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title: Let your mother take it with one hand at the bottom, then the Whit-l… — The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo I… · tree and pragmatics
description: Let your mother take it with one hand at the bottom, then the Whit-lah-wíd-deh’s hand, then her other hand, and then his other hand; and last your brother’s hand, your hand, then his other hand, and your other hand at the top of all. Who acts: you, mother. A sentence of «The man who married the moon
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# The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo Indian folk-stories, The Drowning of Pecos, sentence 80

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Let your mother take it with one hand at the bottom, then the Whit-lah-wíd-deh’s hand, then her other hand, and then his other hand; and last your brother’s hand, your hand, then his other hand, and your other hand at the top of all.

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**Who acts:** you, mother · **What happens:** let, take, last · **To what, where:** mother, cane, bottom, hand, top

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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 (you, mother), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg77804:23:80
# text = Let your mother take it with one hand at the bottom, then the Whit-lah-wíd-deh’s hand, then her other hand, and then his other hand; and last your brother’s hand, your hand, then his other hand, and your other hand at the top of all.
1	Let	let	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	bottom	bottom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
13	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	23	advmod	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
15	Whit	whit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	lah	lah	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	wíd	wíd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	deh	deh	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	’s	's	PART	POS	_	21	case	_	_
23	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	_
25	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	28	advmod	_	_
26	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	28	nmod:poss	_	_
27	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	28	amod	_	_
28	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	34	punct	_	_
30	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	34	cc	_	_
31	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	34	advmod	_	_
32	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	34	nmod:poss	_	_
33	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	34	amod	_	_
34	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	37	punct	_	_
36	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	37	cc	_	_
37	last	last	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
38	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	39	nmod:poss	_	_
39	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	’s	's	PART	POS	_	39	case	_	_
41	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	44	punct	_	_
43	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	44	nmod:poss	_	_
44	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	49	punct	_	_
46	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	49	advmod	_	_
47	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	49	nmod:poss	_	_
48	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	49	amod	_	_
49	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
50	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	54	punct	_	_
51	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	54	cc	_	_
52	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	54	nmod:poss	_	_
53	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	54	amod	_	_
54	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	obl	_	_
55	at	at	ADP	IN	_	57	case	_	_
56	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	57	det	_	_
57	top	top	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	obl	_	_
58	of	of	ADP	IN	_	59	case	_	_
59	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	57	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
60	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let** | imperative | you *not said here* | your mother |  |  |  | the wíd deh's hand *obl*; deh's other hand and heart's other hand *obl* | tree rules |
| 2 | **take** | infinitive | your mother *not said here* | cane |  | the bottom |  | with one hand | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent it=Theme at bottom=Asset |
| 3 | **last** | infinitive | you *not said here* | your brother's hand |  | the top of all |  | your hand *obl*; heart's other hand *obl:unmarked*; your other hand *obl* | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme hand=Value |

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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.

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**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.

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