--- title: When they saw the Buffalo coming they got their bows and took their… — The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian S… · tree and pragmatics description: When they saw the Buffalo coming they got their bows and took their arrows in their hands, and shot and shot until they had killed many, many Buffalo, and the rest were frightened and ran away. Who acts: piles, Buffalo. 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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 (piles, 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:pg66596:7:160 # text = When they saw the Buffalo coming they got their bows and took their arrows in their hands, and shot and shot until they had killed many, many Buffalo, and the rest were frightened and ran away. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Buffalo Buffalo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 coming come VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 xcomp _ _ 7 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 ccomp _ _ 9 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 bows bow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 13 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 arrows arrow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obj _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 shot shoot VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 shot shoot VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 23 until until SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 24 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj:pass _ _ 25 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 killed kill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 ccomp _ _ 27 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 Buffalo Buffalo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 rest rest NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj:pass _ _ 35 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux:pass _ _ 36 frightened frighten VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 parataxis _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 conj _ _ 39 away away ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | piles *= pile* | the Buffalo | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **come** | gerund | the Buffalo *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **get** | past | piles *= pile* | piles's bows | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bow=Stimulus | | 4 | **take** | past | piles *= pile* *not said here* | piles's arrows | | piles's hands | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent arrow=Value in hand=Location | | 5 | **shoot** | past | | | | | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **shoot** | past | | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **kill** | past · perfect · passive | | piles *= pile* | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Experiencer many=Result | | 8 | **frighten** | past · passive | | the rest | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 9 | **run away** | past | | | | | | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=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 159](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/7/159/) - next →: [sentence 161](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/7/161/) - ↑ back to [The Girl Who Was the Ring \[1\]](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/7/)