--- title: “Moon-wife, beware of the Yellow-Corn-Maidens, for they have the evi… — The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo I… · tree and pragmatics description: “Moon-wife, beware of the Yellow-Corn-Maidens, for they have the evil road and will try to do you harm, but you must always refuse to do whatever they propose.” Who acts: Moon wife, Maidens, you. 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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 (Moon wife, Maidens, 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:pg77804:10:64 # text = “Moon-wife, beware of the Yellow-Corn-Maidens, for they have the evil road and will try to do you harm, but you must always refuse to do whatever they propose.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Moon moon NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 beware beware VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 9 Yellow yellow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 Corn corn NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 12 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 Maidens maiden NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 for for SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 16 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 evil evil ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 try try VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 conj _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 xcomp _ _ 26 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 25 iobj _ _ 27 harm harm VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 29 but but CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 30 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 31 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 32 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 33 advmod _ _ 33 refuse refuse VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 parataxis _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 xcomp _ _ 36 whatever whatever PRON WP PronType=Rel 38 obj _ _ 37 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 propose propose VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ” " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **beware** *in a quote* | infinitive | Moon wife | | | | | of the Yellow Corn Maidens | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **have** *in a quote* | present | Maidens *= maiden* | the evil road | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent road=Patient | | 3 | **try** *in a quote* | future | Maidens *= maiden* *not said here* | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **do** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | Maidens *= maiden* *not said here* | | you | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **harm** *in a quote* | infinitive | Maidens *= maiden* *not said here* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **refuse** *in a quote* | must | you | | | | | always *property* | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 7 | **not** **do** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **propose** *in a quote* | present | Maidens *= maiden* | whatever | | | | | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whatever=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 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/10/63/) - next →: [sentence 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/10/65/) - ↑ back to [The Man Who Married the Moon](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/10/)