--- title: “Let him be brought in,” said the Trues; and the Whit-lah-wíd-deh to… — The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo I… · tree and pragmatics description: “Let him be brought in,” said the Trues; and the Whit-lah-wíd-deh took the boy in and in through eight rooms, until he stood in the presence of all the gods, in a vast room. Who acts: boy, Trues, wíd 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 (boy, Trues, wíd 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:pg77804:19:66 # text = “Let him be brought in,” said the Trues; and the Whit-lah-wíd-deh took the boy in and in through eight rooms, until he stood in the presence of all the gods, in a vast room. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 ccomp _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 xcomp _ _ 6 in in ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 9 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 Trues true NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ; ; PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 15 Whit whit NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 16 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 lah lah NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 18 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 wíd wíd NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 20 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 deh deh NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 22 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 25 in in ADP RP _ 22 compound:prt _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 27 in in ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 28 through through ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 eight eight NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 30 nummod _ _ 30 rooms room NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 until until SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 35 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 presence presence NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 41 det:predet _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 gods god NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 43 in in ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 45 vast vast ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **let** *in a quote* | infinitive | | boy | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **bring in** *in a quote* | infinitive · passive | boy *not said here* | | | | | | vn earn-54.6 «NP V NP» | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the Trues | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **take in** | past | the wíd deh | | the boy | | | eight rooms *conj* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument boy=Destination | | 5 | **stand** | past | deh | | | the presence of all gods | | in a vast room | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in presence=Location | 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 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/19/64/) - next →: [sentence 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/19/66/) - ↑ back to [The Accursed Lake](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/19/)