--- title: At last the bad people falsely accused the old woman, saying that he… — The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo I… · tree and pragmatics description: At last the bad people falsely accused the old woman, saying that her power was more than that of all the medicine-men put together (which is a very serious charge, even to-day, among the Indians); and challenged her to come before all the people in the medicine-house and perform miracles with them, --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/23/26/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The man who married the moon, and othe…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/) / [The Drowning of Pecos](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/23/) / 26 # The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo Indian folk-stories, The Drowning of Pecos, sentence 26 At last the bad people falsely accused the old woman, saying that her power was more than that of all the medicine-men put together (which is a very serious charge, even to-day, among the Indians); and challenged her to come before all the people in the medicine-house and perform miracles with them, well knowing that she could not. **Who acts:** last bad people, power · **What happens:** accuse, say, be, put together, challenge, come · **To what, where:** old woman, medicine men, serious charge, deer, miracles · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (last bad people, power), 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:pg77804:23:26 # text = At last the bad people falsely accused the old woman, saying that her power was more than that of all the medicine-men put together (which is a very serious charge, even to-day, among the Indians); and challenged her to come before all the people in the medicine-house and perform miracles with them, well knowing that she could not. 1 At at ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 6 falsely falsely ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 accused accuse VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 13 that that SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 14 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 16 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 17 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 12 obj _ _ 18 than than ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 17 obl _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 21 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 25 det:predet _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 23 medicine medicine NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 24 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 nmod _ _ 26 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 acl _ _ 27 together together ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 28 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 34 nsubj _ _ 30 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 cop _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 32 very very ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 serious serious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 charge charge NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 36 even even ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 37 to to ADP IN _ 39 case _ SpaceAfter=No 38 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 41 among among ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 Indians Indian PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 34 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ; ; PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 challenged challenge VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 48 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 obj _ _ 49 to to PART TO _ 50 mark _ _ 50 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 47 xcomp _ _ 51 before before ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 52 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 54 det:predet _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 50 obl _ _ 55 in in ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 57 medicine medicine NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 58 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 57 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 59 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 nmod _ _ 60 and and CCONJ CC _ 61 cc _ _ 61 perform perform VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 47 conj _ _ 62 miracles miracle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 61 obj _ _ 63 with with ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 64 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 61 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 65 , , PUNCT , _ 67 punct _ _ 66 well well INTJ UH _ 67 discourse _ _ 67 knowing know VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 61 advcl _ _ 68 that that SCONJ IN _ 70 mark _ _ 69 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 70 nsubj _ _ 70 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 67 aux _ _ 71 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 70 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 72 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **accuse** | past | the last bad people | the old woman | | | | falsely *property* | vn suspect-81 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent woman=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | the last bad people *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** | past | deer's power | | | | | than that of all medicine men; more *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **put together** | participle | | all medicine men *not said here* | | | | together *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is a** | present | | a serious charge and day | | | | which *nsubj*; the Indians *appos* | tree rules | | 6 | **challenge** | past | | deer | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **come** | to-infinitive | | | | | before all people in the medicine house | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme before people=Location | | 8 | **perform** | present | | miracles | | | | with people | vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent miracle=Theme | | 9 | **know** | could | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | 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 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/23/25/) - next →: [sentence 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/23/27/) - ↑ back to [The Drowning of Pecos](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/23/)