The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian Stories, Nothing Child, sentence 142
That power which I have was given to me by a bear that has helped me, and because I have done just what he told me to I have been able to accomplish the things that you have seen me do.
Who acts: I, bear, man, things · What happens: have, give, help, do, tell, be · To what, where: power, me · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian Stories» by George Bird Grinnell, Nothing Child. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, bear, man, things), 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 | That | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 2 power | det |
| 2 | power | power | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 given | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 have | obj |
| 4 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 5 have | nsubj |
| 5 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 power | acl:relcl |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 given | aux:pass |
| 7 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 8 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 me | case |
| 9 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 7 given | obl |
| 10 | by | by | ADP | _ | 12 bear | case |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 bear | det |
| 12 | bear | bear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 given | obl |
| 13 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 15 helped | nsubj |
| 14 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 helped | aux |
| 15 | helped | help | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 12 bear | acl:relcl |
| 16 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 15 helped | obj |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 done | punct |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 22 done | cc |
| 19 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 22 done | mark |
| 20 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 22 done | nsubj |
| 21 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 22 done | aux |
| 22 | done | do | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 7 given | parataxis |
| 23 | just | just | ADV | _ | 24 what | advmod |
| 24 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Rel | 22 done | obl |
| 25 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 26 told | nsubj |
| 26 | told | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 24 what | acl:relcl |
| 27 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 26 told | iobj |
| 28 | to | to | ADP | _ | 32 able | case |
| 29 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 32 able | nsubj |
| 30 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 32 able | aux |
| 31 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 32 able | cop |
| 32 | able | able | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 26 told | ccomp |
| 33 | to | to | PART | _ | 34 accomplish | mark |
| 34 | accomplish | accomplish | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 32 able | xcomp |
| 35 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 things | det |
| 36 | things | thing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 42 do | nsubj |
| 37 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 40 seen | nsubj |
| 38 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 40 seen | nsubj |
| 39 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 40 seen | aux |
| 40 | seen | see | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 36 things | acl:relcl |
| 41 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 40 seen | obj |
| 42 | do | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 34 accomplish | ccomp |
| 43 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 given | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | I | that power | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Patient | ||||
| 2 | give | past · passive | a bear | that power | me | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent subject=Theme to i=Recipient | |||
| 3 | help | present · perfect | a bear | me | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Beneficiary | ||||
| 4 | do | present · perfect | I | what obl | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 5 | tell speech: assert | past | man | me | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Recipient | ||||
| 6 | is | present · perfect | I | able property | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | accomplish | to-infinitive | I not said here | vn complete-55.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 8 | see | present · perfect | the things | me | you nsubj | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer i=Stimulus | |||
| 9 | do | present | the things | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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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