The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian Stories, The First Medicine Lodge, sentence 75
In the morning before leaving the lodge, the Sun called the young men to him and said, “My children, do not go near that lodge by the river, for in it live four large white birds with long bills with which they pluck out people’s hearts.
Who acts: morning, Sun, men · What happens: leave, call, say, not go, live, pluck out · To what, where: lodge, young men, Moon, four large white birds, hearts · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian Stories» by George Bird Grinnell, The First Medicine Lodge. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (morning, Sun, men), 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 morning | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 morning | det |
| 3 | morning | morning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 called | obl |
| 4 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 5 leaving | mark |
| 5 | leaving | leave | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 morning | acl |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 lodge | det |
| 7 | lodge | lodge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 leaving | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 morning | punct |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 Sun | det |
| 10 | Sun | Sun | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 called | nsubj |
| 11 | called | call | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 men | det |
| 13 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 men | amod |
| 14 | men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 called | obj |
| 15 | to | to | ADP | _ | 16 him | case |
| 16 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 called | obl |
| 17 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 said | cc |
| 18 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 called | conj |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 children | punct |
| 20 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 22 children | punct |
| 21 | My | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 22 children | nmod:poss |
| 22 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 18 said | ccomp |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 go | punct |
| 24 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 26 go | aux |
| 25 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 26 go | advmod |
| 26 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 18 said | ccomp |
| 27 | near | near | ADP | _ | 29 lodge | case |
| 28 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 29 lodge | det |
| 29 | lodge | lodge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 go | obl |
| 30 | by | by | ADP | _ | 32 river | case |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 river | det |
| 32 | river | river | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 go | obl |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 live | punct |
| 34 | for | for | ADP | _ | 36 it | case |
| 35 | in | in | ADP | _ | 36 it | case |
| 36 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 37 live | obl |
| 37 | live | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 26 go | conj |
| 38 | four | four | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 41 birds | nummod |
| 39 | large | large | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 41 birds | amod |
| 40 | white | white | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 41 birds | amod |
| 41 | birds | bird | NOUN | Number=Plur | 37 live | obj |
| 42 | with | with | ADP | _ | 44 bills | case |
| 43 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 44 bills | amod |
| 44 | bills | bill | NOUN | Number=Plur | 41 birds | nmod |
| 45 | with | with | ADP | _ | 46 which | case |
| 46 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 48 pluck | obl |
| 47 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 48 pluck | nsubj |
| 48 | pluck | pluck | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 44 bills | acl:relcl |
| 49 | out | out | ADP | _ | 48 pluck | compound:prt |
| 50 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 52 hearts | nmod:poss |
| 51 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 50 people | case |
| 52 | hearts | heart | NOUN | Number=Plur | 48 pluck | obj |
| 53 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 called | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave | gerund | the morning not said here | the lodge | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lodge=Theme | ||||
| 2 | call | past | the Sun | the young men | Moon | morning | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent man=Topic to he=Recipient | ||
| 3 | say speech: assert | past | the Sun not said here | My children ccomp | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 4 | not go in a quote | infinitive · do-support | that lodge | by the river | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme near lodge=Location | ||||
| 5 | live in a quote | present | four large white birds | for medicine; with long bills | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme bird=Location | ||||
| 6 | pluck out in a quote | present | men = man | people's hearts | with long bills | vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heart=Patient |
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.
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