--- title: The Trues of the North promised to defend them, but again the skelet… — The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo I… · tree and pragmatics description: The Trues of the North promised to defend them, but again the skeleton came and scared them away; and they ran for many moons until they came to the Trues of the West, who dwell in T’hoor-kím-p’ah-whée-ay, the Yellow Lake Where the Sun Sets. Who acts: Trues, skeleton. 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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 (Trues, skeleton), 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:pg77804:12:85 # text = The Trues of the North promised to defend them, but again the skeleton came and scared them away; and they ran for many moons until they came to the Trues of the West, who dwell in T’hoor-kím-p’ah-whée-ay, the Yellow Lake Where the Sun Sets. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Trues true NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 North North PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 promised promise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 defend defend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ 9 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 11 but but CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 12 again again ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 skeleton skeleton NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 15 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 scared scare VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 18 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ _ 19 away away ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 24 for for ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 moons moon NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obl _ _ 27 until until SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 28 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 advcl _ _ 30 to to ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 Trues true NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obl _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 West West PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 38 nsubj _ _ 38 dwell dwell VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 acl:relcl _ _ 39 in in ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 40 T’hoor t'hoor NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 41 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 kím kím NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 p’ah p'ah NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 45 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 whée whée NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 47 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ay ay NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 51 Yellow yellow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 amod _ _ 52 Lake Lake PROPN NNP Number=Sing 48 appos _ _ 53 Where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 56 advmod _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 55 Sun Sun PROPN NNP Number=Sing 56 compound _ _ 56 Sets Set PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 52 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **promise** *speech: promise* | past | the Trues of the North | | | | | | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **defend** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the Trues of the North *not said here* | Trues *= true* | | | | | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Beneficiary | | 3 | **come** | past | the skeleton | | | | again | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **scare away** | past | the skeleton *not said here* | Trues *= true* | | | | away *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus they=Experiencer | | 5 | **run** | past | Trues *= true* | | | | | for many moons | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for moon=Beneficiary | | 6 | **come** | past | Trues *= true* | | | the Trues of the West | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to true=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **dwell** | present | the Trues of the West | | | T’hoor kím | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in kím=Location | 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 84](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/12/84/) - next →: [sentence 86](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/12/86/) - ↑ back to [The Maker of the Thunder-knives](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/12/)