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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 (It, customary Pueblo), 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:pg77804:15:4 # text = It meant that old Ysidro[50] had just finished a story, which I had altogether missed, and was now calling upon the old man next him to tell one, by using the customary Pueblo saying: 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 meant mean VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 nsubj _ _ 4 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 Ysidro Ysidro PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 6 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 50 50 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 5 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 7 punct _ _ 9 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 10 just just ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 finished finish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 ccomp _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 15 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 19 nsubj:pass _ _ 16 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 17 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 18 altogether altogether ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 missed miss VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 22 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 23 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 24 advmod _ _ 24 calling call VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 25 upon upon ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 29 next next ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obl _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 advcl _ _ 33 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 by by SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 36 using use VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 32 advcl _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 customary customary NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 compound _ _ 39 Pueblo pueblo NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 40 saying say VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 39 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 : : PUNCT : _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | past | It | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **finish** | past · perfect · passive | | old Ysidro that | | | | a story *obj* | tree rules | | 3 | **miss** | past · perfect · passive | | a story | | | | I *nsubj*; altogether *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | | 4 | **call** | past · progressive | | | | | now | upon the old man; next Ysidro | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **tell** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | | one | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent one=Recipient | | 6 | **use** | gerund | | the customary Pueblo | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pueblo=Patient | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | the customary Pueblo *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=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 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/15/3/) - next →: [sentence 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/15/5/) - ↑ back to [The Magic Hide-and-seek](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/15/)