--- title: Then the troubled people got the Badger to search, for he is best of… — The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo I… · tree and pragmatics description: Then the troubled people got the Badger to search, for he is best of all the beasts at digging--and he it was whom the Trues employed to dig the caves in which the people first dwelt when they came to this world. Who acts: troubled people, Badger, beasts, Trues. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (troubled people, Badger, beasts, Trues), 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 {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg77804:10:111 # text = Then the troubled people got the Badger to search, for he is best of all the beasts at digging--and he it was whom the Trues employed to dig the caves in which the people first dwelt when they came to this world. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 troubled troubled ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Badger Badger PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 search search VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 for for ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 13 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 14 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 9 parataxis _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 18 det:predet _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 beasts beast NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nmod _ _ 19 at at SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 20 digging dig VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 18 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 -- -- PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 24 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 26 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 29 obj _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 Trues true NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 nsubj _ _ 29 employed employ VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 dig dig VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 xcomp _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 caves cave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obj _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 39 obl _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 nsubj _ _ 38 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 39 advmod _ _ 39 dwelt dwell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 acl:relcl _ _ 40 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 42 advmod _ _ 41 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 advcl _ _ 43 to to ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 45 det _ _ 45 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | past | the troubled people | the Badger | | | then | | tree rules | | 2 | **search** | to-infinitive | the Badger *not said here* | | | | | | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** | present | Badger | | | | | of all beasts; good *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **dig** | gerund | all beasts *not said here* | | | | | | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is a** | past | Badger | | | | | last *nsubj* | tree rules | | 6 | **employ** | past | the Trues | | | | | | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent clause=Attribute | | 7 | **dig** | to-infinitive | the Trues *not said here* | the caves | | | | | vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent cave=Theme | | 8 | **dwell** | past | the people | | | the caves | | first *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in which=Location | | 9 | **come** | past | people | | | this world | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to world=Initial\_Location | 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 man who married the moon, and other Pueblo Indian folk-stories» by Charles Fletcher Lummis, Project Gutenberg book 77804 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 109](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/10/109/) - next →: [sentence 111](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/10/111/) - ↑ back to [The Man Who Married the Moon](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/10/)