--- title: Then the Trues gave power to the Cum-pa-huit-la-wid-deh[45] to see t… — The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo I… · tree and pragmatics description: Then the Trues gave power to the Cum-pa-huit-la-wid-deh[45] to see the skeleton,--which no one else in the world could see, except the Trues and the two young men,--and said to him: Who acts: Trues, one. 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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, one), 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:pg77804:12:92 # text = Then the Trues gave power to the Cum-pa-huit-la-wid-deh[45] to see the skeleton,--which no one else in the world could see, except the Trues and the two young men,--and said to him: 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Trues true NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 8 Cum cum NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 pa pa NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 huit huit NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 la la NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 wid wid NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 17 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 deh deh NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 45 45 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 18 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 20 punct _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 skeleton skeleton NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 -- -- PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 36 obj _ _ 29 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 30 det _ _ 30 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 31 else else ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 32 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod _ _ 35 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 except except ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 Trues true NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obl _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 43 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 45 nummod _ _ 44 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 -- -- PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 49 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 50 to to ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 : : PUNCT : _ 49 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | past | the Trues | power | the wid deh Cum and pa huit and la | | then | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent power=Theme to deh=Recipient | | 2 | **see** | to-infinitive | the Trues *not said here* | the skeleton | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer skeleton=Stimulus | | 3 | **see** | could | no one in the world | | | | | except the Trues and the two young men; which *obj* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer which=Stimulus | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | man | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient | 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 91](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/12/91/) - next →: [sentence 93](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/12/93/) - ↑ back to [The Maker of the Thunder-knives](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/12/)