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The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian Stories, The Star Boy, sentence 36

He looked about on the ground for a stone just the size of the hole, and dropped it through, and it fell on the woman’s head and killed her, but by his power the Star Man took care of the little child so that when it fell to the ground it was not hurt.

Who acts: husband, hole, ground, little child · What happens: look, drop, fall, kill, take, not hurt · To what, where: ground, hole, head, woman, care

This is a sentence of «The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian Stories» by George Bird Grinnell, The Star Boy. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (husband, hole, ground, little child), 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

nsubjadvmodcasedetoblcasedetobladvmoddetnmodcasedetnmodpunctccparataxisobjadvmodpunctccnsubjparataxiscasedetnmod:posscaseoblccconjobjpunctcccasenmod:possobldetcompoundapposconjobjcasedetamodnmodmarkfixedadvmodnsubjadvclcasedetoblnsubj:passaux:passadvmodacl:relclpunctrootHePRONlookedVERBaboutADVonADPtheDETgroundNOUNforADPaDETstoneNOUNjustADVtheDETsizeNOUNofADPtheDETholeNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJdroppedVERBitPRONthroughADV,PUNCTandCCONJitPRONfellVERBonADPtheDETwomanNOUN’sPARTheadNOUNandCCONJkilledVERBherPRON,PUNCTbutCCONJbyADPhisPRONpowerNOUNtheDETStarPROPNManPROPNtookVERBcareNOUNofADPtheDETlittleADJchildNOUNsoSCONJthatSCONJwhenADVitPRONfellVERBtoADPtheDETgroundNOUNitPRONwasAUXnotPARThurtVERB.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs2 lookednsubj
2lookedlookVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
3aboutaboutADV_2 lookedadvmod
4ononADP_6 groundcase
5thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art6 grounddet
6groundgroundNOUNNumber=Sing2 lookedobl
7forforADP_9 stonecase
8aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art9 stonedet
9stonestoneNOUNNumber=Sing2 lookedobl
10justjustADV_12 sizeadvmod
11thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art12 sizedet
12sizesizeNOUNNumber=Sing9 stonenmod
13ofofADP_15 holecase
14thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art15 holedet
15holeholeNOUNNumber=Sing12 sizenmod
16,,PUNCT_18 droppedpunct
17andandCCONJ_18 droppedcc
18droppeddropVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin2 lookedparataxis
19ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs18 droppedobj
20throughthroughADV_18 droppedadvmod
21,,PUNCT_24 fellpunct
22andandCCONJ_24 fellcc
23ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs24 fellnsubj
24fellfallVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin2 lookedparataxis
25ononADP_29 headcase
26thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art27 womandet
27womanwomanNOUNNumber=Sing29 headnmod:poss
28’s'sPART_27 womancase
29headheadNOUNNumber=Sing24 fellobl
30andandCCONJ_31 killedcc
31killedkillVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin24 fellconj
32hershePRONCase=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs31 killedobj
33,,PUNCT_41 tookpunct
34butbutCCONJ_41 tookcc
35bybyADP_37 powercase
36hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs37 powernmod:poss
37powerpowerNOUNNumber=Sing41 tookobl
38thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art40 Mandet
39StarStarPROPNNumber=Sing40 Mancompound
40ManManPROPNNumber=Sing37 powerappos
41tooktakeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin2 lookedconj
42carecareNOUNNumber=Sing41 tookobj
43ofofADP_46 childcase
44thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art46 childdet
45littlelittleADJDegree=Pos46 childamod
46childchildNOUNNumber=Sing42 carenmod
47sosoSCONJExtPos=SCONJ51 fellmark
48thatthatSCONJ_47 sofixed
49whenwhenADVPronType=Int51 felladvmod
50ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs51 fellnsubj
51fellfallVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin41 tookadvcl
52totoADP_54 groundcase
53thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art54 grounddet
54groundgroundNOUNNumber=Sing51 fellobl
55ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs58 hurtnsubj:pass
56wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin58 hurtaux:pass
57notnotPARTPolarity=Neg58 hurtadvmod
58hurthurtVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass54 groundacl:relcl
59..PUNCT_2 lookedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1lookpasthusbandthe groundfor a stone the size of the hole; about propertyvn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent on ground=Location for stone=Theme
2droppastholethrough propertyvn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
3fallpastholethe woman's headvn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on head=Location
4killpasthole not said herewomanvn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme
5takepasthusband not said herecare of the little childby husband's powervn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent care=Theme
6fallpastholeto the groundvn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to ground=Theme
7not hurtpast · passivethe ground not said hereholevn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
8carethe little childnom care «act intransitive»: of=agent

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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