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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), 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:pg66596:5:51 # text = They took them up to the house and made a fire and roasted them, and when the fish were cooked they gave them to Bluejay and his sister, and they ate part of them and were satisfied. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 up up ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 roasted roast VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 14 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 17 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 21 advmod _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj:pass _ _ 20 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux:pass _ _ 21 cooked cook VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 advcl _ _ 22 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 24 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ _ 25 to to ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 Bluejay Bluejay PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 28 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 32 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 ate eat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 34 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nmod _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 38 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 39 satisfied satisfied ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take up** | past | Bluejay | neighbors *= neighbor* | | the house | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme to house=Destination | | 2 | **make** | past | Bluejay *not said here* | a fire | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset fire=Product | | 3 | **roast** | past | Bluejay *not said here* | Bluejay | | | | | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent they=Patient | | 4 | **cook** | past · passive | | the fish | | | | | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient | | 5 | **give** | past | Bluejay | fish | Bluejay and shore's sister | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Theme to bluejay=Recipient | | 6 | **eat** | past | Bluejay | part of fish | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent part=Patient | | 7 | **is** | past | Bluejay *not said here* | | | | | satisfied *property* | tree rules | 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 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/5/50/) - next →: [sentence 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/5/52/) - ↑ back to [Bluejay, the Imitator](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/5/)