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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 (hunter, people, Bluejay), 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:pg66596:4:171 # text = He threw down the sinews that he had split on the stones where the people used to gather their mussels, and said to the mussels, “After this when Bluejay and these others go to take up you mussels, you shall always be tied fast to the rocks.” 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 threw throw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 down down ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 sinews sinew NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 6 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 split split VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 acl:relcl _ _ 10 on on ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 stones stone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ _ 13 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 16 advmod _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nsubj _ _ 16 used use VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 acl:relcl _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 gather gather VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 xcomp _ _ 19 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 mussels mussel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 24 to to ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 mussels mussel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 28 “ " PUNCT `` _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 After after ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 36 obl _ _ 31 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 36 advmod _ _ 32 Bluejay Bluejay PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 34 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 35 det _ _ 35 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 conj _ _ 36 go go VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 xcomp _ _ 39 up up ADP RP _ 38 compound:prt _ _ 40 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ _ 41 mussels mussel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 43 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj:pass _ _ 44 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 45 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 47 advmod _ _ 46 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 47 aux:pass _ _ 47 tied tie VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 conj _ _ 48 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 47 advmod _ _ 49 to to ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 rocks rock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **throw down** | past | hunter | the sinews | | | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sinew=Theme | | 2 | **split** | past · perfect · passive | | the sinews | | the stones | | hunter *nsubj* | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 3 | **use** | past | the people | | | | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **gather** | to-infinitive | the people *not said here* | sinews's mussels | | | | | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mussel=Theme | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | the mussels | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to mussel=Recipient | | 6 | **go** *in a quote* | present | Bluejay and this others | | | | after this | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **take up** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Bluejay and this others *not said here* | the mussels *= mussel* | | | | mussels *obj* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument you=Theme mussel=Destination | | 8 | **tie** *in a quote* | shall · passive | | the mussels *= mussel* | | | | to the rocks; always, fast *property* | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient to rock=Co-Patient | 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 170](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/4/170/) - next →: [sentence 172](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/4/172/) - ↑ back to [A Bluejay Story](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/4/)