--- title: Both sides rush toward the place where the ball may fall, each brave… — Wigwam stories told by North American Indians · tree and pragmatics description: Both sides rush toward the place where the ball may fall, each brave hoping he may be the lucky one to catch it; whoever gets the ball tosses it with his bat into the air toward his side of the grounds. Who acts: sides, ball, chief, whoever. 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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 (sides, ball, chief, whoever), 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:pg73136:20:11 # text = Both sides rush toward the place where the ball may fall, each brave hoping he may be the lucky one to catch it; whoever gets the ball tosses it with his bat into the air toward his side of the grounds. 1 Both both DET DT PronType=Tot 2 det _ _ 2 sides side NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 rush rush VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 toward toward ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 11 advmod _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 ball ball NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 10 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 fall fall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 13 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 3 obl _ _ 14 brave brave ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 acl _ _ 15 hoping hope VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 advcl _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 17 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 18 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 21 cop _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 lucky lucky ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 ccomp _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 catch catch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 acl _ _ 24 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 26 whoever whoever PRON WP PronType=Rel 27 nsubj _ _ 27 gets get VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 ball ball NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 30 tosses toss VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 acl:relcl _ _ 31 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 with with ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 bat bat NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 35 into into ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 38 toward toward ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 grounds grounds NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 40 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rush** | present | both sides | each | | the place | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme toward place=Trajectory | | 2 | **fall** | may | the ball | | | | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **hope** | gerund | both sides *not said here* | | | | | | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 4 | **is a** | may | chief | the lucky one | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **catch** | to-infinitive | both sides *not said here* | ball | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 6 | **get** | present | whoever | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **toss** | present | the ball | place | | the air | | with chief's bat; toward chief's side of the grounds | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Patient into air=Recipient | 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:** «Wigwam stories told by North American Indians» by Mary Catherine Judd, Project Gutenberg book 73136 (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 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73136/20/10/) - next →: [sentence 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73136/20/12/) - ↑ back to [Indian Games](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73136/20/)