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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 (important occasions, various races, some, dances), 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:pg77804:2:43 # text = Aside from the numerous sacred dances of the year, their most important occasions, they have various races which call for great skill and endurance, quaint social enjoyments, and games of many kinds, some of which are quite as difficult as chess. 1 Aside aside ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 2 from from ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 4 numerous numerous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 5 sacred sacred ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 dances dance NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 11 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 12 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 13 advmod _ _ 13 important important ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 occasions occasion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 16 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 18 various various ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 races race NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obj _ _ 20 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 21 nsubj _ _ 21 call call VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 acl:relcl _ _ 22 for for ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 skill skill NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 endurance endurance NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 quaint quaint ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 29 social social ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 enjoyments enjoyment NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 games game NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 parataxis _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 kinds kind NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 38 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 44 nsubj _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 38 nmod _ _ 41 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 cop _ _ 42 quite quite ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 43 as as ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 44 difficult difficult ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 parataxis _ _ 45 as as ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 chess chess NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 17 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | dances's important occasions | various races | | | | occasions *= occasion* *nsubj*; games of many kinds *parataxis*; aside *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent race=Patient | | 2 | **call** | present | various races | | | | | for great skill and endurance and quaint social enjoyments | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S\_INF»: agent=Agent for skill=Recipient | | 3 | **is** | present | some | | | | | as chess; difficult *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **dance** | | | the year | | | | | nom dance «communication transitive»: of=patient | | 5 | **occasion** | | dances *= dance* | | | | | | nom occasion «event 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: [sentence 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/2/42/) - next →: [sentence 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/2/44/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Story-tellers](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/2/)