--- title: Pretty soon, as they looked, they could see that it was the Magpie i… — The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian S… · tree and pragmatics description: Pretty soon, as they looked, they could see that it was the Magpie in the canoe, and at length he landed and pulled his canoe up on the beach and walked up to the house. Who acts: Bluejay, canoe, shore. 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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 (Bluejay, canoe, shore), 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:pg66596:5:29 # text = Pretty soon, as they looked, they could see that it was the Magpie in the canoe, and at length he landed and pulled his canoe up on the beach and walked up to the house. 1 Pretty pretty ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 10 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 as as SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 5 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 8 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 11 that that SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 12 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 13 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 Magpie Magpie PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 16 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 canoe canoe NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 21 at at ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 length length NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 landed land VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 pulled pull VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 27 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 canoe canoe VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 ccomp _ _ 29 up up ADP RP _ 28 compound:prt _ _ 30 on on ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 beach beach NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 walked walk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 35 up up ADP RP _ 34 compound:prt _ _ 36 to to ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | past | Bluejay | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **see** | could | Bluejay | | | the canoe | | soon *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **is a** | past | canoe | the Magpie | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **land** | past | shore | | | length | | | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **pull** | past | shore *not said here* | | | the beach | | | tree rules | | 6 | **canoe up** | present | shore *not said here* | | | | | shore *nmod:poss* | vn vehicle-51.4.1-1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **walk up** | past | shore *not said here* | | | | | to the house *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to house=Result | 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 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/5/28/) - next →: [sentence 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/5/30/) - ↑ back to [Bluejay, the Imitator](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/5/)