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title: Although in recent years all the conditions of the lives of these pe… — The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian S… · tree and pragmatics
description: Although in recent years all the conditions of the lives of these people have changed, stories such as these may still be heard, if one can gain the confidence of the aged men and women who yet retain this legendary lore. Who acts: one, aged men. A sentence of «The Punishment of the Stingy, and Othe
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# The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian Stories, The Bluejay Stories, sentence 9

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Although in recent years all the conditions of the lives of these people have changed, stories such as these may still be heard, if one can gain the confidence of the aged men and women who yet retain this legendary lore.

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**Who acts:** one, aged men · **What happens:** change, hear, gain, retain, condition, confide · **To what, where:** conditions, these, confidence, legendary lore, lives, aged men

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This is a sentence of «The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian Stories» by George Bird Grinnell, The Bluejay Stories. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (one, aged men), 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:pg66596:3:9
# text = Although in recent years all the conditions of the lives of these people have changed, stories such as these may still be heard, if one can gain the confidence of the aged men and women who yet retain this legendary lore.
1	Although	although	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	recent	recent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obl	_	_
5	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	7	det:predet	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	conditions	condition	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	lives	life	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	these	this	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	13	det	_	_
13	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	_
14	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
15	changed	change	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
17	stories	story	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obj	_	_
18	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=SCONJ	24	mark	_	_
19	as	as	ADP	IN	_	18	fixed	_	_
20	these	this	PRON	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	24	nsubj	_	_
21	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	24	aux	_	_
22	still	still	ADV	RB	_	24	advmod	_	_
23	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	24	aux:pass	_	_
24	heard	hear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	17	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	_
26	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	29	mark	_	_
27	one	one	PRON	PRP	Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	29	nsubj	_	_
28	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	29	aux	_	_
29	gain	gain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	parataxis	_	_
30	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	31	det	_	_
31	confidence	confidence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	obj	_	_
32	of	of	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
33	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	35	det	_	_
34	aged	aged	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	35	amod	_	_
35	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	31	nmod	_	_
36	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	37	cc	_	_
37	women	woman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	35	conj	_	_
38	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	40	nsubj	_	_
39	yet	yet	ADV	RB	_	40	advmod	_	_
40	retain	retain	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	35	parataxis	_	_
41	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	43	det	_	_
42	legendary	legendary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	43	amod	_	_
43	lore	lore	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	40	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	15	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **change** | present · perfect · passive |  | all conditions of the lives of this people |  |  | year | stories *obj* | tree rules |
| 2 | **hear** | may · passive |  | these |  |  | still |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Stimulus |
| 3 | **gain** *a condition, not said to happen* | can | one | the confidence of the aged men and women |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent confidence=Theme |
| 4 | **retain** | present | the aged men and women | this legendary lore |  |  | yet |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **condition** |  |  | the lives of this people |  |  |  |  | nom condition «state transitive»: of=patient |
| 6 | **confide** |  |  | the aged men and women |  |  |  |  | nom confidence «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

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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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