The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian Stories, Nothing Child, sentence 6
During the day he went hunting, and set traps and snares for game, and at night, when he returned to the camp, he did not go about visiting at the other lodges, but stayed at home by himself.
Who acts: man · What happens: go, hunt, set, return, not go, visit · To what, where: traps, other lodges, home
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 (man), 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 | During | during | ADP | _ | 3 day | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 day | det |
| 3 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 went | obl |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 went | nsubj |
| 5 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | hunting | hunt | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 went | xcomp |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 set | punct |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 set | cc |
| 9 | set | set | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 hunting | ccomp |
| 10 | traps | trap | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 set | obj |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 snares | cc |
| 12 | snares | snare | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 traps | conj |
| 13 | for | for | ADP | _ | 14 game | case |
| 14 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 set | obl |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 go | punct |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 30 go | cc |
| 17 | at | at | ADP | _ | 18 night | case |
| 18 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 go | obl |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 returned | punct |
| 20 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 22 returned | advmod |
| 21 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 22 returned | nsubj |
| 22 | returned | return | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 18 night | conj |
| 23 | to | to | ADP | _ | 25 camp | case |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 camp | det |
| 25 | camp | camp | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 returned | obl |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 night | punct |
| 27 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 30 go | nsubj |
| 28 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 30 go | aux |
| 29 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 30 go | advmod |
| 30 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 went | conj |
| 31 | about | about | SCONJ | _ | 32 visiting | mark |
| 32 | visiting | visit | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 30 go | advcl |
| 33 | at | at | ADP | _ | 36 lodges | case |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 lodges | det |
| 35 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 36 lodges | amod |
| 36 | lodges | lodge | NOUN | Number=Plur | 32 visiting | obl |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 stayed | punct |
| 38 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 39 stayed | cc |
| 39 | stayed | stay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 went | conj |
| 40 | at | at | ADP | _ | 41 home | case |
| 41 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 stayed | obl |
| 42 | by | by | ADP | _ | 43 himself | case |
| 43 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 39 stayed | obl |
| 44 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 went | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | past | man | day | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | hunt | gerund | man not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | set | infinitive | man not said here | traps and snares | for game | vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent trap=Patient for game=Beneficiary | |||
| 4 | return | past | man | to the camp result | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to camp=Result | ||||
| 5 | not go | past · do-support | man | night | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 6 | visit | gerund | man not said here | the other lodges | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 7 | stay | past | man not said here | home | by man | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at home=Location |
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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