--- title: “Truly, I know not,” answered Big-ears, “but I think Too-wháy-deh st… — The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo I… · tree and pragmatics description: “Truly, I know not,” answered Big-ears, “but I think Too-wháy-deh stole it; for he asked me on the way to give him a cheese. Who acts: Big ears, wháy deh, deh. 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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 (Big ears, wháy deh, deh), 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:pg77804:17:22 # text = “Truly, I know not,” answered Big-ears, “but I think Too-wháy-deh stole it; for he asked me on the way to give him a cheese. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Truly truly ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ _ 6 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 9 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 Big Big PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 11 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ears ear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 “ " PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 but but CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 think think VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 18 Too too ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 wháy wháy NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 21 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 deh deh NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 23 stole steal VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 ccomp _ _ 24 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 26 for for SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 29 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 iobj _ _ 30 on on ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 acl _ _ 35 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 iobj _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 cheese cheese NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **know** *in a quote* | present | Big ears *= ear* | | | | | truly *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | Big ears | | | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **think** *speech: other* *in a quote* | present | Big ears *= ear* | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 4 | **steal** *in a quote* | past | wháy deh | cheese | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme | | 5 | **ask** *speech: ask* *in a quote* | past | deh | | Big ears *= ear* | the way | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Recipient | | 6 | **give** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | deh *not said here* | a cheese | deh | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient cheese=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 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/17/21/) - next →: [sentence 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/17/23/) - ↑ back to [Honest Big-ears](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/17/)