--- title: But he paid no attention to them whatever, except to be polite; and… — The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo I… · tree and pragmatics description: But he paid no attention to them whatever, except to be polite; and even when they sent him the modest little gift which means “there is a young lady who loves you!” he was as provokingly indifferent as ever. Who acts: Poo, sisters, modest little gift, young lady. 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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 (Poo, sisters, modest little gift, young lady), 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:pg77804:22:16 # text = But he paid no attention to them whatever, except to be polite; and even when they sent him the modest little gift which means “there is a young lady who loves you!” he was as provokingly indifferent as ever. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 paid pay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 5 det _ _ 5 attention attention NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ _ 8 whatever whatever PRON WP PronType=Rel 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 except except ADP IN _ 13 mark _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 12 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 13 cop _ _ 13 polite polite ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 16 even even ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 17 when when SCONJ WRB _ 19 mark _ _ 18 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 20 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 22 modest modest ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 23 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 gift gift NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 25 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 26 nsubj _ _ 26 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 acl:relcl _ _ 27 “ " PUNCT `` _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 29 expl _ _ 29 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 ccomp _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 33 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 34 nsubj _ _ 34 loves love VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 acl:relcl _ _ 35 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ! ! PUNCT . _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ” " PUNCT '' _ 34 punct _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 39 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 cop _ _ 40 as as SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 41 provokingly provokingly ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 42 indifferent indifferent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 parataxis _ _ 43 as as ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pay** | past | Poo | no attention | sisters *= sister* | | | whatever *obj* | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent attention=Recipient whatever=Asset | | 2 | **is** | to-infinitive | | | | | | polite *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **send** | past | sisters *= sister* | the modest little gift | Poo | | | | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Destination gift=Theme | | 4 | **mean** | present | the modest little gift | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **be** *in a quote* | present | a young lady | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **love** *in a quote* | present | a young lady | you | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **is** | past | Poo | | | | | indifferent, provokingly *property* | tree rules | 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 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/22/15/) - next →: [sentence 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/22/17/) - ↑ back to [The Town of the Snake-girls](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/22/)