--- title: He journeyed on alone considering what he should do, and at length,… — The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian S… · tree and pragmatics description: He journeyed on alone considering what he should do, and at length, as he was travelling along over the prairie, he met a Badger, who said to him, “Brother, where are you going?” Who acts: Coyote, Badger. 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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, Badger), 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:pg66596:7:67 # text = He journeyed on alone considering what he should do, and at length, as he was travelling along over the prairie, he met a Badger, who said to him, “Brother, where are you going?” 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 journeyed journey VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 on on ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 alone alone ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ 5 considering consider VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 6 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 9 obj _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 12 at at ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 length length NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 as as SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 travelling travel VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 acl _ _ 19 along along ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 20 over over ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 prairie prairie NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 met meet VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 Badger Badger PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 30 nsubj _ _ 30 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 parataxis _ _ 31 to to ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 “ " PUNCT `` _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 Brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 37 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 40 advmod _ _ 38 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 39 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 35 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ? ? PUNCT . _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ” " PUNCT '' _ 25 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **journey** | past | Coyote | | | | | alone *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **consider** | gerund | Coyote *not said here* | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V whether/if S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **do** | should | Coyote | | | | | what *obj* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | | 4 | **travel** | past · progressive | Coyote | length *not said here* | | the prairie | | along *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme length=Trajectory | | 5 | **meet** | past | Coyote | a Badger | | length | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent badger=Co-Agent | | 6 | **say** *speech: ask* | past | a Badger | Brother | Coyote | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient | | 7 | **go** *in a quote* | present · progressive | Coyote | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «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 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/7/66/) - next →: [sentence 68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/7/68/) - ↑ back to [The Girl Who Was the Ring \[1\]](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/7/)