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title: A weaver by trade,[32] his rude loom hung from the dark rafters of h… — The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo I… · tree and pragmatics
description: A weaver by trade,[32] his rude loom hung from the dark rafters of his room; and in it he wove the strong black _mantas_ which are the dress of Pueblo women to this day. Who acts: weaver. A sentence of «The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo Indian folk-stories» by Charles Fletcher Lummis, T
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# The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo Indian folk-stories, The Man Who Married the Moon, sentence 9

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A weaver by trade,\[32\] his rude loom hung from the dark rafters of his room; and in it he wove the strong black \_mantas\_ which are the dress of Pueblo women to this day.

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**Who acts:** weaver · **What happens:** hang, weave, be · **To what, where:** rude loom, dark rafters, strong black \_ mantas, room, dress

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This is a sentence of «The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo Indian folk-stories» by Charles Fletcher Lummis, The Man Who Married the Moon. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (weaver), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg77804:10:9
# text = A weaver by trade,[32] his rude loom hung from the dark rafters of his room; and in it he wove the strong black _mantas_ which are the dress of Pueblo women to this day.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	weaver	weaver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
3	by	by	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	trade	trade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	[	[	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	32	32	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	]	]	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	7	punct	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
10	rude	rude	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	loom	loom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
12	hung	hang	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	acl	_	_
13	from	from	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	rafters	rafter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	19	nmod:poss	_	_
19	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	25	punct	_	_
21	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	25	cc	_	_
22	in	in	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
23	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	25	obl	_	_
24	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	25	nsubj	_	_
25	wove	weave	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	conj	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
27	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	30	amod	_	_
28	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	30	amod	_	_
29	_	_	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	mantas	manta	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	25	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	35	punct	_	_
32	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	35	nsubj	_	_
33	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	35	cop	_	_
34	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	35	det	_	_
35	dress	dress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	obl	_	_
36	of	of	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
37	Pueblo	Pueblo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	38	compound	_	_
38	women	woman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	35	nmod	_	_
39	to	to	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
40	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	41	det	_	_
41	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hang** | participle |  | weaver's rude loom  a weaver by trade *not said here* |  | the dark rafters of weaver's room |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **weave** | past | weaver | the strong black \_ mantas |  | room | day |  | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent manta=Product |
| 3 | **is a** | present |  | the dress |  |  |  | of Pueblo women; which *nsubj* | tree rules |

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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.

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**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.

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