--- title: Whenever a Pueblo sees a Quáh-le-kee-raí-deh, he jumps from his hors… — The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo I… · tree and pragmatics description: Whenever a Pueblo sees a Quáh-le-kee-raí-deh, he jumps from his horse or his big farm-wagon, and makes every effort to capture the _animalito_ before it can reach a hole. Who acts: Pueblo, Quáh, effort. 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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 (Pueblo, Quáh, effort), 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:pg77804:12:21 # text = Whenever a Pueblo sees a Quáh-le-kee-raí-deh, he jumps from his horse or his big farm-wagon, and makes every effort to capture the _animalito_ before it can reach a hole. 1 Whenever whenever SCONJ WRB _ 4 mark _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Pueblo Pueblo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 sees see VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 advcl _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 6 Quáh Quáh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 le le NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 9 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 kee kee NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 11 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 raí raí NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 13 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 deh deh NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 jumps jump VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 18 from from ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 21 or or CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 23 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 24 farm farm NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 25 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 wagon wagon NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 30 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 31 det _ _ 31 effort effort NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 capture capture VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 xcomp _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 animalito animalito NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 33 punct _ _ 38 before before SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 39 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 40 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 reach reach VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 advcl _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 hole hole NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 17 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | present | a Pueblo | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **deh** | | Quáh | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **jump** | present | Quáh | | | | | from Quáh's horse or Quáh's big farm wagon | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from horse=Trajectory | | 4 | **make** | present | Quáh *not said here* | every effort | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **capture** | to-infinitive | every effort *not said here* | the animalito | | | | | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent animalito=Theme | | 6 | **reach** | can | Pueblo | a hole | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent hole=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 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/12/20/) - next →: [sentence 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/12/22/) - ↑ back to [The Maker of the Thunder-knives](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/12/)