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The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian Stories, Little Friend Coyote, sentence 42

Following him four warriors entered, and seizing the young Blackfoot who sat nearest the door, led him out some little distance from the lodge, where one of them brained him with a war-club, and then every one tried to get a piece of his scalp or to plunge a knife into his body.

Who acts: four warriors, young Blackfoot, one · What happens: follow, enter, seize, sit, lead out, brain · To what, where: man, young Blackfoot, piece, knife, body

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 (four warriors, young Blackfoot, one), 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

csubjobjnummodnsubjpunctccadvcldetamodobjnsubjacl:relclcasedetoblpunctconjobjcompound:prtdetamodobjcasedetnmodpunctadvmodnsubjcasenmodconjobjcasedetcompoundpunctoblpunctccadvmoddetnsubjconjmarkxcompdetobjcasenmod:possnmodccmarkconjdetobjcasenmod:possoblpunctrootFollowingVERBhimPRONfourNUMwarriorsNOUNenteredVERB,PUNCTandCCONJseizingVERBtheDETyoungADJBlackfootPROPNwhoPRONsatVERBnearestADPtheDETdoorNOUN,PUNCTledVERBhimPRONoutADPsomeDETlittleADJdistanceNOUNfromADPtheDETlodgeNOUN,PUNCTwhereADVoneNUMofADPthemPRONbrainedVERBhimPRONwithADPaDETwarNOUN-PUNCTclubNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJthenADVeveryDEToneNOUNtriedVERBtoPARTgetVERBaDETpieceNOUNofADPhisPRONscalpNOUNorCCONJtoPARTplungeVERBaDETknifeNOUNintoADPhisPRONbodyNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1FollowingfollowVERBVerbForm=Ger5 enteredcsubj
2himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs1 Followingobj
3fourfourNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card4 warriorsnummod
4warriorswarriorNOUNNumber=Plur5 enterednsubj
5enteredenterVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
6,,PUNCT_8 seizingpunct
7andandCCONJ_8 seizingcc
8seizingseizeVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part5 enteredadvcl
9thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art11 Blackfootdet
10youngyoungADJDegree=Pos11 Blackfootamod
11BlackfootBlackfootPROPNNumber=Sing8 seizingobj
12whowhoPRONPronType=Rel13 satnsubj
13satsitVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin11 Blackfootacl:relcl
14nearestnearestADP_16 doorcase
15thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art16 doordet
16doordoorNOUNNumber=Sing13 satobl
17,,PUNCT_18 ledpunct
18ledleadVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin5 enteredconj
19himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs18 ledobj
20outoutADP_18 ledcompound:prt
21somesomeDETPronType=Ind23 distancedet
22littlelittleADJDegree=Pos23 distanceamod
23distancedistanceNOUNNumber=Sing18 ledobj
24fromfromADP_26 lodgecase
25thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art26 lodgedet
26lodgelodgeNOUNNumber=Sing23 distancenmod
27,,PUNCT_32 brainedpunct
28wherewhereADVPronType=Rel32 brainedadvmod
29oneoneNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card32 brainednsubj
30ofofADP_31 themcase
31themtheyPRONCase=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs29 onenmod
32brainedbrainVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin26 lodgeconj
33himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs32 brainedobj
34withwithADP_38 clubcase
35aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art38 clubdet
36warwarNOUNNumber=Sing38 clubcompound
37--PUNCT_36 warpunct
38clubclubNOUNNumber=Sing32 brainedobl
39,,PUNCT_44 triedpunct
40andandCCONJ_44 triedcc
41thenthenADVPronType=Dem44 triedadvmod
42everyeveryDETPronType=Tot43 onedet
43oneoneNOUNNumber=Sing44 triednsubj
44triedtryVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin18 ledconj
45totoPART_46 getmark
46getgetVERBVerbForm=Inf44 triedxcomp
47aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art48 piecedet
48piecepieceNOUNNumber=Sing46 getobj
49ofofADP_51 scalpcase
50hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs51 scalpnmod:poss
51scalpscalpNOUNNumber=Sing48 piecenmod
52ororCCONJ_54 plungecc
53totoPART_54 plungemark
54plungeplungeVERBVerbForm=Inf46 getconj
55aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art56 knifedet
56knifeknifeNOUNNumber=Sing54 plungeobj
57intointoADP_59 bodycase
58hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs59 bodynmod:poss
59bodybodyNOUNNumber=Sing54 plungeobl
60..PUNCT_5 enteredpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1followgerundmanvn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
2enterpastfour warriorsvn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3seizegerundfour warriors not said herethe young Blackfootvn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent blackfoot=Theme
4sitpastthe young Blackfootnearest the doorvn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5lead outpastfour warriors not said heremansome little distance objtree rules
6brainpastone of Blackfeetmanwith a war clubvn spank-18.3 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent he=Patient with club=Instrument
7trypastevery onethenvn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
8get not said to happento-infinitiveevery one not said herea piece of man's scalpvn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer piece=Stimulus
9plungeto-infinitiveevery one not said herea knifeman's bodyvn meander-47.7-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location knife=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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