--- title: “Oh, yes, she may go,” said Nah-chu-rú-chu; but taking her aside, he… — The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo I… · tree and pragmatics description: “Oh, yes, she may go,” said Nah-chu-rú-chu; but taking her aside, he said, “Now be sure that you refuse whatever they may propose.” Who acts: wife, rú, you, Maidens. 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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 (wife, rú, you, Maidens), 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:pg77804:10:71 # text = “Oh, yes, she may go,” said Nah-chu-rú-chu; but taking her aside, he said, “Now be sure that you refuse whatever they may propose.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Oh oh INTJ UH _ 11 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 2 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 6 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 11 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 chu chu NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 15 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 rú rú NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 17 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 chu chu X FW Foreign=Yes 16 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 20 but but CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 21 taking take VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 26 advcl _ _ 22 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ _ 23 aside aside ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 “ " PUNCT `` _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 31 advmod _ _ 30 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 31 cop _ _ 31 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 parataxis _ _ 32 that that SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 33 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 refuse refuse VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 ccomp _ _ 35 whatever whatever PRON WP PronType=Rel 38 obj _ _ 36 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 propose propose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ” " PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** *in a quote* | may | wife | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nah=Topic | | 3 | **take** | gerund | rú *not said here* | | wife | | | aside *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument she=Destination | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | rú | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | now | sure *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **refuse** *in a quote* | present | you | | | | | | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 7 | **propose** *in a quote* | may | 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 70](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/10/70/) - next →: [sentence 72](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/10/72/) - ↑ back to [The Man Who Married the Moon](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/10/)