The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian Stories, The Beaver Stick, sentence 84

He had scarcely begun to taste a fresh dish of the strangely made pemmican, when the water in the pool began to heave and rise, and then again sank to its level as one of the sons arose from its depths and stepped over to his couch, not a drop of water clinging to him or his garments.

Who acts: Robe, water, sons, drop · What happens: begin, taste, make, heave, rise, sink · To what, where: fresh dish, depths, drop, couch, Robe

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 (Robe, water, sons, drop), 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	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 begun	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 begun	aux
3	scarcely	scarcely	ADV	_	4 begun	advmod
4	begun	begin	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 taste	mark
6	taste	taste	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 begun	xcomp
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 dish	det
8	fresh	fresh	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 dish	amod
9	dish	dish	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 taste	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	14 pemmican	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 pemmican	det
12	strangely	strangely	ADV	_	13 made	advmod
13	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 pemmican	amod
14	pemmican	pemmican	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 dish	nmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 began	punct
16	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	22 began	advmod
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 water	det
18	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 began	nsubj
19	in	in	ADP	_	21 pool	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 pool	det
21	pool	pool	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 water	nmod
22	began	begin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 dish	acl:relcl
23	to	to	PART	_	24 heave	mark
24	heave	heave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	22 began	xcomp
25	and	and	CCONJ	_	26 rise	cc
26	rise	rise	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	24 heave	conj
27	,	,	PUNCT	_	31 sank	punct
28	and	and	CCONJ	_	31 sank	cc
29	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	30 again	advmod
30	again	again	ADV	_	31 sank	advmod
31	sank	sink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 begun	conj
32	to	to	ADP	_	34 level	case
33	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	34 level	nmod:poss
34	level	level	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 sank	obl
35	as	as	ADP	_	36 one	case
36	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	40 arose	obl
37	of	of	ADP	_	39 sons	case
38	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	39 sons	det
39	sons	son	NOUN	Number=Plur	40 arose	nsubj
40	arose	arise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	31 sank	parataxis
41	from	from	ADP	_	43 depths	case
42	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	43 depths	nmod:poss
43	depths	depth	NOUN	Number=Plur	40 arose	obl
44	and	and	CCONJ	_	45 stepped	cc
45	stepped	step	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	40 arose	conj
46	over	over	ADP	_	45 stepped	compound:prt
47	to	to	ADP	_	49 couch	case
48	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	49 couch	nmod:poss
49	couch	couch	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 stepped	obl
50	,	,	PUNCT	_	53 drop	punct
51	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	53 drop	advmod
52	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	53 drop	det
53	drop	drop	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 stepped	obl
54	of	of	ADP	_	55 water	case
55	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 drop	nmod
56	clinging	cling	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	53 drop	acl
57	to	to	ADP	_	58 him	case
58	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	56 clinging	obl
59	or	or	CCONJ	_	61 garments	cc
60	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	61 garments	nmod:poss
61	garments	garment	NOUN	Number=Plur	58 him	conj
62	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 begun	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	begin	past · perfect	Robe					scarcely property	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	taste	to-infinitive	Robe not said here	a fresh dish of the made pemmican					vn seem-109 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Theme dish=Attribute
3	make	participle						strangely property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
4	begin	past	the water in the pool						vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
5	heave	to-infinitive	the water in the pool not said here						vn push-12 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
6	rise	infinitive	the water in the pool not said here						vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
7	sink	past	Robe not said here				again; then	to water's level	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
8	arise	past	the sons			water's depths		as one	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
9	step over	past	the sons not said here	a drop of water		Robe's couch			vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to couch=Destination
10	cling	gerund	a drop of water not said here		Robe				vn cling-22.5 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme to he=Co-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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The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian Stories, The Beaver Stick, sentence 84