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The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian Stories, Shield Quiver’s Wife, sentence 79

Then he jumped back and shook off his wife, and rushed at the Snake and thrust the lance into his breast, and so killed him with his own lance.

Who acts: Shield · What happens: jump back, shake off, rush, kill · To what, where: wife, breast, Shield

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), 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

advmodnsubjadvmodccconjcompound:prtnmod:possobjpunctccconjcasedetoblccconjdetconjcasenmod:possoblpunctccadvmodconjobjcasenmod:possamodoblpunctrootThenADVhePRONjumpedVERBbackADVandCCONJshookVERBoffADPhisPRONwifeNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJrushedVERBatADPtheDETSnakeNOUNandCCONJthrustNOUNtheDETlanceNOUNintoADPhisPRONbreastNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJsoADVkilledVERBhimPRONwithADPhisPRONownADJlanceNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThenthenADVPronType=Dem3 jumpedadvmod
2hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 jumpednsubj
3jumpedjumpVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
4backbackADV_3 jumpedadvmod
5andandCCONJ_6 shookcc
6shookshakeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin3 jumpedconj
7offoffADP_6 shookcompound:prt
8hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs9 wifenmod:poss
9wifewifeNOUNNumber=Sing6 shookobj
10,,PUNCT_12 rushedpunct
11andandCCONJ_12 rushedcc
12rushedrushVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass3 jumpedconj
13atatADP_15 Snakecase
14thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art15 Snakedet
15SnakesnakeNOUNNumber=Sing12 rushedobl
16andandCCONJ_17 thrustcc
17thrustthrustNOUNNumber=Sing15 Snakeconj
18thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art19 lancedet
19lancelanceNOUNNumber=Sing15 Snakeconj
20intointoADP_22 breastcase
21hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs22 breastnmod:poss
22breastbreastNOUNNumber=Sing12 rushedobl
23,,PUNCT_26 killedpunct
24andandCCONJ_26 killedcc
25sosoADV_26 killedadvmod
26killedkillVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin3 jumpedconj
27himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs26 killedobj
28withwithADP_31 lancecase
29hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs31 lancenmod:poss
30ownownADJDegree=Pos31 lanceamod
31lancelanceNOUNNumber=Sing26 killedobl
32..PUNCT_3 jumpedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1jump backpastShieldthenvn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2shake offpastShield not said hereShield's wifevn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent wife=Patient
3rushparticipleShield not said hereinto Shield's breast result; at the Snake and thrust and the lancevn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into breast=Result
4killpastShield not said hereShieldwith Shield's own lancevn murder-42.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent he=Patient with lance=Instrument

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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