--- title: As he came to a deep cañon he heard singing, and, peering cautiously… — The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo I… · tree and pragmatics description: As he came to a deep cañon he heard singing, and, peering cautiously through the bushes, he saw a lot of witch-men sitting around a fallen pine and singing, while their chief was trying to raise the tree. Who acts: trail, deep cañon, witch men, chief. 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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 (trail, deep cañon, witch men, chief), 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:pg77804:23:17 # text = As he came to a deep cañon he heard singing, and, peering cautiously through the bushes, he saw a lot of witch-men sitting around a fallen pine and singing, while their chief was trying to raise the tree. 1 As as SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 advcl _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 deep deep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 cañon cañon NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 acl:relcl _ _ 10 singing sing VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 9 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 peering peer VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 15 cautiously cautiously ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 16 through through ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 bushes bush NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 lot lot NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 25 witch witch NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 26 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 nmod _ _ 28 sitting sit VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 27 acl _ _ 29 around around ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 fallen fall VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 amod _ _ 32 pine pine NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 singing sing VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 28 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 36 while while SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 37 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 chief chief NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 39 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 trying try VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 28 conj _ _ 41 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 42 raise raise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 xcomp _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 21 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | trail | | | a deep cañon | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to cañon=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **hear** | past | trail | a deep cañon *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **sing** *speech: express* | gerund | a deep cañon *not said here* | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **peer** | gerund | trail *not said here* | | | | | through the bushes; cautiously *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent through bush=Theme | | 5 | **see** | past | trail | a lot of witch men | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer lot=Stimulus | | 6 | **sit** | gerund | witch men *not said here* | | | a fallen pine | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent around pine=Location | | 7 | **fall** | participle | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **sing** *speech: express* | gerund | witch men *not said here* | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **try** | past · progressive | men's chief | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 10 | **raise** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | men's chief *not said here* | the tree | | | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tree=Theme | 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 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/23/16/) - next →: [sentence 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/23/18/) - ↑ back to [The Drowning of Pecos](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/23/)