--- title: As for the sister snakes, they still dwell where she bade them, and… — The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo I… · tree and pragmatics description: As for the sister snakes, they still dwell where she bade them, and never venture away; though sometimes the people bring them to their houses to catch the mice, for these snakes never hurt a person. Who acts: snakes, Moon, people. 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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 (snakes, Moon, people), 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:pg77804:10:167 # text = As for the sister snakes, they still dwell where she bade them, and never venture away; though sometimes the people bring them to their houses to catch the mice, for these snakes never hurt a person. 1 As as ADP IN ExtPos=ADP 5 case _ _ 2 for for ADP IN _ 1 fixed _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 snakes snake NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 7 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 still still ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 dwell dwell VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 12 advmod _ _ 11 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 bade bade VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 ccomp _ _ 13 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 17 advmod _ _ 17 venture venture VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ _ 18 away away ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 20 though though SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 21 sometimes sometimes ADV RB PronType=Ind 24 advmod _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nsubj _ _ 24 bring bring VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 25 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 to to ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 houses house NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obl _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 catch catch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 advcl _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 mice mouse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 34 for for SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 35 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 36 det _ _ 36 snakes snake NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 nsubj _ _ 37 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 38 advmod _ _ 38 hurt hurt VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 advcl _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **dwell** | present | snakes *= snake* | | | | still | as the sister snakes | tree rules | | 2 | **bade** | past | Moon | snakes *= snake* | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **venture away** | infinitive | snakes *= snake* *not said here* | | | | | away *property* | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **bring** | present | the people | snakes *= snake* | | snakes's houses | | sometimes *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme to house=Destination | | 5 | **catch** | to-infinitive | the people *not said here* | the mice | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mouse=Theme | | 6 | **not** **hurt** | past | this snakes | a person | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer person=Patient | 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 164](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/10/164/) - next →: [sentence 166](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/10/166/) - ↑ back to [The Man Who Married the Moon](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/10/)