The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian Stories, Shield Quiver’s Wife, sentence 12
When Shield Quiver had come to the lodge the chief said: “Here, my young man, now that you are going to war, take my daughter with you, for you are the man that ought to have her.
Who acts: Shield, chief, you, man · What happens: come, say, go, take, be, have · To what, where: lodge, war, daughter, chief · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian Stories» by George Bird Grinnell, Shield Quiver’s Wife. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Shield, chief, you, 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 | When | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 come | advmod |
| 2 | Shield | Shield | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 come | nsubj |
| 3 | Quiver | Quiver | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Shield | flat |
| 4 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 come | aux |
| 5 | come | come | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 11 said | ccomp |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 lodge | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 lodge | det |
| 8 | lodge | lodge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 come | obl |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 chief | det |
| 10 | chief | chief | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 said | nsubj |
| 11 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 12 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 14 Here | punct |
| 13 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 14 Here | punct |
| 14 | Here | here | ADV | PronType=Dem | 11 said | ccomp |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 man | punct |
| 16 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 man | nmod:poss |
| 17 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 man | amod |
| 18 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 Here | conj |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 going | punct |
| 20 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 24 going | advmod |
| 21 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 24 going | mark |
| 22 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 24 going | nsubj |
| 23 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 24 going | aux |
| 24 | going | go | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 11 said | advcl |
| 25 | to | to | ADP | _ | 26 war | case |
| 26 | war | war | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 going | obl |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 take | punct |
| 28 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 24 going | conj |
| 29 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 30 daughter | nmod:poss |
| 30 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 take | obj |
| 31 | with | with | ADP | _ | 32 you | case |
| 32 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 28 take | obl |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 man | punct |
| 34 | for | for | ADP | _ | 38 man | case |
| 35 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 38 man | nsubj |
| 36 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 38 man | cop |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 man | det |
| 38 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 take | obl |
| 39 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 42 have | nsubj |
| 40 | ought | ought | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 42 have | aux |
| 41 | to | to | PART | _ | 42 have | mark |
| 42 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 38 man | acl:relcl |
| 43 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 42 have | obj |
| 44 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | past · perfect | Shield | the lodge | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to lodge=Initial_Location | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | the chief | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | go in a quote | present · progressive | you | war | now | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to war=Initial_Location | |||
| 4 | take in a quote | infinitive | you not said here | my daughter | with you | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument daughter=Destination | |||
| 5 | is in a quote | present | you | for the man | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | have in a quote | ought | the man | chief | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=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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