--- title: They found that besides being pretty to look at they were good to ea… — The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian S… · tree and pragmatics description: They found that besides being pretty to look at they were good to eat, for when the young man had gathered the crop he gave the people a little to taste, so that they might know that the words that he had spoken were true. Who acts: boys, young man, crop, words. 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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 (boys, young man, crop, words), 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:pg66596:8:70 # text = They found that besides being pretty to look at they were good to eat, for when the young man had gathered the crop he gave the people a little to taste, so that they might know that the words that he had spoken were true. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 that that SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 4 besides besides ADP IN _ 6 mark _ _ 5 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 cop _ _ 6 pretty pretty ADV RB _ 8 advcl _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 ccomp _ _ 9 at at ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 12 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 xcomp _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 16 for for SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 17 when when SCONJ WRB _ 22 mark _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 21 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 gathered gather VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 8 parataxis _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 crop crop NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 parataxis _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 iobj _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 appos _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 taste taste VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 34 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 38 mark _ _ 35 that that SCONJ IN _ 34 fixed _ _ 36 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 conj _ _ 39 that that SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 nsubj _ _ 42 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 45 nsubj:pass _ _ 43 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 44 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 spoken speak VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 41 acl:relcl _ _ 46 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 cop _ _ 47 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find** | past | boys *= boy* | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **is** | gerund | | | | | | pretty *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **look** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 4 | **is** | past | boys *= boy* | | | | | good *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **eat** | to-infinitive | boys *= boy* *not said here* | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **gather** | past · perfect | the young man | | | | | | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **give** | past | the crop | | the people | | | man *nsubj* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Theme | | 8 | **taste** | to-infinitive | the crop *not said here* | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 9 | **know** | might | boys *= boy* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 10 | **speak** *speech: other* | past · perfect · passive | | the words | | | | man *nsubj* | tree rules | | 11 | **is** | past | the words | | | | | true *property* | tree rules | 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 69](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/8/69/) - next →: [sentence 71](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/8/71/) - ↑ back to [The First Corn](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/8/)