--- title: Once upon a time, in a pueblo south of Isleta,--one of its old colon… — The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo I… · tree and pragmatics description: Once upon a time, in a pueblo south of Isleta,--one of its old colonies known as P’ah-que-tóo-ai, the Rainbow Town, but deserted long ago,--there were two Indians who were great friends. Who acts: two great friends, Indians. 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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 (two great friends, Indians), 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:pg77804:25:6 # text = Once upon a time, in a pueblo south of Isleta,--one of its old colonies known as P’ah-que-tóo-ai, the Rainbow Town, but deserted long ago,--there were two Indians who were great friends. 1 Once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 34 advmod _ _ 2 upon upon ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 pueblo pueblo NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 appos _ _ 9 south south ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 Isleta Isleta PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 -- -- PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 8 conj _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 17 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 colonies colony NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nmod _ _ 19 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 acl _ _ 20 as as ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 21 P’ah P'ah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 que que NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 24 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 tóo tóo NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 26 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ai ai NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 Rainbow Rainbow PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 compound _ _ 31 Town Town PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 but but CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 deserted desert VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 35 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 36 advmod _ _ 36 ago ago ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 -- -- PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 40 expl _ _ 40 were be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 conj _ _ 41 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 46 nummod _ _ 42 Indians Indian PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 46 nsubj _ _ 43 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 46 nsubj _ _ 44 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 cop _ _ 45 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 34 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | participle | | tale's old colonies and the Rainbow Town *not said here* | | | | as tóo ai P’ah | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer as ai=Attribute | | 2 | **desert** | past | | | | | | ago, once *property* | vn leave-51.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **be** | past | two great friends | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **is a** | past | Indians | two great friends | | | | who *nsubj* | 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 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/25/5/) - next →: [sentence 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/25/7/) - ↑ back to [The Man Who Wouldn’t Keep Sunday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/25/)