--- title: The Coyote raced down the hill as fast as he could, and when he got… — The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian S… · tree and pragmatics description: The Coyote raced down the hill as fast as he could, and when he got to the hole he gave the ring to the Badger, and just as the herd of Buffalo got to the place, they both dived down into the hole. Who acts: Coyote, herd, herds. 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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 (Coyote, herd, herds), 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:pg66596:7:131 # text = The Coyote raced down the hill as fast as he could, and when he got to the hole he gave the ring to the Badger, and just as the herd of Buffalo got to the place, they both dived down into the hole. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Coyote Coyote PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 raced race VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 down down ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 hill hill NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 as as ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 3 advmod _ _ 9 as as SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 14 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 16 advmod _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 advcl _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 hole hole NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 ring ring NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 24 to to ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 Badger Badger PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 29 just just ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 30 as as ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 herd herd NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 Buffalo Buffalo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 nmod _ _ 35 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 36 to to ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 40 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 41 both both ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 42 dived dive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 43 down down ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 44 into into ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 hole hole NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **race** | past | the Coyote | | | the hill | | fast *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme down hill=Trajectory | | 2 | **get** | past | Coyote | | | | | to the hole *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to hole=Result | | 3 | **give** | past | Coyote | the ring | the Badger | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent ring=Theme to badger=Recipient | | 4 | **get** | past | the herd of Buffalo | | | | | to the place *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to place=Result | | 5 | **dive down** | past | herds *= herd* | | | the hole | | both, down *property* | vn meander-47.7 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into hole=Location | 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 130](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/7/130/) - next →: [sentence 132](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/7/132/) - ↑ back to [The Girl Who Was the Ring \[1\]](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/7/)