--- title: The people of Poo-reh-tú-ai soon learned of the fate of the witch-si… — The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo I… · tree and pragmatics description: The people of Poo-reh-tú-ai soon learned of the fate of the witch-sisters, and knew that those two great snakes, with tears in their eyes, were they. Who acts: people. 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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 (people), 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:pg77804:22:74 # text = The people of Poo-reh-tú-ai soon learned of the fate of the witch-sisters, and knew that those two great snakes, with tears in their eyes, were they. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 4 Poo Poo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 reh reh NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 7 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 tú tú NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 9 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ai ai NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 11 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 12 advmod _ _ 12 learned learn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 fate fate NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 18 witch witch NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 19 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 sisters sister NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 24 that that SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 25 those that DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 28 det _ _ 26 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 28 nummod _ _ 27 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 snakes snake NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 with with ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 tears tear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 conj _ _ 32 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 36 were be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 37 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **learn** | past | the people of tú ai Poo | | | | | of the fate of the witch sisters; soon *property* | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent of fate=Topic | | 2 | **know** | past | the people of tú ai Poo *not said here* | | | | | that two great snakes and tears in snakes's eyes *ccomp* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **be** | past | people | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **fate** | | | the witch sisters | | | | | nom fate «event 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 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/22/73/) - next →: [sentence 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/22/75/) - ↑ back to [The Town of the Snake-girls](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/22/)