--- title: But if I ask one of my brown old _compadres_ here, where he got the… — The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo I… · tree and pragmatics description: But if I ask one of my brown old _compadres_ here, where he got the arrow-head which he wears as a charm about his wrinkled neck, he will not tell me any such story as that. Who acts: I, work, arrow head. 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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 (I, work, arrow head), 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:pg77804:12:14 # text = But if I ask one of my brown old _compadres_ here, where he got the arrow-head which he wears as a charm about his wrinkled neck, he will not tell me any such story as that. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 if if SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 3 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 ask ask VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 obj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 7 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 8 brown brown ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 9 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 10 _ _ NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 11 compadres compadre NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 5 punct _ _ 13 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 17 advmod _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 advcl _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 19 arrow arrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 20 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 22 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 24 nsubj _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 wears wear VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 acl:relcl _ _ 25 as as ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 charm charm NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 28 about about ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 30 wrinkled wrinkle VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 amod _ _ 31 neck neck NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 34 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 35 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 36 advmod _ _ 36 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ _ 37 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 iobj _ _ 38 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 40 det _ _ 39 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 41 as as ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 40 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | I | one of my brown old \_ compadres | | here | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent one=Recipient | | 2 | **get** | past | work | the arrow head | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer head=Stimulus | | 3 | **wear** | present | the arrow head | | | | | as a charm; about work's wrinkled neck; work *nsubj* | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **wrinkle** | participle | | | | | | | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **not** **tell** *speech: assert* | future | work | any such story | me | | | as that | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient story=Topic | 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 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/12/13/) - next →: [sentence 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/12/15/) - ↑ back to [The Maker of the Thunder-knives](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/12/)