--- title: The sisters, finding that he would not notice their shy smiles, bega… — The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo I… · tree and pragmatics description: The sisters, finding that he would not notice their shy smiles, began to make it in their way to pass his house whenever they came to Isleta, and to say _hin-a-kú-pui-yoo_ (good morning) as they met him on the road. Who acts: sisters, Poo, hin. 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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 (sisters, Poo, hin), 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:pg77804:22:15 # text = The sisters, finding that he would not notice their shy smiles, began to make it in their way to pass his house whenever they came to Isleta, and to say _hin-a-kú-pui-yoo_ (good morning) as they met him on the road. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 sisters sister NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 finding find VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 conj _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 7 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 8 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 9 notice notice VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ 10 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 11 shy shy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 smiles smile NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 14 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 xcomp _ _ 17 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 advcl _ _ 23 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 25 whenever whenever ADV WRB PronType=Rel 27 advmod _ _ 26 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 advcl _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 Isleta Isleta PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 51 advcl _ _ 34 _ _ PUNCT `` _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 hin hin NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ SpaceAfter=No 38 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 kú kú NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 40 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 pui pui NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 42 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 yoo yoo NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 43 punct _ _ 45 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 47 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 47 punct _ _ 49 as as SCONJ IN _ 51 mark _ _ 50 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 51 met meet VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 52 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 obj _ _ 53 on on ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find** | gerund | the sisters *not said here* | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **not** **notice** | would | Poo | sisters's shy smiles | | | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer smile=Stimulus | | 3 | **begin** | past | the sisters | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **make** | to-infinitive | the sisters *not said here* | game | | sisters's way | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product | | 5 | **pass** | to-infinitive | the sisters *not said here* | Poo's house | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme house=Trajectory | | 6 | **come** | past | sisters *= sister* | | | Isleta | | whenever *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to isleta=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | sisters *= sister* *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **yoo** | | hin | | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **meet** | past | sisters *= sister* | Poo | | the road | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Co-Agent | | 10 | **smile** | | sisters *= sister* | | | | | | nom smile «communication 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 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/22/14/) - next →: [sentence 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/22/16/) - ↑ back to [The Town of the Snake-girls](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/22/)