--- title: “Great _Kah-báy-deh_ [Man of Power], how comes it that you are up he… — The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo I… · tree and pragmatics description: “Great _Kah-báy-deh_ [Man of Power], how comes it that you are up here in such a condition, while your people at home are suffering and dying for rain, and few are left to meet you if you return? Who acts: you, people, few. 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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 (you, people, few), 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:pg77804:24:83 # text = “Great _Kah-báy-deh_ [Man of Power], how comes it that you are up here in such a condition, while your people at home are suffering and dying for rain, and few are left to meet you if you return? 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 3 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 Kah Kah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 báy báy NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 7 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 deh deh NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 9 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 8 punct _ _ 10 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 Man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 appos _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 Power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 17 advmod _ _ 17 comes come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 18 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ _ 19 that that SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 20 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 21 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 cop _ _ 22 up up ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 23 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 17 obl _ _ 24 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 25 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 27 det:predet _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 condition condition NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 29 while while SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 30 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 nsubj _ _ 32 at at ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ _ 34 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 suffering suffer VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 17 conj _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 dying die VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 35 conj _ _ 38 for for ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 rain rain NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 42 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 nsubj:pass _ _ 43 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux:pass _ _ 44 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 conj _ _ 45 to to PART TO _ 46 mark _ _ 46 meet meet VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 xcomp _ _ 47 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 46 obj _ _ 48 if if SCONJ IN _ 50 mark _ _ 49 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 50 return return VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** *in a quote* | present | | deh | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | you | | | such condition | | here *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **suffer** *in a quote* | present · progressive | your people at home | | | | | | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **die** *in a quote* | gerund | your people at home *not said here* | | | | | for rain | vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for rain=Theme | | 5 | **leave** *in a quote* | present · passive | | few | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **meet** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | few *not said here* | you | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Co-Agent | | 7 | **return** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | you | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 80](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/24/80/) - next →: [sentence 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/24/82/) - ↑ back to [The Ants That Pushed on the Sky](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/24/)