 amod _ _ 51 bowlders bowlder NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reach** | past | parties *= party* | the southern slopes of the low buttes one morning | | | day | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent slope=Theme | | 2 | **is** | gerund | | | | | after water | | tree rules | | 3 | **precede** | gerund | | | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **prepare** | participle | | | | | | | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent clause=Attribute | | 5 | **camp** *not said to happen* | infinitive | | | | | | | vn odge-46-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **rest** | infinitive | | | | the edge of a little grove | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at edge=Location | | 7 | **bubble up** | participle | | a large clear spring *not said here* | | a pile of sunken bowlders | | | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «NP.theme V PP.source»: agent=Theme from pile=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 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/18/23/) - next →: [sentence 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/18/25/) - ↑ back to [Little Friend Coyote](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/18/)