The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian Stories, The First Corn, sentence 42
The Father gave him also a buffalo robe, and said to him: “When you go back, the next day after you have got there, call all the people together in your lodge, and give them what is in this robe, and tell them all these things.
Who acts: Father, part · What happens: give, say, go back, get, call, be · To what, where: buffalo robe, part, next day, people, lodge, robe · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian Stories» by George Bird Grinnell, The First Corn. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Father, part), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Father | det |
| 2 | Father | Father | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 gave | nsubj |
| 3 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 gave | iobj |
| 5 | also | also | ADV | _ | 8 robe | advmod |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 robe | det |
| 7 | buffalo | buffalo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 robe | compound |
| 8 | robe | robe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 gave | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 said | punct |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 said | cc |
| 11 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 gave | conj |
| 12 | to | to | ADP | _ | 13 him | case |
| 13 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 said | obl |
| 14 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 18 go | punct |
| 15 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 18 go | punct |
| 16 | When | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 18 go | advmod |
| 17 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 18 go | nsubj |
| 18 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 said | ccomp |
| 19 | back | back | ADV | _ | 18 go | advmod |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 day | punct |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 day | det |
| 22 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 23 day | amod |
| 23 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 go | obl:unmarked |
| 24 | after | after | SCONJ | _ | 27 got | mark |
| 25 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 27 got | nsubj |
| 26 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 27 got | aux |
| 27 | got | get | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 23 day | acl:relcl |
| 28 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 27 got | advmod |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 call | punct |
| 30 | call | call | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 18 go | parataxis |
| 31 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 33 people | det:predet |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 people | det |
| 33 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 30 call | obj |
| 34 | together | together | ADV | _ | 30 call | advmod |
| 35 | in | in | ADP | _ | 37 lodge | case |
| 36 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 37 lodge | nmod:poss |
| 37 | lodge | lodge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 call | obl |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 give | punct |
| 39 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 40 give | cc |
| 40 | give | give | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 30 call | conj |
| 41 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 40 give | iobj |
| 42 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 46 robe | nsubj |
| 43 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 46 robe | cop |
| 44 | in | in | ADP | _ | 46 robe | case |
| 45 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 46 robe | det |
| 46 | robe | robe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 give | parataxis |
| 47 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 49 tell | punct |
| 48 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 49 tell | cc |
| 49 | tell | tell | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 gave | conj |
| 50 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 49 tell | iobj |
| 51 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 53 things | det:predet |
| 52 | these | this | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 53 things | det |
| 53 | things | thing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 49 tell | obj |
| 54 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 gave | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | past | the Father | a buffalo robe | part | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | |||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | the Father not said here | part | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 3 | go back in a quote | present | part | day | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 4 | get in a quote | present · perfect | part | the next day not said here | there | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer day=Stimulus | |||
| 5 | call in a quote | infinitive | all people | your lodge | together property | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent people=Recipient | |||
| 6 | give in a quote | infinitive | people | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | |||||
| 7 | is in a quote | present | this robe | what nsubj | tree rules | ||||
| 8 | tell speech: assert in a quote | infinitive | the Father not said here | all things | people | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient thing=Topic |
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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