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title: In 1888 a very estimable Indian woman of that town was slain by them… — The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo I… · tree and pragmatics
description: In 1888 a very estimable Indian woman of that town was slain by them in the customary way,--shot through from side to side with an arrow,--and this form of execution is still practised. Who acts: men, arrow. A sentence of «The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo Indian folk-stories» by Charle
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# The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo Indian folk-stories, The Drowning of Pecos, sentence 126

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In 1888 a very estimable Indian woman of that town was slain by them in the customary way,--shot through from side to side with an arrow,--and this form of execution is still practised.

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**Who acts:** men, arrow · **What happens:** slay, practise, form · **To what, where:** estimable Indian woman, 1888, form, execution

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This is a sentence of «The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo Indian folk-stories» by Charles Fletcher Lummis, The Drowning of Pecos. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (men, arrow), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg77804:23:126
# text = In 1888 a very estimable Indian woman of that town was slain by them in the customary way,--shot through from side to side with an arrow,--and this form of execution is still practised.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	1888	1888	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	12	obl	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
4	very	very	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	estimable	estimable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	Indian	Indian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	10	det	_	_
10	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
11	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux:pass	_	_
12	slain	slay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
13	by	by	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obl	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	customary	customary	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	compound	_	_
18	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	shot	shot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	parataxis	_	_
22	through	through	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
23	from	from	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
24	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nmod	_	_
25	to	to	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
26	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	nmod	_	_
27	with	with	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
28	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
29	arrow	arrow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	39	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	39	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	39	cc	_	_
33	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	34	det	_	_
34	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	nsubj:pass	_	_
35	of	of	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
36	execution	execution	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	nmod	_	_
37	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	39	aux:pass	_	_
38	still	still	ADV	RB	_	39	advmod	_	_
39	practised	practise	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	29	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **slay** | past · passive | men *= man* | a estimable Indian woman of that town |  | 1888 |  | in the customary way; shot through side to side with a arrow *parataxis* | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient |
| 2 | **practise** | present · passive | a arrow *not said here* | this form of execution |  |  | still |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **form** |  |  | execution |  |  |  |  | nom form «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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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.

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**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.

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