--- title: Long before the first Spaniards came to New Mexico (and _that_ was t… — The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo I… · tree and pragmatics description: Long before the first Spaniards came to New Mexico (and _that_ was three hundred and fifty years ago) Isleta stood where it stands to-day--on a lava ridge that defies the gnawing current of the Rio Grande. Who acts: first Spaniards, that, Isleta, One. 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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 (first Spaniards, that, Isleta, One), 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:pg77804:10:7 # text = Long before the first Spaniards came to New Mexico (and _that_ was three hundred and fifty years ago) Isleta stood where it stands to-day--on a lava ridge that defies the gnawing current of the Rio Grande. 1 Long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 6 advmod _ _ 2 before before SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 5 amod _ _ 5 Spaniards Spaniard PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 6 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 New New PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 Mexico Mexico PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 _ _ NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 17 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 _ _ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 15 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 16 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 17 compound _ _ 17 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 12 nmod _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 19 fifty fifty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 20 nummod _ _ 20 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obl:unmarked _ _ 21 ago ago ADV RB _ 17 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 12 punct _ _ 23 Isleta Isleta PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 24 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 25 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 27 advmod _ _ 26 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 stands stand VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 ccomp _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 30 case _ SpaceAfter=No 29 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 -- -- PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 on on ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 lava lava NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 compound _ _ 35 ridge ridge NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 36 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 37 nsubj _ _ 37 defies defy VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 acl:relcl _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 gnawing gnaw VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 40 amod _ _ 40 current current NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 43 Rio Rio PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 compound _ _ 44 Grande Grande PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | the first Spaniards | \_ | | New Mexico | | long *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to mexico=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **is a** | past | that | three hundred | | | | \_ *nsubj* | tree rules | | 3 | **stand** | past | Isleta | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **stand** | present | One | | | a lava ridge | day | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on ridge=Location | | 5 | **defy** | present | a lava ridge | the gnawing current of the Rio Grande | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **gnaw** | gerund | | | | | | | vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=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 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/10/6/) - next →: [sentence 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/10/8/) - ↑ back to [The Man Who Married the Moon](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/10/)