--- title: “But I can,” he insisted; and at last the old woman went to the rich… — The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo I… · tree and pragmatics description: “But I can,” he insisted; and at last the old woman went to the rich man, and said there was a stranger at her house who was sure he could cure the girl. Who acts: dah, last, stranger, house. 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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 (dah, last, stranger, house), 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:pg77804:25:98 # text = “But I can,” he insisted; and at last the old woman went to the rich man, and said there was a stranger at her house who was sure he could cure the girl. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 But but CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 3 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 insisted insist VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ; ; PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 11 at at ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 nsubj _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 16 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 rich rich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 24 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 25 expl _ _ 25 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 ccomp _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 stranger stranger NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 28 at at ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ _ 31 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 33 nsubj _ _ 32 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 cop _ _ 33 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 cure cure VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 ccomp _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **insist** *speech: other* | past | dah | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **go** | past | last the old woman | | | | | to the rich man | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to man=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | last the old woman *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **be** | past | a stranger at stranger's house | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **is** | past | stranger's house | | | | | sure *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **cure** | could | dah | the girl | | | | | vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer girl=Source | 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 97](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/25/97/) - next →: [sentence 99](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/25/99/) - ↑ back to [The Man Who Wouldn’t Keep Sunday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/25/)