--- title: Then they asked the Osprey, who can see farthest under water, and he… — The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo I… · tree and pragmatics description: Then they asked the Osprey, who can see farthest under water, and he sailed high above all the lakes and rivers in the world, till he could count the pebbles and the fish in them, but he too failed to discover the lost Moon. Who acts: Trues, Badger. 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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 (Trues, Badger), 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:pg77804:10:113 # text = Then they asked the Osprey, who can see farthest under water, and he sailed high above all the lakes and rivers in the world, till he could count the pebbles and the fish in them, but he too failed to discover the lost Moon. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Osprey Osprey PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 9 nsubj _ _ 8 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 10 farthest far ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 9 obj _ _ 11 under under ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 sailed sail VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 17 high high ADV RB Degree=Pos 16 advmod _ _ 18 above above ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 21 det:predet _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 lakes lake NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obl _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 rivers river NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 conj _ _ 24 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 till till SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 count count VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 parataxis _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 pebbles pebble NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obj _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 fish fish NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 conj _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 40 but but CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 41 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 42 too too ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 43 failed fail VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 45 discover discover VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 xcomp _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 47 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 48 amod _ _ 48 Moon Moon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | Trues *= true* | | the Osprey | | then | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent osprey=Recipient | | 2 | **see** | can | | farthest under water | | | | who *nsubj* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer far=Stimulus | | 3 | **sail** | past | Badger | | | all lakes and rivers | | in the world; high *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **count** | could | Badger | the pebbles and the fish | | | | in Trues *= true* | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pebble=Theme | | 5 | **fail** | past | Badger | | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 6 | **not** **discover** | to-infinitive | Badger *not said here* | the lost Moon | | | | | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent moon=Topic | | 7 | **lose** | participle | | | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=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 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 111](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/10/111/) - next →: [sentence 113](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/10/113/) - ↑ back to [The Man Who Married the Moon](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/10/)