The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian Stories, Shield Quiver’s Wife, sentence 81
Then the woman explained her reasons, and said: “When I left you I went into the camp and found this sack of paint, and while I was looking at it he came up and asked me to go to his camp with him, and I liked him, and thought that I would go with him.
Who acts: woman, Shield · What happens: explain, say, leave, go, find, look · To what, where: reasons, you, camp, sack, woman, Shield · 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 (woman, 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 4 explained | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 woman | det |
| 3 | woman | woman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 explained | nsubj |
| 4 | explained | explain | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 reasons | nmod:poss |
| 6 | reasons | reason | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 explained | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 said | punct |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 said | cc |
| 9 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 explained | conj |
| 10 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 14 left | punct |
| 11 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 14 left | punct |
| 12 | When | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 14 left | advmod |
| 13 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 14 left | nsubj |
| 14 | left | leave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 said | ccomp |
| 15 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 14 left | obj |
| 16 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 17 went | nsubj |
| 17 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 left | parataxis |
| 18 | into | into | ADP | _ | 20 camp | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 camp | det |
| 20 | camp | camp | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 went | obl |
| 21 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 22 found | cc |
| 22 | found | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 went | conj |
| 23 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 24 sack | det |
| 24 | sack | sack | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 found | obj |
| 25 | of | of | ADP | _ | 26 paint | case |
| 26 | paint | paint | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 sack | nmod |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 came | punct |
| 28 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 36 came | cc |
| 29 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 32 looking | mark |
| 30 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 32 looking | nsubj |
| 31 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 32 looking | aux |
| 32 | looking | look | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 36 came | advcl |
| 33 | at | at | ADP | _ | 34 it | case |
| 34 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 32 looking | obl |
| 35 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 36 came | nsubj |
| 36 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 explained | parataxis |
| 37 | up | up | ADV | _ | 36 came | advmod |
| 38 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 39 asked | cc |
| 39 | asked | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 36 came | conj |
| 40 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 39 asked | iobj |
| 41 | to | to | PART | _ | 42 go | mark |
| 42 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 39 asked | xcomp |
| 43 | to | to | ADP | _ | 45 camp | case |
| 44 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 45 camp | nmod:poss |
| 45 | camp | camp | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 go | obl |
| 46 | with | with | ADP | _ | 47 him | case |
| 47 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 42 go | obl |
| 48 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 51 liked | punct |
| 49 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 51 liked | cc |
| 50 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 51 liked | nsubj |
| 51 | liked | like | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 explained | conj |
| 52 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 51 liked | obj |
| 53 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 55 thought | punct |
| 54 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 55 thought | cc |
| 55 | thought | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 explained | conj |
| 56 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 59 go | mark |
| 57 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 59 go | nsubj |
| 58 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 59 go | aux |
| 59 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 55 thought | ccomp |
| 60 | with | with | ADP | _ | 61 him | case |
| 61 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 59 go | obl |
| 62 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 explained | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | explain speech: assert | past | the woman | woman's reasons | then | tree rules | |||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | the woman not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | leave in a quote | past | the woman = woman | you | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme | ||||
| 4 | go in a quote | past | the woman = woman | the camp | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into camp=Initial_Location | ||||
| 5 | find in a quote | past | the woman = woman not said here | this sack of paint | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sack=Topic | ||||
| 6 | look in a quote | past · progressive | the woman = woman | at reason | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at it=Theme | ||||
| 7 | come up in a quote | past | Shield | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 8 | ask speech: ask in a quote | past | Shield not said here | the woman = woman | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent i=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 9 | go not said to happen, in a quote | to-infinitive | Shield not said here | Shield's camp | with Shield | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to camp=Initial_Location | |||
| 10 | like in a quote | past | the woman = woman | Shield | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot he=Theme | ||||
| 11 | think speech: other in a quote | past | the woman not said here | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 12 | go in a quote | would | the woman = woman | with Shield | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with he=Beneficiary |
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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