--- title: The Coyote had made ready his arrows, and was running around the gir… — The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian S… · tree and pragmatics description: The Coyote had made ready his arrows, and was running around the girl, trying to kill the Buffalo and keep them off, but they crowded upon him—so many that he could do nothing—and at last he got frightened and ran into the lodge. Who acts: arrows, 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 (arrows, 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:pg66596:7:45 # text = The Coyote had made ready his arrows, and was running around the girl, trying to kill the Buffalo and keep them off, but they crowded upon him—so many that he could do nothing—and at last he got frightened and ran into the lodge. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Coyote Coyote PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 arrows arrow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 running run VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 conj _ _ 12 around around ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 trying try VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 conj _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 kill kill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 xcomp _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 Buffalo Buffalo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 conj _ _ 23 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ _ 24 off off ADP RP _ 22 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 but but CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 27 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 crowded crowd VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 29 upon upon ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 — - PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 so so ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ 34 that that SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 advcl _ _ 38 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 — - PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 41 at at ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 last last NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ _ 43 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj:pass _ _ 44 got get AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 aux:pass _ _ 45 frightened frighten VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 parataxis _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 conj _ _ 48 into into ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 lodge lodge NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past · perfect · passive | | the Coyote | | | | ready *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | | 2 | **run** | past · progressive | | | | | | around the girl | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme around girl=Trajectory | | 3 | **try** | gerund | | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **kill** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | the Buffalo | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent buffalo=Theme | | 5 | **keep off** | infinitive | | arrows *= arrow* | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 6 | **crowd** | past | arrows *= arrow* | | | | | upon Buffalo | vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme upon he=Destination | | 7 | **do** | could | Buffalo | nothing | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Eventuality | | 8 | **frighten** | past · passive | | Buffalo | | last | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 9 | **run** | past | | | | | | into the lodge *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into lodge=Result | 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 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/7/44/) - next →: [sentence 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/7/46/) - ↑ back to [The Girl Who Was the Ring \[1\]](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/7/)