--- title: “I see nothing but to play the _gallo_ race; and because we have no… — The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo I… · tree and pragmatics description: “I see nothing but to play the _gallo_ race; and because we have no horses[81] we will ride this arm of the pine-tree--first I will ride, and then you.” Who acts: false friend, we. 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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 (false friend, we), 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:pg77804:24:36 # text = “I see nothing but to play the _gallo_ race; and because we have no horses[81] we will ride this arm of the pine-tree--first I will ride, and then you.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 3 obj _ _ 5 but but CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 play play VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 gallo gallo NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 12 punct _ _ 12 race race NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ; ; PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 15 because because SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 16 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 18 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 19 det _ _ 19 horses horse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 81 81 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 19 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 21 punct _ _ 23 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 ride ride VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 parataxis _ _ 26 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 27 det _ _ 27 arm arm NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 30 pine pine NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 31 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 -- -- PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 37 advmod _ _ 35 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 ride ride VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 40 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 41 advmod _ _ 41 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** *in a quote* | present | the false friend *= friend* | nothing | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer nothing=Stimulus | | 2 | **play** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | the false friend *= friend* *not said here* | the gallo | | | | race *obl* | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gallo=Theme | | 3 | **have** *in a quote* | present | we | no horses | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Patient | | 4 | **ride** *in a quote* | future | we | this arm of the pine tree | | | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arm=Theme | | 5 | **ride** *in a quote* | future | the false friend *= friend* | you | | | | first *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | 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 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/24/35/) - next →: [sentence 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/24/37/) - ↑ back to [The Ants That Pushed on the Sky](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/24/)