The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian Stories, Nothing Child, sentence 152
After he had done this Nothing Child asked the old woman to untie him, and when he was on his feet again it was seen that he was no longer a child, but a full-grown man, very handsome.
Who acts: set, Nothing · What happens: do, ask, untie, be, see, grow · To what, where: this, old woman, set, feet, child
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 (set, Nothing), 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 | After | after | SCONJ | _ | 4 done | mark |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 done | nsubj |
| 3 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 done | aux |
| 4 | done | do | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 8 asked | advcl |
| 5 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 done | obj |
| 6 | Nothing | Nothing | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 asked | nsubj |
| 7 | Child | Child | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 Nothing | flat |
| 8 | asked | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 woman | det |
| 10 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 woman | amod |
| 11 | woman | woman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 asked | obj |
| 12 | to | to | PART | _ | 13 untie | mark |
| 13 | untie | untie | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 woman | acl |
| 14 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 untie | obj |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 seen | punct |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 26 seen | cc |
| 17 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 22 feet | mark |
| 18 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 22 feet | nsubj |
| 19 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 22 feet | cop |
| 20 | on | on | ADP | _ | 22 feet | case |
| 21 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 22 feet | nmod:poss |
| 22 | feet | foot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 26 seen | nsubj:pass |
| 23 | again | again | ADV | _ | 26 seen | advmod |
| 24 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 26 seen | nsubj:pass |
| 25 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 26 seen | aux:pass |
| 26 | seen | see | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 asked | advcl |
| 27 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 33 child | mark |
| 28 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 33 child | nsubj |
| 29 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 33 child | cop |
| 30 | no | no | ADV | _ | 31 longer | advmod |
| 31 | longer | long | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 33 child | advmod |
| 32 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 33 child | det |
| 33 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 seen | advcl |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 man | punct |
| 35 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 40 man | cc |
| 36 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 40 man | det |
| 37 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 39 grown | amod |
| 38 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 37 full | punct |
| 39 | grown | grow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 40 man | amod |
| 40 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 child | appos |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 handsome | punct |
| 42 | very | very | ADV | _ | 43 handsome | advmod |
| 43 | handsome | handsome | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 40 man | conj |
| 44 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 asked | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past · perfect | set | this | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent this=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | ask speech: ask | past | Nothing | the old woman | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent woman=Recipient | ||||
| 3 | untie | to-infinitive | Nothing not said here | set | vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | ||||
| 4 | is | past | set | set's feet | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | see | past · passive | set's feet | again | foot nsubj:pass | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | |||
| 6 | is a | past | set | a child | a grown man appos; long property | tree rules | |||
| 7 | grow | participle | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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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