The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian Stories, Little Friend Coyote, sentence 3

Front Wolf was himself a noted warrior, and had grown rich from his forays on the camps of the enemy, so when he asked for the young woman her parents were pleased—pleased to give their daughter to such a strong young man, and pleased to accept the thirty horses he sent them with the request.

Who acts: Front, parents · What happens: be, note, grow, ask, give, accept · To what, where: Front, daughter, thirty horses, parents, camps · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian Stories» by George Bird Grinnell, Little Friend Coyote. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Front, parents), 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	Front	Front	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 himself	nsubj
2	Wolf	Wolf	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Front	flat
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 himself	cop
4	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 warrior	det
6	noted	note	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 warrior	amod
7	warrior	warrior	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 himself	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 grown	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 grown	cc
10	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 grown	aux
11	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 himself	parataxis
12	rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 grown	xcomp
13	from	from	ADP	_	15 forays	case
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 forays	nmod:poss
15	forays	foray	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 rich	obl
16	on	on	ADP	_	18 camps	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 camps	det
18	camps	camp	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 forays	nmod
19	of	of	ADP	_	21 enemy	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 enemy	det
21	enemy	enemy	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 camps	nmod
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 asked	punct
23	so	so	ADV	_	26 asked	advmod
24	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	26 asked	advmod
25	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	26 asked	nsubj
26	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 grown	conj
27	for	for	ADP	_	30 woman	case
28	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	30 woman	det
29	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	30 woman	amod
30	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 pleased	obl
31	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	32 parents	nmod:poss
32	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	34 pleased	nsubj
33	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	34 pleased	cop
34	pleased	pleased	ADJ	Degree=Pos	26 asked	ccomp
35	—	-	PUNCT	_	36 pleased	punct
36	pleased	pleased	ADJ	Degree=Pos	34 pleased	conj
37	to	to	PART	_	38 give	mark
38	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	36 pleased	xcomp
39	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	40 daughter	nmod:poss
40	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 give	iobj
41	to	to	ADP	_	46 man	case
42	such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	46 man	det:predet
43	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	46 man	det
44	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	46 man	amod
45	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	46 man	amod
46	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 give	obl
47	,	,	PUNCT	_	49 pleased	punct
48	and	and	CCONJ	_	49 pleased	cc
49	pleased	pleased	ADJ	Degree=Pos	34 pleased	conj
50	to	to	PART	_	51 accept	mark
51	accept	accept	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	49 pleased	xcomp
52	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	54 horses	det
53	thirty	thirty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	54 horses	nummod
54	horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	51 accept	obj
55	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	56 sent	nsubj
56	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	54 horses	acl:relcl
57	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	56 sent	obj
58	with	with	ADP	_	60 request	case
59	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	60 request	det
60	request	request	NOUN	Number=Sing	56 sent	obl
61	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 himself	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	is a	past	Front	Front			a noted warrior obj	tree rules
2	note	participle						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	grow	past · perfect					rich property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	ask speech: ask	past	Front					vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	is	past	Su's parents				for the young woman; pleased property	tree rules
6	be		Su's parents not said here					tree rules
7	give	to-infinitive	Su's parents not said here		parents's daughter		to such strong young man	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent daughter=Theme to man=Recipient
8	be		Su's parents not said here					tree rules
9	accept	to-infinitive	Su's parents not said here	the thirty horses				vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Theme
10	send	past	Front	parents = parent			with the request	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
11	foray		Front			the camps of the enemy		nom foray «act intransitive»: poss=agent on=place

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, Little Friend Coyote, sentence 3

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The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian Stories, Little Friend Coyote, sentence 3