--- title: Nah-chu-rú-chu began to look oftener from his loom to the door as th… — The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo I… · tree and pragmatics description: Nah-chu-rú-chu began to look oftener from his loom to the door as the sun crept along the adobe floor, closer and closer to his seat; and when the shadows were very long, he sprang suddenly to his feet, and walked to the house of the Yellow-Corn-Maidens with long, strong strides. 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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, sun, shadows, 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:pg77804:10:84 # text = Nah-chu-rú-chu began to look oftener from his loom to the door as the sun crept along the adobe floor, closer and closer to his seat; and when the shadows were very long, he sprang suddenly to his feet, and walked to the house of the Yellow-Corn-Maidens with long, strong strides. 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 chu chu NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 4 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 rú rú NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 chu chu X FW Foreign=Yes 5 conj _ _ 8 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 xcomp _ _ 11 oftener oftener NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 12 from from ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 loom loom NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 15 to to ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ _ 18 as as SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 21 crept creep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 advcl _ _ 22 along along ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 adobe adobe NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 compound _ _ 25 floor floor NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 27 closer close ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 21 conj _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 closer close ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 27 conj _ _ 30 to to ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 seat seat NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ; ; PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 35 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 40 advmod _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 shadows shadow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 nsubj _ _ 38 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ _ 39 very very ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 40 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 sprang spring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 44 suddenly suddenly ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 45 to to ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 50 walked walk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 51 to to ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obl _ _ 54 of of ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 56 Yellow yellow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 60 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 57 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 56 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 58 Corn corn NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 59 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 58 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 60 Maidens maiden NOUN NNS Number=Plur 53 nmod _ _ 61 with with ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 62 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 65 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 63 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 64 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 65 amod _ _ 65 strides stride NOUN NNS Number=Plur 60 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 66 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **begin** | past | chu rú | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **look** | to-infinitive | chu rú *not said here* | oftener | | rú's loom to the door | | | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme oftener=Attribute | | 3 | **creep** | past | the sun | | | the adobe floor | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme along floor=Trajectory | | 4 | **is** | past | the shadows | | | | | long *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **spring** | past | rú | | | rú's feet | | suddenly *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to foot=Destination | | 6 | **walk** | past | chu rú *not said here* | | | | | to the house of the Yellow Corn Maidens with long strong strides *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to house=Result | 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 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/10/82/) - next →: [sentence 84](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/10/84/) - ↑ back to [The Man Who Married the Moon](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/10/)