--- title: She cried, and wanted to go back to her home, but the man in whose l… — The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian S… · tree and pragmatics description: She cried, and wanted to go back to her home, but the man in whose lodge she was told her that he was the star she had said she liked, and that, as she had chosen him, he had taken her for his wife. Who acts: She, 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 (She, 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:pg66596:9:7 # text = She cried, and wanted to go back to her home, but the man in whose lodge she was told her that he was the star she had said she liked, and that, as she had chosen him, he had taken her for his wife. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 back back ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 13 but but CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj:pass _ _ 16 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 lodge lodge NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 19 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux:pass _ _ 21 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 conj _ _ 22 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 iobj _ _ 23 that that SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 25 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 star star NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 ccomp _ _ 28 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 27 acl:relcl _ _ 31 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 liked like VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 37 as as SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 38 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 chosen choose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 parataxis _ _ 41 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 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=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 conj _ _ 46 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 obj _ _ 47 for for ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | She | that | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **want** | past | | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 3 | **go back** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | | | | | to her home *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to home=Result | | 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past · passive | | the man in the man in the man's lodge's lodge | her *= she* | | | she *nsubj* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient she=Topic | | 5 | **is a** | past | man | the star | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · perfect | she | the star *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **like** | past | she | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 8 | **choose** | past · perfect | she | man | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 9 | **take** | past · perfect | man | her *= she* | | | | for man's wife | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent she=Theme for wife=Beneficiary | 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/pg66596/9/6/) - next →: [sentence 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/9/8/) - ↑ back to [The Star Boy](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/9/)