The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian Stories, Nothing Child, sentence 90
When the young men who had been shooting at the eagle saw the child coming with the tiny bow, they laughed and made fun of him, but Nothing Child fitted a little arrow on the string of his bow, and shot and killed the eagle.
Who acts: young men, child, children, Nothing Child · What happens: shoot, see, come, laugh, make, fit · To what, where: child, fun, little arrow, string, eagle
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 (young men, child, children, Nothing Child), 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 | When | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 12 saw | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 men | det |
| 3 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 men | amod |
| 4 | men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 saw | nsubj |
| 5 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 shooting | nsubj |
| 6 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 shooting | aux |
| 7 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 8 shooting | aux |
| 8 | shooting | shoot | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 men | acl:relcl |
| 9 | at | at | ADP | _ | 11 eagle | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 eagle | det |
| 11 | eagle | eagle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 shooting | obl |
| 12 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 22 laughed | advcl |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 child | det |
| 14 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 saw | obj |
| 15 | coming | come | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 14 child | acl |
| 16 | with | with | ADP | _ | 19 bow | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 bow | det |
| 18 | tiny | tiny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 bow | amod |
| 19 | bow | bow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 coming | obl |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 saw | punct |
| 21 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 22 laughed | nsubj |
| 22 | laughed | laugh | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 23 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 24 made | cc |
| 24 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 22 laughed | conj |
| 25 | fun | fun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 made | obj |
| 26 | of | of | ADP | _ | 27 him | case |
| 27 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 25 fun | nmod |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 fitted | punct |
| 29 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 32 fitted | cc |
| 30 | Nothing | nothing | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 31 Child | amod |
| 31 | Child | Child | PROPN | Number=Sing | 32 fitted | nsubj |
| 32 | fitted | fit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 22 laughed | conj |
| 33 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 35 arrow | det |
| 34 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 35 arrow | amod |
| 35 | arrow | arrow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 fitted | obj |
| 36 | on | on | ADP | _ | 38 string | case |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 string | det |
| 38 | string | string | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 fitted | obl |
| 39 | of | of | ADP | _ | 41 bow | case |
| 40 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 41 bow | nmod:poss |
| 41 | bow | bow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 string | nmod |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 shot | punct |
| 43 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 44 shot | cc |
| 44 | shot | shoot | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 22 laughed | parataxis |
| 45 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 46 killed | cc |
| 46 | killed | kill | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 44 shot | conj |
| 47 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 48 eagle | det |
| 48 | eagle | eagle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 killed | obj |
| 49 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 22 laughed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shoot | past · perfect · progressive | the young men | at the eagle | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent at eagle=Destination | ||||
| 2 | see | past | the young men | the child | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer child=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | come | gerund | the child not said here | with the tiny bow | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 4 | laugh | past | children = child | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 5 | make | past | children = child not said here | fun of man | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset fun=Product | ||||
| 6 | fit | past | Nothing Child | a little arrow | the string of man's bow | vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent arrow=Theme on string=Trajectory | |||
| 7 | shoot | past | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 8 | kill | past | the eagle | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eagle=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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