--- title: They were both young and pretty, but they “had the evil road”--which… — The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo I… · tree and pragmatics description: They were both young and pretty, but they “had the evil road”--which is the Indian way of saying that they were possessed of a magic power which they always used for ill. Who acts: admirers, evil road, Indian way. 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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 (admirers, evil road, Indian way), 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:pg77804:10:19 # text = They were both young and pretty, but they “had the evil road”--which is the Indian way of saying that they were possessed of a magic power which they always used for ill. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 both both ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 pretty pretty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 but but CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 9 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 “ " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 evil evil ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ” " PUNCT '' _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 -- -- PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 21 nsubj _ _ 18 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 cop _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 Indian Indian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 conj _ _ 22 of of SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 23 saying say VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 21 acl _ _ 24 that that SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 25 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj:pass _ _ 26 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux:pass _ _ 27 possessed possess VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 ccomp _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 magic magic NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 compound _ _ 31 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 32 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 35 obj _ _ 33 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 35 advmod _ _ 35 used use VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 acl:relcl _ _ 36 for for ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 ill ill ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | admirers *= admirer* | | | | | both, young *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | | admirers *= admirer* *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **have** *in a quote* | past | admirers *= admirer* | the evil road and the Indian way | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent road=Patient | | 4 | **is a** | present | the evil road and the Indian way | the Indian way | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | the Indian way *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **possess** | past · passive | | admirers *= admirer* | | | | of a magic power | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 7 | **use** | past | admirers *= admirer* | a magic power | | | | for ill; always *property* | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: agent=Agent which=Theme for ill=Eventuality | 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 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/10/18/) - next →: [sentence 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/10/20/) - ↑ back to [The Man Who Married the Moon](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/10/)