--- title: Next time he goes to the mesa, he fully expects to find an arrow-hea… — The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo I… · tree and pragmatics description: Next time he goes to the mesa, he fully expects to find an arrow-head, and generally _does_ find one--doubtless because he then searches more carefully on that broad reach where so many arrow-heads have been lost in ancient wars and hunts. Who acts: Quáh. 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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 (Quáh), 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:pg77804:12:24 # text = Next time he goes to the mesa, he fully expects to find an arrow-head, and generally _does_ find one--doubtless because he then searches more carefully on that broad reach where so many arrow-heads have been lost in ancient wars and hunts. 1 Next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl:unmarked _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 goes go VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 mesa mesa NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 fully fully ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 expects expect VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 xcomp _ _ 14 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 15 arrow arrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 16 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 20 generally generally ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 21 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 23 _ _ PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 25 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 -- -- PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 doubtless doubtless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 xcomp _ _ 28 because because SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 31 advmod _ _ 31 searches search VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 32 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 33 advmod _ _ 33 carefully carefully ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 34 on on ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 35 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 37 det _ _ 36 broad broad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 reach reach NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 38 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 46 advmod _ _ 39 so so ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 40 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 41 arrow arrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 42 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 heads head NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 nsubj:pass _ _ 44 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 45 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 46 aux:pass _ _ 46 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 37 acl:relcl _ _ 47 in in ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 ancient ancient ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 wars war NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 obl _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 51 hunts hunt NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | present | Quáh | | | the mesa | time | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to mesa=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **expect** | present | Quáh | | | | | fully *property* | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 3 | **find** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Quáh *not said here* | a arrow head | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Topic | | 4 | **find** | present · do-support | Quáh *not said here* | one | | | | doubtless, generally *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Topic | | 5 | **search** | present | Quáh | | | that broad reach | then | carefully *property* | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on reach=Location | | 6 | **lose** | present · perfect · passive | | many arrow heads | | ancient wars and hunts | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | 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 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/12/23/) - next →: [sentence 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/12/25/) - ↑ back to [The Maker of the Thunder-knives](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/12/)