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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 (leaves, such use, use), 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:pg77804:20:49 # text = They believe such use of this sacred herb propitiates the spirits and keeps off the terrible _soroche_, or mountain-sickness; and that it also makes veins of metal easier to be worked--softening the stone, even as it did for Tái-oh. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 believe believe VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 use use NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 8 det _ _ 7 sacred sacred ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 herb herb NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 9 propitiates propitiate VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 spirits spirit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 keeps keep VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 14 off off ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 16 terrible terrible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 17 _ _ NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 18 soroche soroche NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 21 or or CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 22 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 23 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 sickness sickness NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 27 that that SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 28 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 also also ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 30 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 31 veins vein NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obj _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 metal metal NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ _ 34 easier easy ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 30 xcomp _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 36 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 37 aux:pass _ _ 37 worked work VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 -- -- PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 softening soften VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 30 advcl _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 43 even even ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 44 as as SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 45 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 advcl _ _ 47 for for ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 Tái Tái PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 49 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 48 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 oh oh INTJ UH _ 48 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **believe** | present | leaves *= leaf* | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **propitiate** | present | such use of this sacred herb | the spirits | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **keep off** | present | such use of this sacred herb *not said here* | the terrible \_ soroche | | | | mountain sickness *obl* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent soroche=Theme | | 4 | **make** | present | use | veins of metal | | | | easy *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material vein=Product | | 5 | **work** | to-infinitive · passive | use *not said here* | | | | | | vn employment-95.3 «NP V» | | 6 | **soften** | gerund | use *not said here* | the stone | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent stone=Patient | | 7 | **do** | past | use | | | | | Tái *parataxis* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **use** | | | this sacred herb | | | | | nom use «act transitive»: of=patient | 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 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/20/48/) - next →: [sentence 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/20/50/) - ↑ back to [The Moqui\[72\] Boy and the Eagle](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/20/)