--- title: “No,” said the Burro, “I cannot give you one, for my master would bl… — The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo I… · tree and pragmatics description: “No,” said the Burro, “I cannot give you one, for my master would blame me--since they are not mine but his, and a man of the pueblo waits for them.” Who acts: Burro, master, Indians, man. 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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 (Burro, master, Indians, man), 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:pg77804:17:15 # text = “No,” said the Burro, “I cannot give you one, for my master would blame me--since they are not mine but his, and a man of the pueblo waits for them.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 5 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Burro Burro PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 9 “ " PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 11 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 12 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 13 advmod _ _ 13 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 ccomp _ _ 14 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 13 iobj _ _ 15 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 17 for for SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 18 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 20 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 blame blame VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 parataxis _ _ 22 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 -- -- PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 since since SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 25 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 26 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ _ 27 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 28 advmod _ _ 28 mine my PRON PRP Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 parataxis _ _ 29 but but CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 pueblo pueblo NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ _ 38 waits wait VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 39 for for ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ” " PUNCT '' _ 38 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the Burro | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **not** **give** *in a quote* | can | the Burro *= burro* | one | you | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient one=Theme | | 3 | **blame** *in a quote* | would | my master | the Burro *= burro* | | | | | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 4 | **not** **is a** *in a quote* | present | Indians *= indian* | the Burro *= burro* | | | | Burro *conj* | tree rules | | 5 | **wait** *in a quote* | present | a man of the pueblo | | | | | for Indians *= indian* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/17/14/) - next →: [sentence 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/17/16/) - ↑ back to [Honest Big-ears](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/17/)