--- title: When they met him they fell on their knees, weeping; but Kahp-too-óo… — The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo I… · tree and pragmatics description: When they met him they fell on their knees, weeping; but Kahp-too-óo-yoo lifted them up and blessed them, gave an ear of blue corn to Blue-Corn-Maiden, and to Yellow-Corn-Maiden an ear of yellow corn, and brought them home. Who acts: sisters, Kahp, ear. 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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 (sisters, Kahp, ear), 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:pg77804:24:135 # text = When they met him they fell on their knees, weeping; but Kahp-too-óo-yoo lifted them up and blessed them, gave an ear of blue corn to Blue-Corn-Maiden, and to Yellow-Corn-Maiden an ear of yellow corn, and brought them home. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 met meet VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 on on ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 knees knee NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 weeping weep VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ; ; PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 13 but but CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 14 Kahp Kahp PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 too too ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 óo óo NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 19 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 yoo yoo NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 list _ _ 21 lifted lift VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 22 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ _ 23 up up ADP RP _ 21 compound:prt _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 blessed bless VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 26 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 28 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 29 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 ear ear NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 blue blue ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 corn corn NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod _ _ 34 to to ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 35 Blue blue ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 Corn corn NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 Maiden Maiden PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 42 to to ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 43 Yellow yellow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 Corn corn NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 46 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 47 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 Maiden Maiden PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 appos _ _ 48 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 ear ear NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 conj _ _ 50 of of ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 yellow yellow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 amod _ _ 52 corn corn NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 54 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 55 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 acl:relcl _ _ 56 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 55 obj _ _ 57 home home ADV RB _ 55 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 58 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **meet** | past | sisters *= sister* | Boy | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Co-Agent | | 2 | **fall** | past | sisters *= sister* | | | sisters's knees | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on knee=Location | | 3 | **weep** | gerund | sisters *= sister* *not said here* | | | | | | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **lift up** | past | Kahp óo yoo | sisters *= sister* | | | | Yellow Corn and a ear of yellow corn *parataxis* | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 5 | **bless** | past | Kahp óo yoo *not said here* | sisters *= sister* | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 6 | **give** | past | Kahp óo yoo *not said here* | a ear of blue corn to Blue Corn | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ear=Theme | | 7 | **bring** | past | a ear of yellow corn *not said here* | sisters *= sister* | | | | home *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent they=Theme | 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 130](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/24/130/) - next →: [sentence 132](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/24/132/) - ↑ back to [The Ants That Pushed on the Sky](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/24/)