--- title: At last the matter became such a nuisance to Nah-chu-rú-chu that he… — The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo I… · tree and pragmatics description: At last the matter became such a nuisance to Nah-chu-rú-chu that he hired the deep-voiced town-crier to go through all the streets and announce that in four days Nah-chu-rú-chu would choose a wife. Who acts: last matter, Moqui, chu 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 (last matter, Moqui, chu 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:pg77804:10:21 # text = At last the matter became such a nuisance to Nah-chu-rú-chu that he hired the deep-voiced town-crier to go through all the streets and announce that in four days Nah-chu-rú-chu would choose a wife. 1 At at ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 matter matter NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 8 det:predet _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 nuisance nuisance NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 xcomp _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 10 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 14 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 11 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 chu chu NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 13 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 rú rú NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 chu chu X FW Foreign=Yes 14 conj _ _ 17 that that SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 hired hire VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 advcl _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 21 deep deep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 voiced voice VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 amod _ _ 24 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 25 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 crier crier NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 acl _ _ 29 through through ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 30 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 32 det:predet _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 streets street NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obl _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 announce announce VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Typo=Yes|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 35 that that SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 36 in in ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 38 nummod _ _ 38 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 obl _ _ 39 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 43 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 40 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 chu chu NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 42 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 rú rú NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 chu chu X FW Foreign=Yes 43 conj _ _ 46 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 47 choose choose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 advcl _ _ 48 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **become** | past | the last matter | such nuisance to chu rú | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **hire** | past | Moqui | the deep voiced town crier | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crier=Theme | | 3 | **voice** *speech: other* | participle | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **go** | to-infinitive | Moqui *not said here* | the deep voiced town crier *not said here* | | all streets | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme through street=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **announce** *speech: other* | present | Moqui *not said here* | | | | | | vn order-58.3 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **choose** | would | chu rú | a wife | | | day | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wife=Theme | 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 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/10/20/) - next →: [sentence 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/10/22/) - ↑ back to [The Man Who Married the Moon](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/10/)