The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian Stories, Thunder Maker and Cold Maker, sentence 15

The people thought that he was joking; but the next morning they learned that he meant what he said, for when they arose they saw that already his lodge had been taken down, and his wife and daughter were busy packing the dogs and lashing the travois on them.

Who acts: people, buffalo, wife · What happens: think, joke, learn, mean, say, arise · To what, where: lodge, dogs, travois · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian Stories» by George Bird Grinnell, Thunder Maker and Cold Maker. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (people, buffalo, 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 people	det
2	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 thought	nsubj
3	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 joking	mark
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 joking	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 joking	aux
7	joking	joke	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 thought	advcl
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	14 learned	punct
9	but	but	CCONJ	_	14 learned	cc
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 morning	det
11	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 morning	amod
12	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 learned	obl:unmarked
13	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 learned	nsubj
14	learned	learn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 thought	conj
15	that	that	SCONJ	_	17 meant	mark
16	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 meant	nsubj
17	meant	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 learned	ccomp
18	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	20 said	obj
19	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 said	nsubj
20	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 meant	ccomp
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 arose	punct
22	for	for	SCONJ	_	25 arose	mark
23	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	25 arose	advmod
24	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 arose	nsubj
25	arose	arise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 said	ccomp
26	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	27 saw	nsubj
27	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	25 arose	conj
28	that	that	SCONJ	_	34 taken	mark
29	already	already	ADV	_	34 taken	advmod
30	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	31 lodge	nmod:poss
31	lodge	lodge	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 taken	nsubj:pass
32	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	34 taken	aux
33	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	34 taken	aux:pass
34	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	27 saw	ccomp
35	down	down	ADP	_	34 taken	compound:prt
36	,	,	PUNCT	_	43 busy	punct
37	and	and	CCONJ	_	43 busy	cc
38	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	39 wife	nmod:poss
39	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	43 busy	nsubj
40	and	and	CCONJ	_	41 daughter	cc
41	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 wife	conj
42	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	43 busy	cop
43	busy	busy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 thought	parataxis
44	packing	pack	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	43 busy	advcl
45	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	46 dogs	det
46	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	44 packing	obj
47	and	and	CCONJ	_	48 lashing	cc
48	lashing	lash	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	44 packing	conj
49	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	50 travois	det
50	travois	travois	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 lashing	obj
51	on	on	ADP	_	52 them	case
52	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	48 lashing	obl
53	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 thought	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past	the people					vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	joke speech: other	past · progressive	buffalo					vn chit_chat-37.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	learn	past	people			morning		vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	mean	past	buffalo					vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
5	say speech: assert	past	buffalo				what obj	tree rules
6	arise	past	people					vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
7	see	past	people					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
8	take down	past · perfect · passive		buffalo's lodge				vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
9	is	past	buffalo's wife and daughter				busy property	tree rules
10	pack	gerund	buffalo's wife and daughter not said here		the dogs			vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP.theme V NP»: agent=Theme dog=Destination
11	lash	gerund	buffalo's wife and daughter not said here	the travois			on wife	vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent travois=Patient on they=Co-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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The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian Stories, Thunder Maker and Cold Maker, sentence 15