--- title: “Is that so?” we responded; and Lorenso replied, “That is so,” gathe… — The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo I… · tree and pragmatics description: “Is that so?” we responded; and Lorenso replied, “That is so,” gathering his blanket and rising to go without “putting a tail” to any one, for it was already late. Who acts: that, we, Lorenso, tail. 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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 (that, we, Lorenso, tail), 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:pg77804:15:126 # text = “Is that so?” we responded; and Lorenso replied, “That is so,” gathering his blanket and rising to go without “putting a tail” to any one, for it was already late. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 nsubj _ _ 4 so so ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 7 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 responded respond VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ; ; PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 Lorenso Lorenso PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 “ " PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 17 nsubj _ _ 16 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 17 so so ADV RB _ 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ” " PUNCT '' _ 20 punct _ _ 20 gathering gather VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 17 advcl _ _ 21 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 blanket blanket NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 rising rise VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 20 conj _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 xcomp _ _ 27 without without SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 28 “ " PUNCT `` _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 putting put VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 26 advcl _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ” " PUNCT '' _ 29 punct _ _ 33 to to ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 35 det _ _ 35 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 37 for for SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 38 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 39 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ _ 40 already already ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 41 late late ADV RB Degree=Pos 26 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | that | | | | | so *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **respond** *speech: other* | past | we | | | | | | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | Lorenso | | | | | | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is** *in a quote* | present | That | | | | | so *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **gather** | gerund | That *not said here* | Lorenso's blanket | | | | | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent blanket=Theme | | 6 | **rise** | gerund | That *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **go** | to-infinitive | That *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **put** *in a quote* | gerund | That *not said here* | a tail | any one | | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent tail=Goal | | 9 | **is** | past | tail | | | | | late *property* | tree rules | 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 120](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/15/120/) - next →: [sentence 122](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/15/122/) - ↑ back to [The Magic Hide-and-seek](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/15/)