--- title: They decided, no doubt, that he was _oó-teh_, the Tée-wahn word for… — The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo I… · tree and pragmatics description: They decided, no doubt, that he was _oó-teh_, the Tée-wahn word for “a mean old thing”; and finally one proposed that they put him out of the way, for both sisters, young and pretty as they were, were witches. Who acts: girls, Poo. 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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 (girls, Poo), 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:pg77804:22:18 # text = They decided, no doubt, that he was _oó-teh_, the Tée-wahn word for “a mean old thing”; and finally one proposed that they put him out of the way, for both sisters, young and pretty as they were, were witches. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 decided decide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 5 det _ _ 5 doubt doubt NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 7 that that SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 10 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 oó oó NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 12 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 teh the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art|Typo=Yes 11 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 14 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 17 Tée Tée PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 18 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 wahn wahn X FW _ 20 compound _ _ 20 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 appos _ _ 21 for for ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 22 “ " PUNCT `` _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 24 mean mean ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 25 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ” " PUNCT '' _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 30 finally finally ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 31 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 conj _ _ 32 proposed propose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 acl _ _ 33 that that SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 34 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 advcl _ _ 36 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obj _ _ 37 out out ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 42 for for ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 both both DET DT PronType=Tot 44 det _ _ 44 sisters sister NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 46 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 48 pretty pretty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 conj _ _ 49 as as ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 50 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 51 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 54 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 53 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 54 cop _ _ 54 witches witch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **decide** | past | girls *= girl* | no doubt | | | | one *conj* | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | past | Poo | oó | | | | the Tée wahn word for a mean old thing *appos* | tree rules | | 3 | **propose** | participle | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **put** | past | girls *= girl* | Poo | | the way | | for both sisters | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme out way=Destination | | 5 | **is** | past | girls *= girl* | | | | | as witches | 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 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/22/17/) - next →: [sentence 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/22/19/) - ↑ back to [The Town of the Snake-girls](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/22/)