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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 (matters, 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:pg77804:10:22 # text = For dippers, to take water from the big earthen _tinajas_, the Tée-wahn used then, as they use to-day, queer little ladle-shaped _omates_ made of a gourd; but Nah-chu-rú-chu, being a great medicine-man and very rich, had a dipper of pure pearl, shaped like the gourds, but wonderfully precious. 1 For for ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 dippers dipper NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 take take VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 2 appos _ _ 6 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 7 from from ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 9 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 10 earthen earthen ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 11 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 tinajas tinaja NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 16 Tée Tée PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 wahn wahn X FW Foreign=Yes 19 nsubj:pass _ _ 19 used use VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 20 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 19 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 as as SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 23 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 use use VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 25 to to ADP IN _ 27 case _ SpaceAfter=No 26 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 29 queer queer ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 30 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 31 ladle ladle NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 32 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 shaped shape VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 amod _ _ 34 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 omates omate NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 37 punct _ _ 37 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 acl _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 gourd gourd NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ; ; PUNCT : _ 61 punct _ _ 42 but but CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 43 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 47 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 44 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 chu chu NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 46 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 rú rú NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 49 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 chu chu X FW Foreign=Yes 47 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 51 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 56 cop _ _ 52 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 53 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 56 amod _ _ 54 medicine medicine NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 55 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 54 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 56 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 appos _ _ 57 and and CCONJ CC _ 59 cc _ _ 58 very very ADV RB _ 59 advmod _ _ 59 rich rich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 56 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 60 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 61 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 parataxis _ _ 62 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 63 det _ _ 63 dipper dipper NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 obj _ _ 64 of of ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 65 pure pure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 66 amod _ _ 66 pearl pearl NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 67 , , PUNCT , _ 68 punct _ _ 68 shaped shape VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 66 acl _ _ 69 like like ADP IN _ 71 case _ _ 70 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 71 det _ _ 71 gourds gourd NOUN NNS Number=Plur 68 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 72 , , PUNCT , _ 75 punct _ _ 73 but but CCONJ CC _ 75 cc _ _ 74 wonderfully wonderfully ADV RB _ 75 advmod _ _ 75 precious precious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 61 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 76 . . PUNCT . _ 19 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | to-infinitive | | water | | the big earthen tinajas | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent water=Theme from tinaja=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **use** | participle · passive | | Tée | | | then | for dippers | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: subject=Theme for dipper=Eventuality | | 3 | **use** | present | matters *= matter* | queer little shaped omates | | | day | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **shape** | participle | | | | | | ladle *compound* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 5 | **make** | participle | | queer little shaped omates *not said here* | | | | of a gourd | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 6 | **is a** | gerund | | a great medicine man | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **be** | | | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **have** | past | chu rú | a dipper of pure pearl | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dipper=Patient | | 9 | **shape** | participle | | pure pearl *not said here* | | | | like the gourds | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | 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 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/10/21/) - next →: [sentence 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/10/23/) - ↑ back to [The Man Who Married the Moon](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/10/)