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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, rú, You), 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:pg77804:10:57 # text = When Nah-chu-rú-chu saw that, he rose up quickly from his loom and came and took the Moon by the hand, saying, “You are she who shall be my wife. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 9 advmod _ _ 2 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 9 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 chu chu NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 rú rú NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 chu chu X FW Foreign=Yes 6 conj _ _ 9 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 advcl _ _ 10 that that SCONJ IN _ 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 rose rise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 up up ADP RP _ 13 compound:prt _ _ 15 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 16 from from ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 loom loom NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 Moon Moon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 25 by by ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 29 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 22 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 31 “ " PUNCT `` _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 33 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 34 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 35 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 39 nsubj _ _ 36 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 37 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 39 cop _ _ 38 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | chu rú | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer that=Stimulus | | 2 | **rise up** | past | rú | | | rú's loom | | quickly *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from loom=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **come** | past | rú *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **take** | past | rú *not said here* | | the Moon | | | by the hand | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument moon=Destination | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | rú *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is a** *in a quote* | shall · present | You | my wife | | | | Moon *nsubj*; who *nsubj*; my *nmod:poss* | tree rules | 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 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/10/56/) - next →: [sentence 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/10/58/) - ↑ back to [The Man Who Married the Moon](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/10/)