--- title: The Turkey-buzzard wept when he saw Nah-chu-rú-chu still sitting the… — The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo I… · tree and pragmatics description: The Turkey-buzzard wept when he saw Nah-chu-rú-chu still sitting there upon the ladder, and said: “Truly it is sad for our great friend; but for me, I am afraid to go, since they who are more mighty than I have already failed; but I will try.” Who acts: Turkey buzzard, buzzard, ladder, others. 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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 (Turkey buzzard, buzzard, ladder, others), 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:pg77804:10:119 # text = The Turkey-buzzard wept when he saw Nah-chu-rú-chu still sitting there upon the ladder, and said: “Truly it is sad for our great friend; but for me, I am afraid to go, since they who are more mighty than I have already failed; but I will try.” 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 Turkey Turkey PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 buzzard buzzard NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 wept weep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 9 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 13 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 10 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 chu chu NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 12 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 rú rú NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 chu chu X FW Foreign=Yes 17 flat:foreign _ _ 16 still still ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 sitting sit VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 8 ccomp _ _ 18 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 17 advmod _ _ 19 upon upon ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 ladder ladder NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 : : PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 26 “ " PUNCT `` _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 Truly truly ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 28 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 30 sad sad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 ccomp _ _ 31 for for ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 33 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ; ; PUNCT : _ 42 punct _ _ 36 but but CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 37 for for ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 40 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 41 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 cop _ _ 42 afraid afraid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 parataxis _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 44 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 46 since since SCONJ IN _ 51 mark _ _ 47 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 48 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 51 nsubj _ _ 49 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 51 cop _ _ 50 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 51 advmod _ _ 51 mighty mighty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 conj _ _ 52 than than SCONJ IN _ 56 mark _ _ 53 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 56 nsubj _ _ 54 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 56 aux _ _ 55 already already ADV RB _ 56 advmod _ _ 56 failed fail VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 51 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 57 ; ; PUNCT : _ 61 punct _ _ 58 but but CCONJ CC _ 61 cc _ _ 59 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 61 nsubj _ _ 60 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 61 aux _ _ 61 try try VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 62 . . PUNCT . _ 61 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 63 ” " PUNCT '' _ 61 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **weep** | past | the Turkey buzzard | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **see** | past | buzzard | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **sit** | gerund | | chu rú | | the ladder; there | still | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent upon ladder=Location | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the Turkey buzzard *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | present | ladder | | | | | for our great friend; sad, truly *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the Turkey buzzard *= buzzard* | | | | | for the Turkey buzzard *= buzzard*; afraid *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **go** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | the Turkey buzzard *= buzzard* *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **is** *in a quote* | present | others *= other* | | | | | who *nsubj*; mighty *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **fail** *in a quote* | present · perfect | the Turkey buzzard *= buzzard* | | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **try** *in a quote* | future | the Turkey buzzard *= buzzard* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | 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 117](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/10/117/) - next →: [sentence 119](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/10/119/) - ↑ back to [The Man Who Married the Moon](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/10/)