--- title: When he went home at night to his father’s lodge he told his relatio… — The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian S… · tree and pragmatics description: When he went home at night to his father’s lodge he told his relations what he had done, and his father said to him: “My son, for a long time you have been doing this, and I have many times spoken to you about it. Who acts: man, father, relations. 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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 (man, father, relations), 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:pg66596:8:7 # text = When he went home at night to his father’s lodge he told his relations what he had done, and his father said to him: “My son, for a long time you have been doing this, and I have many times spoken to you about it. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 advcl _ _ 4 home home ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ’s 's PART POS _ 9 case _ _ 11 lodge lodge NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 relations relation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 iobj _ _ 16 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 19 obj _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 15 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 24 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 25 to to ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 : : PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 28 “ " PUNCT `` _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 for for ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 appos _ _ 36 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 37 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 38 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 39 aux _ _ 39 doing do VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 35 acl:relcl _ _ 40 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 43 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 45 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 obj _ _ 47 spoken speak VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 46 acl _ _ 48 to to ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 47 obl _ _ 50 about about ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | man | | | man's father's lodge | night | home *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to lodge=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | man | | man's relations | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent relation=Recipient | | 3 | **do** | past · perfect | man | man's relations | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | man's father | | man | | | My son *ccomp* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient | | 5 | **do** *in a quote* | present · perfect · progressive | man's relations *= relation* | this | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent this=Eventuality | | 6 | **have** *in a quote* | present | man | | | | time | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **speak** *speech: other* *in a quote* | participle | | many times *not said here* | man's relations *= relation* | | | about lodge | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent PP.topic»: agent=Agent to you=Co-Agent about it=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 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/8/6/) - next →: [sentence 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/8/8/) - ↑ back to [The First Corn](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/8/)