--- title: Soon after they had all got together they stopped and sat down, and… — The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian S… · tree and pragmatics description: Soon after they had all got together they stopped and sat down, and the Coyote told them how the girl had been lost, and said that he intended to try to get her back. Who acts: bows, Coyote. 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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 (bows, Coyote), 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:pg66596:7:80 # text = Soon after they had all got together they stopped and sat down, and the Coyote told them how the girl had been lost, and said that he intended to try to get her back. 1 Soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 9 advmod _ _ 2 after after SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 all all ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 9 parataxis _ _ 7 together together ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 8 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 stopped stop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 12 down down ADP RP _ 11 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 Coyote Coyote PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 17 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 18 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 iobj _ _ 19 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 24 advmod _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj:pass _ _ 22 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 23 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 24 aux:pass _ _ 24 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 28 that that SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 intended intend VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 ccomp _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 try try VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 xcomp _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 xcomp _ _ 35 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get together** | past · perfect | bows *= bow* | | | | | all, together *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **stop** | past | bows *= bow* | | | | | soon *property* | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 3 | **sit down** | past | bows *= bow* *not said here* | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the Coyote | | bows *= bow* | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **lose** | past · perfect · passive | | the girl | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | bows *= bow* *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **intend** | past | Coyote | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **try** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Coyote *not said here* | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 9 | **get** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Coyote *not said here* | girl's back | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer back=Stimulus | 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 79](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/7/79/) - next →: [sentence 81](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/7/81/) - ↑ back to [The Girl Who Was the Ring \[1\]](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/7/)