--- title: At the appointed spot he found his mayordomo; and putting all the st… — The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo I… · tree and pragmatics description: At the appointed spot he found his mayordomo; and putting all the stock together, with many herders, and all the wagons full of corn and dresses and ornaments and money together, started homeward, sending ahead a messenger on a beautiful horse to apprise his wife. Who acts: father. 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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 (father), 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:pg77804:25:111 # text = At the appointed spot he found his mayordomo; and putting all the stock together, with many herders, and all the wagons full of corn and dresses and ornaments and money together, started homeward, sending ahead a messenger on a beautiful horse to apprise his wife. 1 At at ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 appointed appoint VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 amod _ _ 4 spot spot NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 mayordomo mayordomo NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ; ; PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 putting put VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 12 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 14 det:predet _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 stock stock NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 15 together together ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 with with ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 herders herder NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 22 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 24 det:predet _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 wagons wagon NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 nsubj _ _ 25 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 conj _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 corn corn NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 dresses dress NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 conj _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 ornaments ornament NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 conj _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 conj _ _ 34 together together ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 36 started start VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 37 homeward homeward NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 39 sending send VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 36 advcl _ _ 40 ahead ahead ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 messenger messenger NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 43 on on ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 45 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 47 to to PART TO _ 48 mark _ _ 48 apprise apprise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 advcl _ _ 49 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 50 nmod:poss _ _ 50 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **appoint** | participle | | | | | | | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **find** | past | father | father's mayordomo | | the appointed spot | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent mayordomo=Theme at spot=Asset | | 3 | **put** | gerund | father *not said here* | all stock | | | | with many herders; together *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent stock=Goal | | 4 | **start** | past | father *not said here* | homeward | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent homeward=Eventuality | | 5 | **send** | gerund | father *not said here* | a messenger | | | | on a beautiful horse; ahead *property* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent messenger=Theme | | 6 | **apprise** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | father *not said here* | | father's wife | | | | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent wife=Recipient | 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 110](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/25/110/) - next →: [sentence 112](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/25/112/) - ↑ back to [The Man Who Wouldn’t Keep Sunday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/25/)