--- title: He fastened the planks on the backs of the women, and said to the wo… — The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian S… · tree and pragmatics description: He fastened the planks on the backs of the women, and said to the women, “Now go to the beach and swim towards the sea, and as you go, swim five times around that rock and then go out to sea. Who acts: sun, women. 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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 (sun, women), 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:pg66596:4:164 # text = He fastened the planks on the backs of the women, and said to the women, “Now go to the beach and swim towards the sea, and as you go, swim five times around that rock and then go out to sea. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 fastened fasten VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 planks plank NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 backs back NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 women woman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 women woman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 “ " PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 20 advmod _ _ 20 go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 13 ccomp _ _ 21 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 beach beach NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 swim swim VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 26 towards towards ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 31 as as SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 32 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 go go VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 35 swim swim VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 36 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 37 nummod _ _ 37 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obl:unmarked _ _ 38 around around ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 40 det _ _ 40 rock rock NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 42 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 43 advmod _ _ 43 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 conj _ _ 44 out out ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 45 to to ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fasten** | past | sun | the planks | | the backs of the women | | | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | sun *not said here* | | the women | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to woman=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **go** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | the beach | now | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to beach=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **swim** *in a quote* | present | | | | the sea | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme towards sea=Destination | | 5 | **go** *in a quote* | present | the women *= woman* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **swim** *in a quote* | present | | | | that rock | time | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme around rock=Trajectory | | 7 | **go out** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | then | to sea; out *property* | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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 163](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/4/163/) - next →: [sentence 165](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/4/165/) - ↑ back to [A Bluejay Story](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/4/)