--- title: Taking their scalps, they hurried home to their grandfather, and whe… — The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo I… · tree and pragmatics description: Taking their scalps, they hurried home to their grandfather, and when he saw that they had brought the real oak-skin (which is an Indian euphemy for “scalp”), he led them proudly to the Cacique, and the Cacique ordered the T’u-a-fú-ar (scalp-dance). Who acts: boys, Coyote, real oak skin, Cacique. 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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 (boys, Coyote, real oak skin, Cacique), 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:pg77804:12:70 # text = Taking their scalps, they hurried home to their grandfather, and when he saw that they had brought the real oak-skin (which is an Indian euphemy for “scalp”), he led them proudly to the Cacique, and the Cacique ordered the T’u-a-fú-ar (scalp-dance). 1 Taking take VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 2 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 scalps scalp NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 5 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 hurried hurry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 home home ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 grandfather grandfather NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 13 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 15 advmod _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 16 that that SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 17 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj:pass _ _ 18 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 ccomp _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 21 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 22 oak oak NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 23 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 25 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 30 nsubj _ _ 27 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 28 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 Indian Indian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 euphemy euphemy NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 appos _ _ 31 for for ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 “ " PUNCT `` _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 scalp scalp NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ” " PUNCT '' _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 led lead VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 39 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ _ 40 proudly proudly ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 41 to to ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 Cacique Cacique PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 Cacique Cacique PROPN NNP Number=Sing 48 nsubj _ _ 48 ordered order VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 T’u T'u PROPN NNP Number=Sing 48 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 56 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 56 det _ SpaceAfter=No 53 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 52 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 fú fú NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 55 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 54 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 56 ar AR NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 appos _ _ 57 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 60 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 58 scalp scalp NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 59 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 58 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 60 dance dance NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 61 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 60 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 62 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | gerund | boys *= boy* *not said here* | boys's scalps | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent scalp=Theme | | 2 | **hurry** | past | boys *= boy* | | | | | to boys's grandfather *result*; home *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent to grandfather=Result | | 3 | **see** | past | Coyote | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **bring** | past · perfect · passive | | boys *= boy* | | | | the real oak skin *obj* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Destination skin=Theme | | 5 | **is a** | present | the real oak skin | a Indian euphemy | | | | for scalp | tree rules | | 6 | **lead** | past | Coyote | boys *= boy* | the Cacique | | | proudly *property* | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme to cacique=Destination | | 7 | **order** | past | the Cacique | | the T’u | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent t'u=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 69](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/12/69/) - next →: [sentence 71](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/12/71/) - ↑ back to [The Maker of the Thunder-knives](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/12/)