The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian Stories, The Beaver Stick, sentence 55
With a great splash he disappeared in the water, and New Robe, after hesitating a little and praying to the Sun for aid in this strange adventure, closed his eyes and pitched headlong into the place where his companion had disappeared.
Who acts: house, New Robe, strange adventure, companion · What happens: disappear, hesitate, pray, close, pitch · To what, where: water, little, eyes, place
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 (house, New Robe, strange adventure, companion), 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 | With | with | ADP | _ | 4 splash | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 splash | det |
| 3 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 splash | amod |
| 4 | splash | splash | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 disappeared | obl |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 disappeared | nsubj |
| 6 | disappeared | disappear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 water | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 water | det |
| 9 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 disappeared | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 hesitating | punct |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 hesitating | cc |
| 12 | New | New | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 Robe | amod |
| 13 | Robe | Robe | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 hesitating | nsubj |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 hesitating | punct |
| 15 | after | after | SCONJ | _ | 16 hesitating | mark |
| 16 | hesitating | hesitate | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 disappeared | advcl |
| 17 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 little | det |
| 18 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 hesitating | obj |
| 19 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 praying | cc |
| 20 | praying | pray | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 16 hesitating | conj |
| 21 | to | to | ADP | _ | 23 Sun | case |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 Sun | det |
| 23 | Sun | Sun | PROPN | Number=Sing | 20 praying | obl |
| 24 | for | for | ADP | _ | 25 aid | case |
| 25 | aid | aid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 praying | obl |
| 26 | in | in | ADP | _ | 29 adventure | case |
| 27 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 29 adventure | det |
| 28 | strange | strange | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 29 adventure | amod |
| 29 | adventure | adventure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 aid | nmod |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 closed | punct |
| 31 | closed | close | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 29 adventure | acl |
| 32 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 33 eyes | nmod:poss |
| 33 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 31 closed | obj |
| 34 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 35 pitched | cc |
| 35 | pitched | pitch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 disappeared | conj |
| 36 | headlong | headlong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 35 pitched | xcomp |
| 37 | into | into | ADP | _ | 39 place | case |
| 38 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 39 place | det |
| 39 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 pitched | obl |
| 40 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 44 disappeared | advmod |
| 41 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 42 companion | nmod:poss |
| 42 | companion | companion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 disappeared | nsubj |
| 43 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 44 disappeared | aux |
| 44 | disappeared | disappear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 39 place | acl:relcl |
| 45 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 disappeared | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | disappear | past | house | the water | with a great splash | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||
| 2 | hesitate | gerund | New Robe | a little | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | pray | gerund | New Robe not said here | to the Sun; for aid in this strange adventure | vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for aid=Theme | ||||
| 4 | close | participle | this strange adventure not said here | Robe's eyes | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Patient | ||||
| 5 | pitch | past | house not said here | the place | headlong property | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent into place=Destination | |||
| 6 | disappear | past · perfect | Robe's companion | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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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