The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian Stories, The Beaver Stick, sentence 120
New Robe considered; he wondered if the old woman had not been mistaken in advising him to choose the old beaver cutting, but he caught her eye, and, assured by her meaning glance, replied as before, “Give me the stick.”
Who acts: New Robe, Robe, old beaver, woman · What happens: consider, wonder, not mistake, advise, choose, cut · To what, where: old woman, Robe, old beaver, eye, stick, New Robe · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian Stories» by George Bird Grinnell, The Beaver Stick. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (New Robe, Robe, old beaver, woman), 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 | New | New | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 Robe | amod |
| 2 | Robe | Robe | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 considered | nsubj |
| 3 | considered | consider | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 6 wondered | punct |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 wondered | nsubj |
| 6 | wondered | wonder | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 considered | conj |
| 7 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 14 mistaken | mark |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 woman | det |
| 9 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 woman | amod |
| 10 | woman | woman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 mistaken | nsubj:pass |
| 11 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 mistaken | aux |
| 12 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 14 mistaken | advmod |
| 13 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 14 mistaken | aux:pass |
| 14 | mistaken | mistake | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 wondered | ccomp |
| 15 | in | in | SCONJ | _ | 16 advising | mark |
| 16 | advising | advise | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 14 mistaken | advcl |
| 17 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 advising | obj |
| 18 | to | to | PART | _ | 19 choose | mark |
| 19 | choose | choose | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 16 advising | advcl |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 beaver | det |
| 21 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 beaver | amod |
| 22 | beaver | beaver | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 choose | obj |
| 23 | cutting | cut | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 22 beaver | acl |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 caught | punct |
| 25 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 27 caught | cc |
| 26 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 27 caught | nsubj |
| 27 | caught | catch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 considered | conj |
| 28 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 29 eye | nmod:poss |
| 29 | eye | eye | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 caught | obj |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 assured | punct |
| 31 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 33 assured | cc |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 assured | punct |
| 33 | assured | assure | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 considered | conj |
| 34 | by | by | ADP | _ | 37 glance | case |
| 35 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 37 glance | nmod:poss |
| 36 | meaning | meaning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 glance | compound |
| 37 | glance | glance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 assured | obl |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 replied | punct |
| 39 | replied | reply | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 33 assured | conj |
| 40 | as | as | ADP | _ | 41 before | case |
| 41 | before | before | ADV | _ | 39 replied | advmod |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 Give | punct |
| 43 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 44 Give | punct |
| 44 | Give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 33 assured | conj |
| 45 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 44 Give | iobj |
| 46 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 47 stick | det |
| 47 | stick | stick | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 Give | obj |
| 48 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 considered | punct |
| 49 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 considered | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | consider | past | New Robe | vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V whether/if S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | wonder speech: ask | past | Robe | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 3 | not mistake a condition, not said to happen | past · perfect · passive | the old woman | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | advise speech: other | gerund | Robe | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | |||||
| 5 | choose | to-infinitive | the old beaver | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent beaver=Theme | |||||
| 6 | cut | gerund | the old beaver not said here | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 7 | catch | past | Robe | woman's eye | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Theme | ||||
| 8 | assure | participle | New Robe not said here | by woman's meaning glance | vn ensure-99 «NP V that S»: agent=Precondition | ||||
| 9 | reply speech: assert | participle | New Robe not said here | before property | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 10 | give in a quote | infinitive | New Robe not said here | the stick | New Robe = robe | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient stick=Theme | |||
| 11 | glance | woman | nom glance «act intransitive»: poss=agent |
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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