--- title: After a little while the Coyote pretended that he felt better, and h… — The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian S… · tree and pragmatics description: After a little while the Coyote pretended that he felt better, and he got up and went over to where the young Bulls were sitting, looking on at the game, and sat down with them, and watched the play with the others. Who acts: Coyote, young Bulls. 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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, young Bulls), 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:pg66596:7:99 # text = After a little while the Coyote pretended that he felt better, and he got up and went over to where the young Bulls were sitting, looking on at the game, and sat down with them, and watched the play with the others. 1 After after ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 obl _ _ 4 while while SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Coyote Coyote PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 pretended pretend VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 that that SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 ccomp _ _ 11 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 10 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 16 up up ADP RP _ 15 compound:prt _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 19 over over ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 20 to to SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 21 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 26 advmod _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 Bulls bull NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 nsubj _ _ 25 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 sitting sit VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 18 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 28 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 26 advcl _ _ 29 on on ADP RP _ 28 compound:prt _ _ 30 at at ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 game game NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 36 down down ADP RP _ 35 compound:prt _ _ 37 with with ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 watched watch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 play play NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ _ 44 with with ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pretend** | past | the Coyote | | | | after a little | | tree rules | | 2 | **feel** | past | Coyote | | | | | good *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 3 | **get up** | past | Coyote | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **go over** | past | Coyote *not said here* | | | | | over *property* | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **sit** | past · progressive | the young Bulls | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **look on** | gerund | the young Bulls *not said here* | | | | | at the game | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at game=Theme | | 7 | **sit down** | past | the Coyote *not said here* | | | | | with Bulls *= bull* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **watch** | past | the Coyote *not said here* | the play | | | | with the others | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent play=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 98](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/7/98/) - next →: [sentence 100](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/7/100/) - ↑ back to [The Girl Who Was the Ring \[1\]](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/7/)