--- title: As he entered a gorge he saw Hyo-kwáh-kwah-báy-deh, a little bird wh… — The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo I… · tree and pragmatics description: As he entered a gorge he saw Hyo-kwáh-kwah-báy-deh, a little bird which builds its nest with pebbles and clay in the crannies of the cliffs, and is of exactly the same color as the sandstones. Who acts: water, little bird. 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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 (water, little bird), 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:pg77804:23:38 # text = As he entered a gorge he saw Hyo-kwáh-kwah-báy-deh, a little bird which builds its nest with pebbles and clay in the crannies of the cliffs, and is of exactly the same color as the sandstones. 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 entered enter VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 gorge gorge NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 Hyo Hyo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 kwáh kwáh NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 11 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 kwah kwah NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 13 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 báy báy NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 15 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 deh deh NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 list _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 appos _ _ 21 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 22 nsubj _ _ 22 builds build VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 acl:relcl _ _ 23 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 nest nest NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 25 with with ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 pebbles pebble NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obl _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 clay clay NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 conj _ _ 29 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 crannies cranny NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 nmod _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 cliffs cliff NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 37 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 cop _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 39 exactly exactly ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 color color NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 43 as as ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 sandstones sandstone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **enter** | past | water | a gorge | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme gorge=Destination | | 2 | **see** | past | water | Hyo báy deh | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer hyo=Stimulus | | 3 | **build** | present | a little bird | bird's nest | | | | with pebbles and clay in the crannies of the cliffs | vn base-97.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent nest=Theme with pebble=Source | | 4 | **is** | present | | | | | | of the same color; as the sandstones; exactly *property* | tree rules | 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 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/23/37/) - next →: [sentence 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/23/39/) - ↑ back to [The Drowning of Pecos](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/23/)