--- title: The cigarette plays a really important part in many sacred ceremonie… — The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo I… · tree and pragmatics description: The cigarette plays a really important part in many sacred ceremonies of the Pueblos; for, as I have explained, its collective smoke is thought to be what makes the rain-clouds and brings the rain; and it is also a charm against witches. Who acts: cigarette, I, part. 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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 (cigarette, I, part), 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:pg77804:15:13 # text = The cigarette plays a really important part in many sacred ceremonies of the Pueblos; for, as I have explained, its collective smoke is thought to be what makes the rain-clouds and brings the rain; and it is also a charm against witches. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 cigarette cigarette NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 plays play VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 5 really really ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 important important ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 10 sacred sacred ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 ceremonies ceremony NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nmod _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 Pueblos Pueblo PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ; ; PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 16 for for SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 as as SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 19 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 explained explain VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 23 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 24 collective collective ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 smoke smoke NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj:pass _ _ 26 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux:pass _ _ 27 thought think VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 conj _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 29 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 31 cop _ _ 30 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 31 nsubj _ _ 31 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 advcl _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 33 rain rain NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 34 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 clouds cloud NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obj _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 brings bring VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 rain rain NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ; ; PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 42 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 43 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 cop _ _ 44 also also ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 charm charm NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 parataxis _ _ 47 against against ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 witches witch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **play** | present | the cigarette | a important part | | many sacred ceremonies of the Pueblos | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent part=Theme | | 2 | **explain** *speech: assert* | present · perfect | I | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **think** *speech: other* | present · passive | | part's collective smoke | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 4 | **is** | to-infinitive | | | | | | what *nsubj*; the rain clouds *obj*; make *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **bring** | present | | the rain | | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent rain=Theme | | 6 | **is a** | present | cigarette | a charm | | | | against witches | tree rules | | 7 | **smoke** | | part | | | | | | nom smoke «phenomenon 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 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/15/12/) - next →: [sentence 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/15/14/) - ↑ back to [The Magic Hide-and-seek](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/15/)