--- title: The boy took the bear home with him to the lodge, and called to his… — The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian S… · tree and pragmatics description: The boy took the bear home with him to the lodge, and called to his grandmother to come out and said, “Grandmother, here is a bear; you can have him to pack wood and water for you.” Who acts: boy, Grandmother, bear, you. 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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 (boy, Grandmother, bear, you), 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:pg66596:9:74 # text = The boy took the bear home with him to the lodge, and called to his grandmother to come out and said, “Grandmother, here is a bear; you can have him to pack wood and water for you.” 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 bear bear NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 home home ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 7 with with ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 lodge lodge NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 parataxis _ _ 15 to to ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 grandmother grandmother NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 advcl _ _ 20 out out ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 “ " PUNCT `` _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 Grandmother grandmother NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 27 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 25 advmod _ _ 28 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 bear bear NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ; ; PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 32 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 ccomp _ _ 35 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 pack pack VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 xcomp _ _ 38 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 conj _ _ 41 for for ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ” " PUNCT '' _ 34 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | the boy | the bear | | the lodge | | with husband; home *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent bear=Theme to lodge=Destination | | 2 | **call** | participle | | | boy's grandmother | | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to grandmother=Recipient | | 3 | **come out** | to-infinitive | | | | | | out *property* | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Grandmother | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | present | a bear | | | | | here *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **have** *in a quote* | can | you | boy | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **pack** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | boy *not said here* | wood and water | | | | for you | vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP.theme V NP»: agent=Theme wood=Destination | 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 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/9/73/) - next →: [sentence 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/9/75/) - ↑ back to [The Star Boy](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/9/)