--- title: The Blackfeet looked on at this terrible butchery of their friend wi… — The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian S… · tree and pragmatics description: The Blackfeet looked on at this terrible butchery of their friend with horror, but in stolid silence, all save Su-yé-sai-pi, who gave a frightened cry when she saw the poor fellow struck down, and, clasping her husband by the arm, buried her face in his breast. Who acts: Blackfeet, Su, sai pi. 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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 (Blackfeet, Su, sai pi), 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:pg66596:18:44 # text = The Blackfeet looked on at this terrible butchery of their friend with horror, but in stolid silence, all save Su-yé-sai-pi, who gave a frightened cry when she saw the poor fellow struck down, and, clasping her husband by the arm, buried her face in his breast. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Blackfeet Blackfeet PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 on on ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 8 det _ _ 7 terrible terrible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 butchery butchery NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 12 with with ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 horror horror NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 15 but but CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 16 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 stolid stolid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 silence silence NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 20 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 21 advmod _ _ 21 save save VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 22 Su Su PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 yé yé NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 25 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 sai sai NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 27 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 pi pi NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 31 nsubj _ _ 31 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 acl:relcl _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 frightened frightened ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 cry cry NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 35 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 37 advmod _ _ 36 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 advcl _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 fellow fellow NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 41 struck strike VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 40 acl _ _ 42 down down ADP RP _ 41 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 46 clasping clasp VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 47 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 48 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obj _ _ 49 by by ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 arm arm NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 53 buried bury VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 54 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 55 nmod:poss _ _ 55 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obj _ _ 56 in in ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 57 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 58 nmod:poss _ _ 58 breast breast NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 59 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look on** | past | the Blackfeet | | | | | at this terrible butchery of Blackfeet's friend with horror | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at butchery=Theme | | 2 | **save** | present | | | | stolid silence | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **pi** | | Su | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **give** | past | sai pi | a frightened cry | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cry=Theme | | 5 | **see** | past | Su | the poor fellow | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer fellow=Stimulus | | 6 | **strike down** | participle | | the poor fellow *not said here* | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **clasp** | gerund | the Blackfeet *not said here* | Su's husband | | | | by the arm | vn hold-15.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent husband=Theme | | 8 | **bury** | past | the Blackfeet *not said here* | Su's face | | husband's breast | | | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent face=Theme in breast=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 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/18/43/) - next →: [sentence 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/18/45/) - ↑ back to [Little Friend Coyote](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/18/)