--- title: I FANCY that if almost any of us were asked, “When did people begin… — The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo I… · tree and pragmatics description: I FANCY that if almost any of us were asked, “When did people begin to make fairy stories?” our first thought would be, “Why, of course, after mankind had become civilized, and had invented writing.” Who acts: I, first thought, mankind, our. 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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 (I, first thought, mankind, our), 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:pg77804:2:1 # text = I FANCY that if almost any of us were asked, “When did people begin to make fairy stories?” our first thought would be, “Why, of course, after mankind had become civilized, and had invented writing.” 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 FANCY fancy VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 that that SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 4 if if SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 5 almost almost ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 10 nsubj:pass _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nmod _ _ 9 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux:pass _ _ 10 asked ask VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 “ " PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 14 advmod _ _ 14 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 15 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obj _ _ 16 begin begin VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 advcl _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 xcomp _ _ 19 fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 compound _ _ 20 stories story NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 23 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 24 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 25 amod _ _ 25 thought thought NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 parataxis _ _ 26 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 27 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 30 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 “ " PUNCT `` _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 25 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 32 of of SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 33 course course NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 after after SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 36 mankind mankind NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 37 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 become become VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 parataxis _ _ 39 civilized civilized ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 42 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 43 invented invent VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 parataxis _ _ 44 writing writing NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fancy** | present | I | | | | | our first thought *parataxis* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* *a condition, not said to happen* | past · passive | | any of us | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | | 3 | **begin** *in a quote* | past · do-support | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **make** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | fairy stories | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset story=Product | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | would | our first thought *not said here* | | | | | why *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **become** *in a quote* | past · perfect | mankind | | | | | civilized *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 7 | **invent** *in a quote* | past · perfect | | writing | | | | | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent writing=Result | | 8 | **think** | | our | | | | | | nom thought «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | 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: [Opening, 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/1/43/) - next →: [sentence 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/2/2/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Story-tellers](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/2/)