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title: Agostin called together the four other True Believers, and told them… — The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo I… · tree and pragmatics
description: Agostin called together the four other True Believers, and told them all that had happened and what they must do, giving them the sacred clothing. Who acts: that, Believers. A sentence of «The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo Indian folk-stories» by Charles Fletcher Lummis, The Drowning of
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# The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo Indian folk-stories, The Drowning of Pecos, sentence 88

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Agostin called together the four other True Believers, and told them all that had happened and what they must do, giving them the sacred clothing.

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**Who acts:** that, Believers · **What happens:** call together, tell, happen, do, give · **To what, where:** Agostin, Believers, sacred clothing · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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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 (that, Believers), 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:pg77804:23:88
# text = Agostin called together the four other True Believers, and told them all that had happened and what they must do, giving them the sacred clothing.
1	Agostin	Agostin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
3	together	together	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
5	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
6	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	True	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	Believers	Believer	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	2	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	told	tell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
12	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	iobj	_	_
13	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	16	det:predet	_	_
14	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	16	nsubj	_	_
15	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
16	happened	happen	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	11	ccomp	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
18	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	21	obj	_	_
19	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	nsubj	_	_
20	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	21	aux	_	_
21	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
23	giving	give	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	21	advcl	_	_
24	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	23	iobj	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
26	sacred	sacred	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	27	amod	_	_
27	clothing	clothing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call together** *speech: assert* | participle · passive |  | Agostin |  |  |  | the four other True Believers *xcomp*; together *property* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past |  |  | Believers *= believer* |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 3 | **happen** | past · perfect | that |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **do** | must | Believers *= believer* |  |  |  |  | what *obj* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
| 5 | **give** | gerund | Believers *= believer* *not said here* | the sacred clothing | Believers *= believer* |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clothing=Theme |

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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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