--- title: The next day they went out as he had told them, and the young man se… — The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian S… · tree and pragmatics description: The next day they went out as he had told them, and the young man sent two boys to the top of a high hill close to camp, and told them to let him know what they saw from it. Who acts: people, man, young man. 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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 (people, man, young man), 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:pg66596:8:63 # text = The next day they went out as he had told them, and the young man sent two boys to the top of a high hill close to camp, and told them to let him know what they saw from it. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl:unmarked _ _ 4 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 out out ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ 7 as as SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 parataxis _ _ 11 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 17 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 18 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 19 nummod _ _ 19 boys boy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obj _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 hill hill NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ _ 27 close close ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 camp camp NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 33 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 iobj _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 xcomp _ _ 36 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obj _ _ 37 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 xcomp _ _ 38 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 40 obj _ _ 39 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 ccomp _ _ 41 from from ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go out** | past | people | | | | day | | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past · perfect | man | | people | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient | | 3 | **send** | past | the young man | two boys | | the top of a high hill | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent boy=Theme to top=Destination | | 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | people *not said here* | | people | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **let** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | people *not said here* | man | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **know** | infinitive | man *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 7 | **see** | past | people | | | camp | | what *obj* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=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 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/8/62/) - next →: [sentence 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/8/64/) - ↑ back to [The First Corn](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/8/)