The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian Stories, Bluejay, the Imitator, sentence 55
So his sister went down first to get the canoe ready, and when she had gone, Bluejay said to the Duck: “Come to my house to-morrow and get your mat.”
Who acts: sister, Bluejay · What happens: go down, get, go, say, come · To what, where: canoe, Duck, house, mat · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian Stories» by George Bird Grinnell, Bluejay, the Imitator. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (sister, Bluejay), 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 | So | so | ADV | _ | 4 went | advmod |
| 2 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 sister | nmod:poss |
| 3 | sister | sister | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 went | nsubj |
| 4 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | down | down | ADV | _ | 4 went | advmod |
| 6 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 4 went | advmod |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 get | mark |
| 8 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 went | advcl |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 canoe | det |
| 10 | canoe | canoe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 get | obj |
| 11 | ready | ready | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 get | xcomp |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 gone | punct |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 gone | cc |
| 14 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 17 gone | advmod |
| 15 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 gone | nsubj |
| 16 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 gone | aux |
| 17 | gone | go | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 4 went | parataxis |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 said | punct |
| 19 | Bluejay | Bluejay | PROPN | Number=Sing | 20 said | nsubj |
| 20 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 went | conj |
| 21 | to | to | ADP | _ | 23 Duck | case |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 Duck | det |
| 23 | Duck | duck | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 said | obl |
| 24 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 26 Come | punct |
| 25 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 26 Come | punct |
| 26 | Come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 20 said | ccomp |
| 27 | to | to | ADP | _ | 29 house | case |
| 28 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 29 house | nmod:poss |
| 29 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 Come | obl |
| 30 | to | to | ADP | _ | 32 morrow | case |
| 31 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 30 to | punct |
| 32 | morrow | morrow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 Come | obl |
| 33 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 34 get | cc |
| 34 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 26 Come | conj |
| 35 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 36 mat | nmod:poss |
| 36 | mat | mat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 get | obj |
| 37 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 26 Come | punct |
| 38 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 26 Come | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go down | past | shore's sister | down, first property | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | ||||
| 2 | get | to-infinitive | shore's sister not said here | the canoe | ready property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer canoe=Stimulus | |||
| 3 | go | past · perfect | sister | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 4 | say speech: assert | past | Bluejay | the Duck | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to duck=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 5 | come in a quote | infinitive | my house | to morrow | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme to house=Initial_Location to morrow=Destination | ||||
| 6 | get in a quote | infinitive | your mat | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer mat=Stimulus |
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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