--- title: After they had gone some distance they came to a small island, and s… — The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian S… · tree and pragmatics description: After they had gone some distance they came to a small island, and saw there some sea-lions, and the hunter speared one, and it jumped out to the water and swam strongly, and then it died and floated on the water. Who acts: Mussels, hunter, distance. 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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 (Mussels, hunter, distance), 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:pg66596:4:14 # text = After they had gone some distance they came to a small island, and saw there some sea-lions, and the hunter speared one, and it jumped out to the water and swam strongly, and then it died and floated on the water. 1 After after SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 8 advcl _ _ 5 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 6 det _ _ 6 distance distance NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 island island NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 16 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 15 advmod _ _ 17 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 20 det _ _ 18 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 19 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 lions lion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 hunter hunter NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 25 speared spear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 26 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 jumped jump VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 31 out out ADP RP _ 30 compound:prt _ _ 32 to to ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 swam swim VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 conj _ _ 37 strongly strongly ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 40 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 42 advmod _ _ 41 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 died die VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 floated float VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 42 conj _ _ 45 on on ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past · perfect | Mussels *= mussel* | some distance | | | | | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location distance=Theme | | 2 | **come** | past | Mussels *= mussel* | | | a small island | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to island=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **see** | past | Mussels *= mussel* *not said here* | some sea lions | | there | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer lion=Stimulus | | 4 | **spear** | past | the hunter | one | | | | | vn carve-21.2-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Patient | | 5 | **jump out** | past | distance | | | | | to the water *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to water=Result | | 6 | **swim** | past | distance *not said here* | | | | | strongly *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **die** | past | distance | | | | then | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 8 | **float** | participle | distance *not said here* | | | the water | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on water=Trajectory | 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 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/4/13/) - next →: [sentence 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/4/15/) - ↑ back to [A Bluejay Story](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/4/)