--- title: He taught them about the sacred bundles, and told them that they mus… — The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian S… · tree and pragmatics description: He taught them about the sacred bundles, and told them that they must put an ear of corn on the bundles and must keep a piece of fat in the bundles along with the corn, and that both must be kept out of sight. Who acts: man, things. 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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, things), 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:pg66596:8:75 # text = He taught them about the sacred bundles, and told them that they must put an ear of corn on the bundles and must keep a piece of fat in the bundles along with the corn, and that both must be kept out of sight. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 taught teach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 about about ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 sacred sacred ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 bundles bundle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 11 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 iobj _ _ 12 that that SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 13 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 ccomp _ _ 16 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 ear ear NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 corn corn NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ 20 on on ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 bundles bundle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obl _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 24 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 conj _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 piece piece NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 fat fat NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ _ 30 in in ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 bundles bundle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obl _ _ 33 along along ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 with with ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 corn corn NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 39 that that SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 40 both both DET DT PronType=Tot 43 nsubj:pass _ _ 41 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 42 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 43 aux:pass _ _ 43 kept keep VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 conj _ _ 44 out out ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **teach** *speech: other* | past | man | | things *= thing* | | | about the sacred bundles | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent they=Recipient about bundle=Topic | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | man *not said here* | | things *= thing* | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **put** | must | things *= thing* | a ear of corn | | the bundles | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent ear=Theme on bundle=Destination | | 4 | **keep** | must | things *= thing* *not said here* | a piece of fat | | the bundles | | along the corn | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent piece=Theme in bundle=Location | | 5 | **keep out** | must · passive | | both | | sight | | | vn sustain-55.6-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Theme sight=Attribute | 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 74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/8/74/) - next →: [sentence 76](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/8/76/) - ↑ back to [The First Corn](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/8/)