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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 (medicine man, we, two witch sisters, trouble), 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:pg77804:22:55 # text = “Now,” said the medicine-man, “when we get home, the two witch-sisters will come to congratulate you, and will pretend not to know anything of the trouble that befell you, and when you see them you must invite _them_ to a game of _mah-khúr_.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 5 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 7 medicine medicine NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 8 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 11 “ " PUNCT `` _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 14 advmod _ _ 13 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 get get VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 advcl _ _ 15 home home ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 18 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 21 nummod _ _ 19 witch witch NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 20 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 sisters sister NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 nsubj _ _ 22 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 parataxis _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 congratulate congratulate VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 xcomp _ _ 26 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 pretend pretend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 conj _ _ 31 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 33 advmod _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 xcomp _ _ 34 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 33 obj _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 trouble trouble NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ _ 38 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 39 nsubj _ _ 39 befell befall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 acl:relcl _ _ 40 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 43 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 45 advmod _ _ 44 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 45 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 49 advcl _ _ 46 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 obj _ _ 47 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 48 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 49 invite invite VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 ccomp _ _ 50 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 51 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 51 punct _ _ 53 to to ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 game game NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ _ 56 of of ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 57 _ _ PUNCT `` _ 60 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 58 mah mah NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 59 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 58 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 60 khúr khúr NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 61 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 49 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 62 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 63 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the medicine man | | | | now | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **get** *in a quote* | present | we | | | | | home *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **come** *in a quote* | future | the two witch sisters | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **congratulate** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | the two witch sisters *not said here* | you | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme | | 5 | **pretend** *in a quote* | future | the two witch sisters *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **not** **know** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | the two witch sisters *not said here* | anything of the trouble | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer anything=Stimulus | | 7 | **befall** *in a quote* | past | the trouble | you | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **see** *in a quote* | present | you | sisters *= sister* | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus | | 9 | **invite** *in a quote* | must | you | sisters *= sister* | | | | to a game of mah khúr | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient | 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 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/22/54/) - next →: [sentence 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/22/56/) - ↑ back to [The Town of the Snake-girls](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/22/)