--- title: When they had come pretty close to him, he would stop running and di… — The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian S… · tree and pragmatics description: When they had come pretty close to him, he would stop running and dig another hole, and while the Buffalo were crowding around the hole, trying to dig him out, he would dig along under the ground, until he had got far beyond them, and would then come to the top of the ground, and run as fast as he c --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/7/136/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Punishment of the Stingy, and Othe…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/) / [The Girl Who Was the Ring \[1\]](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/7/) / 136 # The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian Stories, The Girl Who Was the Ring \[1\], sentence 136 When they had come pretty close to him, he would stop running and dig another hole, and while the Buffalo were crowding around the hole, trying to dig him out, he would dig along under the ground, until he had got far beyond them, and would then come to the top of the ground, and run as fast as he could towards the lodge. **Who acts:** women, Badger, Buffalo · **What happens:** come, stop, run, dig, crowd, try · **To what, where:** hole, Badger, ground, top, lodge This is a sentence of «The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian Stories» by George Bird Grinnell, The Girl Who Was the Ring \[1\]. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (women, Badger, Buffalo), 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:pg66596:7:136 # text = When they had come pretty close to him, he would stop running and dig another hole, and while the Buffalo were crowding around the hole, trying to dig him out, he would dig along under the ground, until he had got far beyond them, and would then come to the top of the ground, and run as fast as he could towards the lodge. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 12 advcl _ _ 5 pretty pretty ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 close close ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 13 running run VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 12 xcomp _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 dig dig VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 conj _ _ 16 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 17 det _ _ 17 hole hole NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 20 while while SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 Buffalo Buffalo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 23 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 crowding crowd VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 advcl _ _ 25 around around ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 hole hole NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 29 trying try VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 24 conj _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 dig dig VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 xcomp _ _ 32 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 out out ADP RP _ 31 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 dig dig VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 conj _ _ 38 along along ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 39 under under ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 43 until until SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 44 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 45 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 46 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 37 conj _ _ 47 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 46 advmod _ _ 48 beyond beyond ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 52 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 54 aux _ _ 53 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 54 advmod _ _ 54 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 conj _ _ 55 to to ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obl _ _ 58 of of ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 59 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 60 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 61 , , PUNCT , _ 63 punct _ _ 62 and and CCONJ CC _ 63 cc _ _ 63 run run VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 12 parataxis _ _ 64 as as ADV RB _ 65 advmod _ _ 65 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 63 advmod _ _ 66 as as SCONJ IN _ 68 mark _ _ 67 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 68 nsubj _ _ 68 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 65 advcl _ _ 69 towards towards ADP IN _ 71 case _ _ 70 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 71 det _ _ 71 lodge lodge NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 72 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past · perfect | women *= woman* | | | | | close *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **stop** | would | Badger | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **run** | gerund | Badger *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **dig** | infinitive | Badger *not said here* | another hole | | | | | vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent hole=Theme | | 5 | **crowd** | past · progressive | the Buffalo | | | the hole | | | vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent around hole=Destination | | 6 | **try** | gerund | the Buffalo *not said here* | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 7 | **dig out** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the Buffalo *not said here* | Badger | | | | | vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.instrument PP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Instrument | | 8 | **dig** | would | Buffalo | | | the ground | | along *property* | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent under ground=Location | | 9 | **get** | past · perfect | Buffalo | | | | | beyond women *= woman*; far *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 10 | **come** | would | Buffalo *not said here* | | | the top of the ground | then | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to top=Initial\_Location | | 11 | **run** | infinitive | | | | the lodge | | fast *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme towards lodge=Destination | 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 135](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/7/135/) - next →: [sentence 137](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/7/137/) - ↑ back to [The Girl Who Was the Ring \[1\]](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/7/)