--- title: In history we know no more of the pueblo than that it was once there… — The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo I… · tree and pragmatics description: In history we know no more of the pueblo than that it was once there, but had been abandoned already when Coronado passed in 1540; but my aboriginal friends and fellow-citizens of Shee-eh-whíb-bahk have an interesting legend of the pueblo of Poo-reh-tú-ai and the cause which led to its abandonment. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/22/8/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The man who married the moon, and othe…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/) / [The Town of the Snake-girls](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/22/) / 8 # The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo Indian folk-stories, The Town of the Snake-girls, sentence 8 In history we know no more of the pueblo than that it was once there, but had been abandoned already when Coronado passed in 1540; but my aboriginal friends and fellow-citizens of Shee-eh-whíb-bahk have an interesting legend of the pueblo of Poo-reh-tú-ai and the cause which led to its abandonment. **Who acts:** we, pueblo, Coronado, aboriginal friends, cause · **What happens:** know, be, abandon, pass, have, lead · **To what, where:** more, history, 1540, interesting legend This is a sentence of «The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo Indian folk-stories» by Charles Fletcher Lummis, The Town of the Snake-girls. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (we, pueblo, Coronado, aboriginal friends), 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:pg77804:22:8 # text = In history we know no more of the pueblo than that it was once there, but had been abandoned already when Coronado passed in 1540; but my aboriginal friends and fellow-citizens of Shee-eh-whíb-bahk have an interesting legend of the pueblo of Poo-reh-tú-ai and the cause which led to its abandonment. 1 In in ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 history history NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 3 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 6 det _ _ 6 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 4 obj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 pueblo pueblo NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 than than SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 11 that that SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 12 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 13 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 14 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 15 advmod _ _ 15 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 but but CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 18 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 19 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 20 aux:pass _ _ 20 abandoned abandon VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 21 already already ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 22 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 24 advmod _ _ 23 Coronado Coronado PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 24 passed pass VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 advcl _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 1540 1540 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT : _ 44 punct _ _ 28 but but CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 29 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 30 aboriginal aboriginal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 nsubj _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 33 fellow fellow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 citizens citizen NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 conj _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 37 Shee Shee PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 eh eh NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 40 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 whíb whíb NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 42 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 bahk bahk NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ _ 44 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 45 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 46 interesting interesting ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 legend legend NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 pueblo pueblo NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nmod _ _ 51 of of ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 52 Poo Poo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 58 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 52 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 reh reh NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 55 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 56 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 56 tú tú NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 57 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 56 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 58 ai ai NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nmod _ _ 59 and and CCONJ CC _ 61 cc _ _ 60 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 61 cause cause NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 conj _ _ 62 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 63 nsubj _ _ 63 led lead VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 61 acl:relcl _ _ 64 to to ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 65 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 66 nmod:poss _ _ 66 abandonment abandonment NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 67 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | present | we | no more of the pueblo | | history | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer more=Stimulus | | 2 | **is** | past | pueblo | | | | | once, there *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **abandon** | past · perfect · passive | we *not said here* | | | | | | vn leave-51.2 «NP V NP.initial\_location» | | 4 | **pass** | past | Coronado | | | 1540 | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in 1540=Location | | 5 | **have** | present | my aboriginal friends and fellow citizens of eh whíb bahk Shee | a interesting legend of the pueblo of reh tú ai Poo and the cause | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent legend=Patient | | 6 | **lead** | past | the cause | | | | | to pueblo's abandonment | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition to abandonment=Patient | | 7 | **abandon** | | pueblo | | | | | | nom abandonment «act 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 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/22/7/) - next →: [sentence 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/22/9/) - ↑ back to [The Town of the Snake-girls](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/22/)