--- title: But in the morning when she unsealed the oven, there were the two bo… — The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo I… · tree and pragmatics description: But in the morning when she unsealed the oven, there were the two boys, laughing and playing together unhurt--for the Wháy-nin[52] had come to their aid and protected them from the heat. Who acts: breakfast, two boys, Wháy nin. 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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 (breakfast, two boys, Wháy nin), 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:pg77804:15:66 # text = But in the morning when she unsealed the oven, there were the two boys, laughing and playing together unhurt--for the Wháy-nin[52] had come to their aid and protected them from the heat. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 2 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 5 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 6 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 unsealed unseal VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 oven oven NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 11 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 12 expl _ _ 12 were be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 15 nummod _ _ 15 boys boy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 laughing laugh VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 12 advcl _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 playing play VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 17 conj _ _ 20 together together ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 21 unhurt unhurt ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 22 -- -- PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 for for ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 25 Wháy Wháy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 26 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 nin nin NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 52 52 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 27 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 29 punct _ _ 31 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 19 parataxis _ _ 33 to to ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 aid aid NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 protected protect VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ _ 38 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 from from ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 heat heat NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **unseal** | past | breakfast | the oven | | | | | vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent oven=Patient | | 2 | **be** | past | the two boys | | | there | morning | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **laugh** | gerund | the two boys *not said here* | | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **play** | gerund | the two boys *not said here* | | | | | together, unhurt *property* | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **come** | past · perfect | the Wháy nin | | | boys's aid | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to aid=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **protect** | past | the Wháy nin *not said here* | boys *= boy* | | | | from the heat | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent they=Beneficiary from heat=Theme | 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 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/15/62/) - next →: [sentence 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/15/64/) - ↑ back to [The Magic Hide-and-seek](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/15/)