The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian Stories, Little Friend Coyote, sentence 69
I do not know what the chief has decided to do with you, but, whatever it is, I would save you from it.
Who acts: I, chief, pity · What happens: not know, decide, do, be, save · To what, where: whatever, you, pity · 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 (I, chief, pity), 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 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 know | nsubj |
| 2 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 know | aux |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 know | advmod |
| 4 | know | know | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 9 decided | obj |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 chief | det |
| 7 | chief | chief | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 decided | nsubj |
| 8 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 decided | aux |
| 9 | decided | decide | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 4 know | ccomp |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 do | mark |
| 11 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 decided | xcomp |
| 12 | with | with | ADP | _ | 13 you | case |
| 13 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 11 do | obl |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 whatever | punct |
| 15 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 17 whatever | cc |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 whatever | punct |
| 17 | whatever | whatever | PRON | PronType=Rel | 4 know | conj |
| 18 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 whatever | nsubj |
| 19 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 whatever | cop |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 save | punct |
| 21 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 23 save | nsubj |
| 22 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 23 save | aux |
| 23 | save | save | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 know | conj |
| 24 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 23 save | obj |
| 25 | from | from | ADP | _ | 26 it | case |
| 26 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 23 save | obl |
| 27 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 know | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not know | present · do-support | I | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | decide | present · perfect | the chief | what obj | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.co-agent that S»: agent=Agent what=Co-Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 3 | do not said to happen | to-infinitive | the chief not said here | with you | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | is a | present | pity | whatever | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | save | would | I | you | pity | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent you=Theme from it=Source |
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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