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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 (men, we, nucleus), 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:pg77804:19:100 # text = Of course, the Pueblos never saw that strange saurian; but they probably heard of it in the earliest days from nomad tribes, and as a great scientist has pointed out, we may always depend upon it that there is a nucleus of truth in all these folk-myths. 1 Of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 2 course course NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Pueblos Pueblos PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 6 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 7 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 that that SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 9 strange strange ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 saurian saurian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ; ; PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 12 but but CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 13 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 probably probably ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obl _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 earliest early ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 21 amod _ _ 21 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obl _ _ 22 from from ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 nomad nomad NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 compound _ _ 24 tribes tribe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 27 as as SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 scientist scientist NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj:pass _ _ 31 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 pointed point VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 conj _ _ 33 out out ADP RP _ 32 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 36 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 37 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 38 advmod _ _ 38 depend depend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 39 upon upon ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obl _ _ 41 that that SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 42 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 43 expl _ _ 43 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 advcl _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 nucleus nucleus NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 truth truth NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nmod _ _ 48 in in ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 49 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 53 det:predet _ _ 50 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 53 det _ _ 51 folk folk NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 52 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 51 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 myths myth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **see** | past | | | | | | of the Pueblos; saurian *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **hear** | past | men *= man* | | | nomad tribes | day | of fish; probably *property* | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.theme PP.source»: agent=Agent of it=Theme from tribe=Source | | 3 | **point out** | present · perfect · passive | | a great scientist | | | | | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 4 | **depend** | may | we | | | | | upon fish; always *property* | vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **be** | present | a nucleus of truth in all folk myths | | | there | | | 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 98](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/19/98/) - next →: [sentence 100](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/19/100/) - ↑ back to [The Accursed Lake](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/19/)