--- title: The Father gave him also a buffalo robe, and said to him: “When you… — The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian S… · tree and pragmatics description: The Father gave him also a buffalo robe, and said to him: “When you go back, the next day after you have got there, call all the people together in your lodge, and give them what is in this robe, and tell them all these things. Who acts: Father, part. 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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 (Father, part), 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:pg66596:8:42 # text = The Father gave him also a buffalo robe, and said to him: “When you go back, the next day after you have got there, call all the people together in your lodge, and give them what is in this robe, and tell them all these things. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Father Father PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 iobj _ _ 5 also also ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 buffalo buffalo NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 robe robe NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 : : PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 15 “ " PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 18 advmod _ _ 17 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 go go VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 ccomp _ _ 19 back back ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl:unmarked _ _ 24 after after SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 25 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 23 acl:relcl _ _ 28 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 27 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 30 call call VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 18 parataxis _ _ 31 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 33 det:predet _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obj _ _ 34 together together ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 35 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 lodge lodge NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 give give VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 30 conj _ _ 41 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 iobj _ _ 42 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 46 nsubj _ _ 43 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 cop _ _ 44 in in ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 46 det _ _ 46 robe robe NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 49 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 50 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 iobj _ _ 51 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 53 det:predet _ _ 52 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 53 det _ _ 53 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | past | the Father | a buffalo robe | part | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the Father *not said here* | | part | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **go back** *in a quote* | present | part | | | | day | | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **get** *in a quote* | present · perfect | part | the next day *not said here* | | there | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer day=Stimulus | | 5 | **call** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | all people | your lodge | | together *property* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent people=Recipient | | 6 | **give** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | people | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 7 | **is** *in a quote* | present | | | | this robe | | what *nsubj* | tree rules | | 8 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | infinitive | the Father *not said here* | all things | people | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient thing=Topic | 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 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/8/41/) - next →: [sentence 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/8/43/) - ↑ back to [The First Corn](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/8/)