--- title: “Friend Agostin, I see that you are one of the True Believers, and I… — The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo I… · tree and pragmatics description: “Friend Agostin, I see that you are one of the True Believers, and I will show you where there is water; or wait, I will go and bring you some, for it is very far.” Who acts: you, little bird, water, thought. 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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 (you, little bird, water, thought), 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:pg77804:23:41 # text = “Friend Agostin, I see that you are one of the True Believers, and I will show you where there is water; or wait, I will go and bring you some, for it is very far.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Friend friend VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 Agostin Agostin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 7 that that SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 8 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 10 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 obj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 True true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 Believers Believer PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 17 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 show show VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 advcl _ _ 20 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 19 iobj _ _ 21 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 23 advmod _ _ 22 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 23 expl _ _ 23 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 ccomp _ _ 24 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 or or CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 wait wait VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 conj _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 conj _ _ 34 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ _ 35 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 37 for for ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 38 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 39 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ _ 40 very very ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 41 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 33 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **friend** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* | Agostin | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **see** *in a quote* | present | the little bird *= bird* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | you | one | | | | of the True Believers | tree rules | | 4 | **show** *in a quote* | future | the little bird *= bird* | | you | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent you=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **be** *in a quote* | present | water | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **wait** *in a quote* | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **go** *in a quote* | future | the little bird *= bird* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **bring** *in a quote* | infinitive | the little bird *= bird* *not said here* | some | you | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent you=Destination some=Theme | | 9 | **is** *in a quote* | present | thought | | | | | far *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 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/23/40/) - next →: [sentence 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/23/42/) - ↑ back to [The Drowning of Pecos](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/23/)