--- title: He not only is the inventor and patentee of the arrow-head and the s… — The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo I… · tree and pragmatics description: He not only is the inventor and patentee of the arrow-head and the scalping-knife,[42] but he also invented irrigation, and taught it to man; and is a general benefactor of our race. Who acts: Quáh, our. 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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, our), 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:pg77804:12:35 # text = He not only is the inventor and patentee of the arrow-head and the scalping-knife,[42] but he also invented irrigation, and taught it to man; and is a general benefactor of our race. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 2 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 3 only only ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 inventor inventor NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 patentee patentee NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 11 arrow arrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 12 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 16 scalping scalp VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 18 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 17 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 knife knife NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 42 42 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 6 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 21 punct _ _ 23 but but CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 also also ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 26 invented invent VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 27 irrigation irrigation NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 taught teach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 31 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 to to ADP TO _ 33 case _ _ 33 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ; ; PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 36 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 general general ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 benefactor benefactor NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 race race NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is a** | present | Quáh | the inventor and patentee and a general benefactor | | | | of the arrow head and the scalping knife; patentee *conj*; 42 *parataxis* | tree rules | | 2 | **scalp** | gerund | | | | | | | vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **invent** | past | Quáh | irrigation | | | | | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent irrigation=Result | | 4 | **teach** *speech: other* | past | Quáh *not said here* | irrigation | man | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Topic to man=Recipient | | 5 | **is a** | present | Quáh *not said here* | a general benefactor | | | | of our race | tree rules | | 6 | **race** | | our | | | | | | nom race «event intransitive»: poss=agent | 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 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/12/34/) - next →: [sentence 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/12/36/) - ↑ back to [The Maker of the Thunder-knives](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/12/)