--- title: Half-way to the top they came to a second herd, which ran off to the… — The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo I… · tree and pragmatics description: Half-way to the top they came to a second herd, which ran off to the right of the trail they were following, and the evil-spirited friend went in pursuit of them, while Agostin kept on after the one he had wounded. Who acts: Half way, second herd, sons, spirited friend. 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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 (Half way, second herd, sons, spirited friend), 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:pg77804:23:14 # text = Half-way to the top they came to a second herd, which ran off to the right of the trail they were following, and the evil-spirited friend went in pursuit of them, while Agostin kept on after the one he had wounded. 1 Half half NOUN NN Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 2 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 second second ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 12 amod _ _ 12 herd herd NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 15 nsubj _ _ 15 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 acl:relcl _ _ 16 off off ADP RP _ 15 compound:prt _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 right right NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 trail trail NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ _ 23 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 following follow VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 22 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 29 evil evil ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 spirited spirited ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 33 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 pursuit pursuit NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 39 while while SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 40 Agostin Agostin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 41 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 conj _ _ 42 on on ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 43 after after ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 46 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 47 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 48 wounded wound VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 45 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | Half way to the top | | | a second herd | | sons *= son* *nsubj* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to herd=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **run off** | past | a second herd | | | | | to the right of the trail *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to right=Result | | 3 | **follow** | past · progressive | sons *= son* | the trail *not said here* | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trail=Theme | | 4 | **go** | past | the spirited friend | | | pursuit of sons | | | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in pursuit=Location | | 5 | **keep on** | past | Agostin | | | | after the one | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **wound** | past · perfect | friend | the one *not said here* | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus one=Experiencer | | 7 | **pursue** | | | sons *= son* | | | | | nom pursuit «act 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 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/23/13/) - next →: [sentence 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/23/15/) - ↑ back to [The Drowning of Pecos](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/23/)