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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 (we), 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:pg77804:17:8 # text = So when we see a story in which any of these things are mentioned, we may know that it was made within the last three hundred and fifty years--or that an old story has been modified to include them. 1 So so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 3 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 14 obl _ _ 9 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 14 nsubj:pass _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 12 det _ _ 12 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nmod _ _ 13 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux:pass _ _ 14 mentioned mention VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 19 that that SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 20 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj:pass _ _ 21 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux:pass _ _ 22 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 ccomp _ _ 23 within within ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 25 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 26 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 27 compound _ _ 27 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 30 nummod _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 fifty fifty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 27 conj _ _ 30 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 -- -- PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 or or CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 33 that that SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 34 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj:pass _ _ 37 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 38 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 39 aux:pass _ _ 39 modified modify VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 conj _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 include include VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 advcl _ _ 42 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | present | we | a story | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer story=Stimulus | | 2 | **mention** *speech: other* | present · passive | | any of this things | | a story | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic | | 3 | **know** | may | we | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **make** | past · passive | | story | | | year | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | | 5 | **modify** | present · perfect · passive | | a old story | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient | | 6 | **include** | to-infinitive | | things *= thing* | | | | | vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=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 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/17/7/) - next →: [sentence 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/17/9/) - ↑ back to [Honest Big-ears](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/17/)