--- title: When Nah-chu-rú-chu came inside his home once more, he took a new _m… — The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo I… · tree and pragmatics description: When Nah-chu-rú-chu came inside his home once more, he took a new _manta_ and spread it in the middle of the room; and laying the wee white flower tenderly in its center, he put another new _manta_ above it. Who acts: chu rú, rú. 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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 (chu rú, rú), 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:pg77804:10:132 # text = When Nah-chu-rú-chu came inside his home once more, he took a new _manta_ and spread it in the middle of the room; and laying the wee white flower tenderly in its center, he put another new _manta_ above it. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 9 advmod _ _ 2 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 chu chu NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 rú rú NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 chu chu X FW Foreign=Yes 6 conj _ _ 9 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 advcl _ _ 10 inside inside ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 13 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 14 advmod _ _ 14 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 9 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 19 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 20 _ _ NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 21 manta manta NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 17 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 spread spread VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 25 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 middle middle NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 laying lay VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 17 advcl _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 36 wee wee ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 37 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 flower flower NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 39 tenderly tenderly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 xcomp _ _ 40 in in ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 center center NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 45 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 46 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 49 det _ _ 47 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 48 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 47 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 manta manta NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 45 punct _ _ 51 above above ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 17 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | chu rú | | | rú's home | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme inside home=Location | | 2 | **take** | past | rú | a new \_ manta | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent manta=Theme | | 3 | **spread** | past | rú *not said here* | home | | the middle of the room | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in middle=Destination | | 4 | **lay** | gerund | rú *not said here* | the wee white flower | | | | tenderly *property* | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flower=Result | | 5 | **put** | past | rú | another new manta | | center | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent manta=Theme above it=Destination | 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 130](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/10/130/) - next →: [sentence 132](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/10/132/) - ↑ back to [The Man Who Married the Moon](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/10/)