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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 (chief, that), 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:pg77804:23:20 # text = Greatly alarmed, he crept back to a safe distance, and then hurried home and told his aged mother all that had happened, asking her if he should report it to the Cacique. 1 Greatly greatly ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 alarmed alarm VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 crept creep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 back back ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 safe safe ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 distance distance NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 14 advmod _ _ 14 hurried hurry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 15 home home ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 18 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 19 aged aged ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 iobj _ _ 21 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 24 det:predet _ _ 22 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 24 nsubj _ _ 23 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 happened happen VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 17 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 26 asking ask VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 24 conj _ _ 27 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 if if SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 report report VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 xcomp _ _ 32 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 to to ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 Cacique Cacique PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **alarm** | participle | chief *not said here* | | | | | greatly *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **creep back** | past | chief | | | | | to a safe distance | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to distance=Destination | | 3 | **hurry** | past | | | | | then | home *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | | | chief's aged mother | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent mother=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **happen** | past · perfect | that | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund | that *not said here* | | deer | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | | 7 | **report** *a condition, not said to happen* | should | chief | distance | the Cacique | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Topic to cacique=Recipient | 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 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/23/19/) - next →: [sentence 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/23/21/) - ↑ back to [The Drowning of Pecos](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/23/)