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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 (chief), 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:pg66596:18:57 # text = “Come,” said the chief to Su-yé-sai-pi, offering her the scalp from Front Wolf’s head—“come, join us in this dance and be happy.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 5 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 chief chief NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 9 Su Su PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 yé yé NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 12 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 sai sai NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 14 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 pi pi NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 offering offer VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 18 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 scalp scalp NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 21 from from ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 22 Front Front PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 compound _ _ 23 Wolf Wolf PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ’s 's PART POS _ 23 case _ _ 25 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 — - PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 “ " PUNCT `` _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 30 join join VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ _ 31 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 34 det _ _ 34 dance dance NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 36 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 37 cop _ _ 37 happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 . . PUNCT . _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ” " PUNCT '' _ 28 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the chief | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **offer** | gerund | the chief *not said here* | the scalp | Su | Front Wolf's head | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent she=Goal scalp=Theme | | 4 | **come** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **join** *in a quote* | infinitive | | us | | this dance | | | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent we=Patient | | 6 | **is** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | happy *property* | tree rules | 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 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/18/56/) - next →: [sentence 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/18/58/) - ↑ back to [Little Friend Coyote](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/18/)