--- title: “On the fourth day,” proclaimed the crier, “Nah-chu-rú-chu will hang… — The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo I… · tree and pragmatics description: “On the fourth day,” proclaimed the crier, “Nah-chu-rú-chu will hang his pearl _omate_ at his door, where every girl who will may throw a handful of corn-meal at it. Who acts: chu rú chu, girl, 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 chu, girl, 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:pg77804:10:23 # text = “On the fourth day,” proclaimed the crier, “Nah-chu-rú-chu will hang his pearl _omate_ at his door, where every girl who will may throw a handful of corn-meal at it. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 On on ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 fourth fourth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 5 amod _ _ 5 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 8 proclaimed proclaim VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 crier crier NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 12 “ " PUNCT `` _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 21 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 14 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 chu chu NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 16 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 rú rú NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 18 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 chu chu NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 20 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 hang hang VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 pearl pearl NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 24 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 omate omate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 26 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 25 punct _ _ 27 at at ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 33 advmod _ _ 32 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 33 det _ _ 33 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 appos _ _ 34 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 37 nsubj _ _ 35 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 36 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 throw throw VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 acl:relcl _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 handful handful NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 41 corn corn NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 42 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 meal meal NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ _ 44 at at ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **proclaim** | past | | the crier | | | day | | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crier=Theme | | 2 | **hang** *in a quote* | future | chu rú chu | rú's pearl | | | | omate *property* | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pearl=Patient | | 3 | **throw** *in a quote* | may · future | every girl | a handful of corn meal | | pearl | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent handful=Theme at it=Destination | | 4 | **pearl** *in a quote* | | rú | | | | | | nom pearl «possession intransitive»: poss=agent | 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 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/10/22/) - next →: [sentence 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/10/24/) - ↑ back to [The Man Who Married the Moon](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/10/)