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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 (Kahp, deer), 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:pg77804:24:15 # text = After a long, hard chase, Kahp-too-óo-yoo killed a deer with his swift arrows, and brought it on his strong back to the place where they had separated. 1 After after ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 3 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 hard hard ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 chase chase NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 8 Kahp Kahp PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 too too ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 óo óo NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 13 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 yoo yoo NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 list _ _ 15 killed kill VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 deer deer NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 18 with with ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 20 swift swift NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 compound _ _ 21 arrows arrow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 25 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 on on ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 27 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 28 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 30 to to ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 33 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 36 advmod _ _ 34 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 separated separate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 32 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **kill** | past | Kahp óo yoo | a deer | | | after a long hard chase | with Kahp's swift arrows | vn murder-42.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent deer=Patient with arrow=Instrument | | 2 | **bring** | past | Kahp óo yoo *not said here* | yoo | | Kahp's strong back | | to the place | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme on back=Destination | | 3 | **separate** | past · perfect | deer | | | | | | vn separate-23.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | 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 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/24/14/) - next →: [sentence 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/24/16/) - ↑ back to [The Ants That Pushed on the Sky](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/24/)