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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 (Wolf, journey), 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:pg66596:18:9 # text = One summer, only two or three days after his return from a successful war-journey against the Crows, he said to his wife: “It is a long time since I have seen my parents. 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 summer summer NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 4 only only ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 5 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 8 nummod _ _ 6 or or CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 conj _ _ 8 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 appos _ _ 9 after after ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 return return NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 12 from from ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 14 successful successful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 15 war war NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 16 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 journey journey NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 18 against against ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 Crows crow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 24 to to ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 : : PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 28 “ " PUNCT `` _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 30 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 cop _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 34 since since SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 35 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 33 acl:relcl _ _ 38 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 parents parent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 23 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Wolf | | Wolf's wife | | summer | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to wife=Recipient | | 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | journey | a long time | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **see** *in a quote* | present · perfect | Wolf | my parents | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer parent=Stimulus | | 4 | **return** | | Wolf | | | a successful war journey against the Crows | | | nom return «communication intransitive»: poss=agent from=place | 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 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/18/8/) - next →: [sentence 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/18/10/) - ↑ back to [Little Friend Coyote](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/18/)