--- title: The Raven wished to take home some of the meat to give to persons wh… — The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian S… · tree and pragmatics description: The Raven wished to take home some of the meat to give to persons who were hungry, and hid a piece in his mat and carried it to the canoe, but Bluejay ran down and took the meat and threw it into the fire and burned it. Who acts: Raven, persons, Bluejay. 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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 (Raven, persons, 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:pg66596:4:20 # text = The Raven wished to take home some of the meat to give to persons who were hungry, and hid a piece in his mat and carried it to the canoe, but Bluejay ran down and took the meat and threw it into the fire and burned it. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Raven Raven PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 wished wish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 home home ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 7 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 5 obj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 meat meat NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 advcl _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 persons person NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obl _ _ 15 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 17 nsubj _ _ 16 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 17 hungry hungry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 hid hide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 piece piece NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 mat mat NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 carried carry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 28 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obj _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 canoe canoe NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 but but CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 34 Bluejay Bluejay PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 35 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 36 down down ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 meat meat NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 threw throw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 conj _ _ 43 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ _ 44 into into ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 48 burned burn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 conj _ _ 49 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wish** | past | the Raven | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **take** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the Raven *not said here* | some of the meat | | | | home *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent some=Theme | | 3 | **give** | to-infinitive | the Raven *not said here* | | persons | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to person=Recipient | | 4 | **is** | past | persons | | | | | hungry *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **hide** | past | | a piece | | Raven's mat | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent piece=Patient in mat=Location | | 6 | **carry** | past | | piece | | the canoe | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme to canoe=Destination | | 7 | **run down** | past | Bluejay | | | | | down *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **take** | past | the Raven *not said here* | the meat | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meat=Theme | | 9 | **throw** | past | the Raven *not said here* | meat | | | | into the fire *result* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Causer it=Theme into fire=Result | | 10 | **burn** | past | the Raven *not said here* | meat | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme | 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 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/4/19/) - next →: [sentence 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/4/21/) - ↑ back to [A Bluejay Story](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/4/)