--- title: She had long admired Nah-chu-rú-chu, but was always too maidenly to… — The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo I… · tree and pragmatics description: She had long admired Nah-chu-rú-chu, but was always too maidenly to try to attract his attention as other girls had done; and at the time when the crier made his proclamation, she happened to be away at her father’s ranch. Who acts: Shee, crier, 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 (Shee, crier, 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:pg77804:10:34 # text = She had long admired Nah-chu-rú-chu, but was always too maidenly to try to attract his attention as other girls had done; and at the time when the crier made his proclamation, she happened to be away at her father’s ranch. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 4 advmod _ _ 4 admired admire VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 9 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 chu chu NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 8 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 rú rú NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 chu chu X FW Foreign=Yes 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 13 but but CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 14 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 15 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 17 advmod _ _ 16 too too ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 maidenly maidenly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 try try VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 csubj _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 attract attract VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 xcomp _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 attention attention NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 24 as as SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 25 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 girls girl NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 nsubj:pass _ _ 27 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT : _ 42 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 31 at at ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 34 when when SCONJ WRB _ 37 mark _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 crier crier NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 37 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 advcl _ _ 38 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 proclamation proclamation NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 41 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 44 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 45 cop _ _ 45 away away ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 46 at at ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 47 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 48 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ’s 's PART POS _ 48 case _ _ 50 ranch ranch NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **admire** | past · perfect | Shee | chu rú | | | | long *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **is** | past | Shee *not said here* | | | | | always, maidenly *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **try** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **attract** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | rú's attention | | | | | vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent attention=Patient | | 5 | **do** | past · perfect · passive | | other girls | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 6 | **make** | past | the crier | rú's proclamation | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset proclamation=Product | | 7 | **happen** | past | Shee | | | | time | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **is** | to-infinitive | | | | Shee's father's ranch | | away *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **attend** | | rú | | | | | | nom attention «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent | | 10 | **proclaim** | | rú | | | | | | nom proclamation «communication transitive»: 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 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/10/33/) - next →: [sentence 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/10/35/) - ↑ back to [The Man Who Married the Moon](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/10/)