--- title: “Then,” said the boy, straightway, “if that is so, I will take the h… — The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo I… · tree and pragmatics description: “Then,” said the boy, straightway, “if that is so, I will take the heart of a man [that is, be brave] and go and get the ice for my little mother.” Who acts: boy, that, 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 (boy, that, 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:pg77804:19:41 # text = “Then,” said the boy, straightway, “if that is so, I will take the heart of a man [that is, be brave] and go and get the ice for my little mother.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 5 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 straightway straightway NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 11 “ " PUNCT `` _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 if if SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 13 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 15 nsubj _ _ 14 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 15 so so ADV RB _ 19 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 17 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 ccomp _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ _ 25 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 27 nsubj _ _ 27 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 30 cop _ _ 30 brave brave ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 30 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 conj _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 conj _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 ice ice NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 38 for for ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 40 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the boy and straightway | | | | then | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | that | | | | | so *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **take** *in a quote* | future | the boy and straightway *= boy* | the heart of a man | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heart=Theme | | 4 | **be** *in a quote* | present | a man | a man *not said here* | | | | | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot man=Theme | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | brave *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **go** *in a quote* | infinitive | the boy and straightway *= boy* *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **get** *in a quote* | infinitive | the boy and straightway *= boy* *not said here* | the ice | | | | for my little mother | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent ice=Theme for mother=Beneficiary | 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 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/19/39/) - next →: [sentence 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/19/41/) - ↑ back to [The Accursed Lake](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/19/)