--- title: If a person should carry her to the door just as the sun is rising,… — The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo I… · tree and pragmatics description: If a person should carry her to the door just as the sun is rising, and hold her so that its very first rays would touch the top of her head, she would be well at once, and never could be made sick again.” Who acts: person, sun, you, first rays. 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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 (person, sun, you, first rays), 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:pg77804:25:67 # text = If a person should carry her to the door just as the sun is rising, and hold her so that its very first rays would touch the top of her head, she would be well at once, and never could be made sick again.” 1 If if SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 advcl _ _ 6 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 10 just just ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 11 as as SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 14 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 rising rise VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 hold hold VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 19 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ _ 20 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 27 mark _ _ 21 that that SCONJ IN _ 20 fixed _ _ 22 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 23 very very ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 24 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 25 amod _ _ 25 rays ray NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 nsubj _ _ 26 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 touch touch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 advcl _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 34 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 35 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 36 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 37 cop _ _ 37 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 27 advmod _ _ 38 at at ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 42 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 45 advmod _ _ 43 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 44 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 45 aux:pass _ _ 45 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 parataxis _ _ 46 sick sick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 xcomp _ _ 47 again again ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ” " PUNCT '' _ 18 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **carry** *a condition, not said to happen* | should | a person | stone | | the door | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to door=Destination | | 2 | **rise** | present · progressive | the sun | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **hold** | imperative | you *not said here* | stone | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 4 | **touch** | would | sun's first rays | the top of stone's head | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme top=Co-Theme | | 5 | **is** | would | person | | | | | well *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **not** **make** | could · passive | | | | | again | sick *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP» | | 7 | **ray** | | sun | | | | | | nom ray «phenomenon transitive»: 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 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/25/66/) - next →: [sentence 68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/25/68/) - ↑ back to [The Man Who Wouldn’t Keep Sunday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/25/)