--- title: Tell my wife that I am going to the next pueblo to seek work, and th… — The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo I… · tree and pragmatics description: Tell my wife that I am going to the next pueblo to seek work, and that I will not be back until I have earned as much as I have lost in this bet, or more; but tell her not to be sad.” Who acts: you, wife, I. 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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, wife, I), 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:pg77804:25:37 # text = Tell my wife that I am going to the next pueblo to seek work, and that I will not be back until I have earned as much as I have lost in this bet, or more; but tell her not to be sad.” 1 Tell tell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ _ 5 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 acl:relcl _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 pueblo pueblo NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 seek seek VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 advcl _ _ 14 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 17 that that SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 18 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ 20 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 22 advmod _ _ 21 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 22 cop _ _ 22 back back ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 23 until until SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 24 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 earned earn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 22 advcl _ _ 27 as as ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 28 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 obj _ _ 29 as as SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 30 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 28 advcl _ _ 33 in in ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 35 det _ _ 35 bet bet NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 or or CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 26 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ; ; PUNCT : _ 41 punct _ _ 40 but but CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 tell tell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 42 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 iobj _ _ 43 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 46 advmod _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 46 mark _ _ 45 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 46 cop _ _ 46 sad sad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ” " PUNCT '' _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | | my wife | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent wife=Recipient | | 2 | **go** | present · progressive | my wife | | | the next pueblo | | I *nsubj* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to pueblo=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **seek** | to-infinitive | my wife *not said here* | work | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent work=Theme | | 4 | **not** **is** | infinitive | | | | | | back *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **earn** | present · perfect | I | much | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent much=Theme | | 6 | **lose** | present · perfect | I | | | this bet | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V PP.eventuality S\_ING»: agent=Agent in bet=Eventuality | | 7 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive | you *not said here* | | bad | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient | | 8 | **not** **is** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | sad *property* | tree rules | 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 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/25/36/) - next →: [sentence 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/25/38/) - ↑ back to [The Man Who Wouldn’t Keep Sunday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/25/)