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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 (wife), 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:pg66596:9:18 # text = She looked at them and looked at them for a long time, and then suddenly she felt that she wanted to go back to where she had come from, and wanted again to see her people—the Pawnees. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 at at ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obl _ _ 9 for for ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 15 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 18 advmod _ _ 16 suddenly suddenly ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 17 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 19 that that SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 20 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 ccomp _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 xcomp _ _ 24 back back ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 25 to to SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 26 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 29 advmod _ _ 27 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 23 advcl _ _ 30 from from ADP IN _ 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 34 again again ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 xcomp _ _ 37 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 — - PUNCT : _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 Pawnees Pawnee PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 38 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | past | wife | | | | | at girls *= girl* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at they=Theme | | 2 | **look** | past | wife *not said here* | | | | time | at girls *= girl* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at they=Theme | | 3 | **feel** | past | wife | | | | then | suddenly *property* | vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 4 | **want** | past | wife | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 5 | **go back** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | wife *not said here* | | | | | | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient | | 6 | **come** | past · perfect | wife | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **want** | past | | | | | again | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 8 | **see** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | wife | | | | people and the Pawnees *obj* | 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 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/9/17/) - next →: [sentence 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/9/19/) - ↑ back to [The Star Boy](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/9/)