--- title: “Surely,” said Kahp-too-óo-yoo, “if there is any way to prove myself… — The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo I… · tree and pragmatics description: “Surely,” said Kahp-too-óo-yoo, “if there is any way to prove myself, I will do it gladly, for truly I am your friend.” Who acts: Kahp, way. 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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, way), 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:pg77804:24:30 # text = “Surely,” said Kahp-too-óo-yoo, “if there is any way to prove myself, I will do it gladly, for truly I am your friend.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Surely surely ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 5 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 Kahp Kahp PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 too too ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 óo óo NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 11 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 yoo yoo NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 list _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 14 “ " PUNCT `` _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 if if SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 16 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 17 expl _ _ 17 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 advcl _ _ 18 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 19 det _ _ 19 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 prove prove VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 acl _ _ 22 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 24 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 ccomp _ _ 27 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 gladly gladly ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 30 for for ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 truly truly ADV RB _ 35 obl _ _ 32 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 33 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 cop _ _ 34 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Kahp óo yoo | | | | | surely *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **be** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | any way | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **prove** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | any way *not said here* | Kahp óo yoo *= kahp* | | | | | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent myself=Theme | | 4 | **do** *in a quote* | future | Kahp óo yoo *= kahp* | way | | | | gladly *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | | 5 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Kahp óo yoo *= kahp* | your friend | | | | your *nmod:poss* | 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 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/24/29/) - next →: [sentence 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/24/31/) - ↑ back to [The Ants That Pushed on the Sky](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/24/)