--- title: Then all four of them began to follow the song, and at last they cam… — The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo I… · tree and pragmatics description: Then all four of them began to follow the song, and at last they came to the foot of the sky-reaching pine; but they could see nothing of Kahp-too-óo-yoo, nor could their cries reach him. Who acts: four, Woman, cries. 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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 (four, Woman, cries), 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:pg77804:24:78 # text = Then all four of them began to follow the song, and at last they came to the foot of the sky-reaching pine; but they could see nothing of Kahp-too-óo-yoo, nor could their cries reach him. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ _ 2 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 3 det _ _ 3 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nmod _ _ 6 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 follow follow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 song song NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 13 at at ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 obl _ _ 15 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 22 sky sky NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 23 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 reaching reach VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 25 amod _ _ 25 pine pine NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 27 but but CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 28 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 parataxis _ _ 31 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 30 obj _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 Kahp Kahp PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 too too ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 óo óo NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 38 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 yoo yoo NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 41 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 45 cc _ _ 42 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 43 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 cries cry NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 nsubj _ _ 45 reach reach VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 conj _ _ 46 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **begin** | past | all four of Woman | | | | then | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **follow** | to-infinitive | all four of Woman *not said here* | the song | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent song=Theme | | 3 | **come** | past | Woman | | | last | | to the foot of the reaching pine | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to foot=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **reach** | gerund | | | | | | sky *compound* | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **see** | could | Woman | nothing of Kahp óo yoo | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer nothing=Stimulus | | 6 | **reach** | could | Woman's cries | Kahp | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 7 | **cry** | | Woman | | | | | | nom cry «communication intransitive»: poss=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 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/24/75/) - next →: [sentence 77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/24/77/) - ↑ back to [The Ants That Pushed on the Sky](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/24/)