--- title: They were at a loss which way to turn; but at last they thought: We… — The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo I… · tree and pragmatics description: They were at a loss which way to turn; but at last they thought: We will go to P’ah-kú-ee-teh-áy-deh,[37] who can find the dead--for surely she is dead, or the others would have found her. Who acts: people, We, kú ee, teh áy deh. 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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 (people, We, kú ee, teh áy deh), 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:pg77804:10:116 # text = They were at a loss which way to turn; but at last they thought: We will go to P’ah-kú-ee-teh-áy-deh,[37] who can find the dead--for surely she is dead, or the others would have found her. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 at at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 loss loss NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 which which DET WDT PronType=Int 7 det _ _ 7 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 appos _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 turn turn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ; ; PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 11 but but CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 12 at at ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 obl _ _ 14 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 16 : : PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 17 We we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 ccomp _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 P’ah P'ah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 kú kú NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 24 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ee ee NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 teh teh NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 28 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 áy áy NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 30 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 deh deh NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 37 37 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 31 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 34 punct _ _ 36 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 38 nsubj _ _ 37 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 parataxis _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 -- -- PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 for for ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 surely surely ADV RB _ 46 obl _ _ 44 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 45 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 cop _ _ 46 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 48 or or CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 53 nsubj:pass _ _ 51 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 53 aux _ _ 52 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 53 aux _ _ 53 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 46 conj _ _ 54 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | people | | | a loss | | which way *appos* | tree rules | | 2 | **turn** | to-infinitive | people *not said here* | | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **think** *speech: other* | past | people | | | last | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 4 | **go** | future | We | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **deh** | | kú ee | | P’ah | | | 37 *appos* | tree rules | | 6 | **find** | can | teh áy deh | the dead | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dead=Topic | | 7 | **is** | present | ee | | | | | dead *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **find** | would · perfect · passive | | the others | | | | ee *obj* | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Theme she=Attribute | 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 114](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/10/114/) - next →: [sentence 116](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/10/116/) - ↑ back to [The Man Who Married the Moon](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/10/)