--- title: “We do this to one another,” taunted the false friend, as the tree s… — The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo I… · tree and pragmatics description: “We do this to one another,” taunted the false friend, as the tree shot up; and taking the wood, and the deer which Kahp-too-óo-yoo had killed, he went to the village. Who acts: We, tree, Kahp. 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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 (We, tree, Kahp), 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:pg77804:24:45 # text = “We do this to one another,” taunted the false friend, as the tree shot up; and taking the wood, and the deer which Kahp-too-óo-yoo had killed, he went to the village. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 We we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 4 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 obj _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 obl _ _ 7 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 6 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 10 taunted taunt VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 false false ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 as as SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 18 shot shoot VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 advcl _ _ 19 up up ADP RP _ 18 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 taking take VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 advcl _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 deer deer NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj:pass _ _ 29 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 36 nsubj _ _ 30 Kahp Kahp PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 too too ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 óo óo NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 35 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 yoo yoo NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj:pass _ _ 37 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 killed kill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 42 to to ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 village village NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** *in a quote* | present | We | this | one | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent this=Eventuality | | 2 | **taunt** | past | | the false friend | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **shoot up** | past | the tree | | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **take** | gerund | | the wood | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wood=Theme | | 5 | **yoo** | | | | | | | which *nsubj*; Kahp *nsubj* | tree rules | | 6 | **kill** | past · perfect · passive | | the deer | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 7 | **go** | past | Kahp | | | the village | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to village=Initial\_Location | 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 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/24/44/) - next →: [sentence 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/24/46/) - ↑ back to [The Ants That Pushed on the Sky](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/24/)