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title: But it is only a little while ago that a young Isletan who was accus… — The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo I… · tree and pragmatics
description: But it is only a little while ago that a young Isletan who was accused spent three months in the neck-stocks in our aboriginal prison, and much of the time had to “ride the horse,” sitting with his legs crossed upon the adobe floor and the heavy weight of the stocks pressing him down, a torture wort
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# The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo Indian folk-stories, The Drowning of Pecos, sentence 128

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But it is only a little while ago that a young Isletan who was accused spent three months in the neck-stocks in our aboriginal prison, and much of the time had to “ride the horse,” sitting with his legs crossed upon the adobe floor and the heavy weight of the stocks pressing him down, a torture worthy of the Inquisition.

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**Who acts:** form, young Isletan, stocks · **What happens:** be, accuse, spend, have, ride, sit · **To what, where:** young Isletan, neck stocks, horse, legs, Isletan

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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 (form, young Isletan, stocks), 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:pg77804:23:128
# text = But it is only a little while ago that a young Isletan who was accused spent three months in the neck-stocks in our aboriginal prison, and much of the time had to “ride the horse,” sitting with his legs crossed upon the adobe floor and the heavy weight of the stocks pressing him down, a torture worthy of the Inquisition.
1	But	but	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	while	while	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl:unmarked	_	_
8	ago	ago	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	_
9	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	34	mark	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	Isletan	Isletan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	34	nsubj	_	_
13	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	15	nsubj	_	_
14	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux:pass	_	_
15	accused	accuse	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	acl	_	_
16	spent	spend	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	15	xcomp	_	_
17	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	18	nummod	_	_
18	months	month	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	obj	_	_
19	in	in	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
21	neck	neck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	21	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	stocks	stock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	obl	_	_
24	in	in	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
25	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	27	nmod:poss	_	_
26	aboriginal	aboriginal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	27	amod	_	_
27	prison	prison	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	34	punct	_	_
29	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	34	cc	_	_
30	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	34	nsubj	_	_
31	of	of	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
32	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
33	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	nmod	_	_
34	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	_
35	to	to	PART	TO	_	37	mark	_	_
36	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	37	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	ride	ride	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	34	xcomp	_	_
38	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	39	det	_	_
39	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	37	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	42	punct	_	_
42	sitting	sit	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	37	advcl	_	_
43	with	with	ADP	IN	_	45	case	_	_
44	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	45	nmod:poss	_	_
45	legs	leg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	42	obl	_	_
46	crossed	cross	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	45	acl	_	_
47	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	50	case	_	_
48	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	50	det	_	_
49	adobe	adobe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	50	compound	_	_
50	floor	floor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	46	obl	_	_
51	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	54	cc	_	_
52	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	54	det	_	_
53	heavy	heavy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	54	amod	_	_
54	weight	weight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	45	conj	_	_
55	of	of	ADP	IN	_	57	case	_	_
56	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	57	det	_	_
57	stocks	stock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	54	nmod	_	_
58	pressing	press	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	57	acl	_	_
59	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	58	obj	_	_
60	down	down	ADP	RP	_	58	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
61	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	64	punct	_	_
62	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	64	det	_	_
63	torture	torture	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	64	compound	_	_
64	worthy	worthy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	54	conj	_	_
65	of	of	ADP	IN	_	67	case	_	_
66	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	67	det	_	_
67	Inquisition	Inquisition	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	64	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
68	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | form |  |  |  | while | ago *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **accuse** | past · passive |  | a young Isletan |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **spend** | participle |  |  |  | the neck stocks in our aboriginal prison | month |  | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **have** | past | a young Isletan |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **ride** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | a young Isletan *not said here* | the horse |  |  |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Theme |
| 6 | **sit** | gerund | a young Isletan *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with Isletan's legs and the heavy weight of the stocks and a torture worthy of the Inquisition | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 7 | **cross** | participle |  | Isletan's legs and the heavy weight of the stocks and a torture worthy of the Inquisition *not said here* |  |  |  | upon the adobe floor | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 8 | **press down** | gerund | the stocks *not said here* | Isletan |  |  |  |  | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP ADJP-Result»: agent=Agent he=Result |

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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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