--- title: There are old men here now who claim that their great-grandfathers u… — The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo I… · tree and pragmatics description: There are old men here now who claim that their great-grandfathers used to see the two huge rattlesnakes basking on the cliffs of the mesa of Shee-em-tóo-ai, and that the snakes always wept when people came near them. Who acts: old men, great grandfathers, two huge rattlesnakes, snakes. 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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 (old men, great grandfathers, two huge rattlesnakes, snakes), 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:pg77804:22:80 # text = There are old men here now who claim that their great-grandfathers used to see the two huge rattlesnakes basking on the cliffs of the mesa of Shee-em-tóo-ai, and that the snakes always wept when people came near them. 1 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 2 expl _ _ 2 are be VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 5 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 6 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 8 advmod _ _ 7 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 8 claim claim VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 9 that that SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 10 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 11 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 grandfathers grandfather NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nsubj _ _ 14 used use VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 ccomp _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 xcomp _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 18 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 20 nummod _ _ 19 huge huge ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 rattlesnakes rattlesnake NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obj _ _ 21 basking bask VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 20 acl _ _ 22 on on ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 cliffs cliff NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obl _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 mesa mesa NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 29 Shee Shee PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 em em NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 32 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 tóo tóo NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 34 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ai ai NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 38 that that SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 snakes snake NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 nsubj _ _ 41 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 42 advmod _ _ 42 wept weep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 43 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 45 advmod _ _ 44 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 nsubj _ _ 45 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 advcl _ _ 46 near near ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | present | | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **claim** *speech: other* | present | old men | | | | now | who *nsubj* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **use** | past | people's great grandfathers | | | | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **see** | to-infinitive | people's great grandfathers *not said here* | the two huge rattlesnakes | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer rattlesnake=Stimulus | | 5 | **bask** | gerund | the two huge rattlesnakes *not said here* | | | the cliffs of the mesa of em tóo ai Shee | | | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **weep** | past | the snakes | | | | | always *property* | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **come** | past | people | | | | | near snakes *= snake* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme near they=Location | 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 79](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/22/79/) - next →: [sentence 81](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/22/81/) - ↑ back to [The Town of the Snake-girls](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/22/)