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title: Following him four warriors entered, and seizing the young Blackfoot… — The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian S… · tree and pragmatics
description: Following him four warriors entered, and seizing the young Blackfoot who sat nearest the door, led him out some little distance from the lodge, where one of them brained him with a war-club, and then every one tried to get a piece of his scalp or to plunge a knife into his body. Who acts: four warri
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# The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian Stories, Little Friend Coyote, sentence 42

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Following him four warriors entered, and seizing the young Blackfoot who sat nearest the door, led him out some little distance from the lodge, where one of them brained him with a war-club, and then every one tried to get a piece of his scalp or to plunge a knife into his body.

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**Who acts:** four warriors, young Blackfoot, one · **What happens:** follow, enter, seize, sit, lead out, brain · **To what, where:** man, young Blackfoot, piece, knife, body

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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 (four warriors, young Blackfoot, one), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg66596:18:42
# text = Following him four warriors entered, and seizing the young Blackfoot who sat nearest the door, led him out some little distance from the lodge, where one of them brained him with a war-club, and then every one tried to get a piece of his scalp or to plunge a knife into his body.
1	Following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	csubj	_	_
2	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	warriors	warrior	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	entered	enter	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	seizing	seize	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	Blackfoot	Blackfoot	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
12	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	13	nsubj	_	_
13	sat	sit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	acl:relcl	_	_
14	nearest	nearest	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
18	led	lead	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
19	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	obj	_	_
20	out	out	ADP	RP	_	18	compound:prt	_	_
21	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	23	det	_	_
22	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	amod	_	_
23	distance	distance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obj	_	_
24	from	from	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	lodge	lodge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
28	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	32	advmod	_	_
29	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	32	nsubj	_	_
30	of	of	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
31	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	29	nmod	_	_
32	brained	brain	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	26	conj	_	_
33	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	32	obj	_	_
34	with	with	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
35	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
36	war	war	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	36	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	club	club	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	44	punct	_	_
40	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	44	cc	_	_
41	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	44	advmod	_	_
42	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	43	det	_	_
43	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	44	nsubj	_	_
44	tried	try	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	conj	_	_
45	to	to	PART	TO	_	46	mark	_	_
46	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	44	xcomp	_	_
47	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	48	det	_	_
48	piece	piece	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	46	obj	_	_
49	of	of	ADP	IN	_	51	case	_	_
50	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	51	nmod:poss	_	_
51	scalp	scalp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	48	nmod	_	_
52	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	54	cc	_	_
53	to	to	PART	TO	_	54	mark	_	_
54	plunge	plunge	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	46	conj	_	_
55	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	56	det	_	_
56	knife	knife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	54	obj	_	_
57	into	into	ADP	IN	_	59	case	_	_
58	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	59	nmod:poss	_	_
59	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	54	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
60	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  | man |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
| 2 | **enter** | past | four warriors |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **seize** | gerund | four warriors *not said here* | the young Blackfoot |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent blackfoot=Theme |
| 4 | **sit** | past | the young Blackfoot |  |  |  |  | nearest the door | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **lead out** | past | four warriors *not said here* | man |  |  |  | some little distance *obj* | tree rules |
| 6 | **brain** | past | one of Blackfeet | man |  |  |  | with a war club | vn spank-18.3 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent he=Patient with club=Instrument |
| 7 | **try** | past | every one |  |  |  | then |  | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 8 | **get** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | every one *not said here* | a piece of man's scalp |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer piece=Stimulus |
| 9 | **plunge** | to-infinitive | every one *not said here* | a knife |  | man's body |  |  | vn meander-47.7-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location knife=Theme |

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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.

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**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.

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