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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, relations), 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:pg66596:7:24 # text = He said: “Yes, my relations laughed at me when I said I was going to visit you and ask you for something to eat. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 : : PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 4 “ " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 9 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 7 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 relations relation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 9 laughed laugh VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 10 at at ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 obl _ _ 12 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 14 advmod _ _ 13 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ _ 15 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 ccomp _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 visit visit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 xcomp _ _ 20 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 conj _ _ 23 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 22 iobj _ _ 24 for for ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 22 obl _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Coyote | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **laugh** *in a quote* | past | my relations | | | | | at Coyote | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | Coyote | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **go** *in a quote* | past · progressive | Coyote | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **visit** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Coyote *not said here* | you | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Co-Agent | | 6 | **ask** *speech: ask* *in a quote* | infinitive | Coyote *not said here* | | you | | | for something | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient | | 7 | **eat** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Coyote *not said here* | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/7/23/) - next →: [sentence 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/7/25/) - ↑ back to [The Girl Who Was the Ring \[1\]](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/7/)