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title: Sometimes it was Kéem-ee-deh, king of the four-feet, who came to the… — The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo I… · tree and pragmatics
description: Sometimes it was Kéem-ee-deh, king of the four-feet, who came to the feast Sun-Arrow had made; and sometimes Kahr-naí-deh, the Badger, who is best of all to dig, and who showed Those of Old how to make their caves; and sometimes the smaller ones. Who acts: game, four feet, feast, Kahr naí deh. A sen
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# The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo Indian folk-stories, The Brave Bobtails, sentence 12

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Sometimes it was Kéem-ee-deh, king of the four-feet, who came to the feast Sun-Arrow had made; and sometimes Kahr-naí-deh, the Badger, who is best of all to dig, and who showed Those of Old how to make their caves; and sometimes the smaller ones.

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**Who acts:** game, four feet, feast, Kahr naí deh, Old · **What happens:** be, come, make, dig, show · **To what, where:** Kéem ee deh, feast, Sun, Those, caves

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This is a sentence of «The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo Indian folk-stories» by Charles Fletcher Lummis, The Brave Bobtails. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (game, four feet, feast, Kahr naí deh), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg77804:26:13
# text = Sometimes it was Kéem-ee-deh, king of the four-feet, who came to the feast Sun-Arrow had made; and sometimes Kahr-naí-deh, the Badger, who is best of all to dig, and who showed Those of Old how to make their caves; and sometimes the smaller ones.
1	Sometimes	sometimes	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	8	advmod	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
4	Kéem	Kéem	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	ee	ee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	deh	deh	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	appos	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
13	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	15	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
17	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	18	nsubj	_	_
18	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	acl:relcl	_	_
19	to	to	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	feast	feast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	_
22	Sun	Sun	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	26	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	24	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	Arrow	Arrow	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	22	conj	_	_
25	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	26	aux	_	_
26	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	21	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	34	punct	_	_
28	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	34	cc	_	_
29	sometimes	sometimes	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	34	advmod	_	_
30	Kahr	Kahr	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	34	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	30	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	naí	naí	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	32	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	deh	deh	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	37	punct	_	_
36	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	37	det	_	_
37	Badger	Badger	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	34	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	41	punct	_	_
39	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	41	nsubj	_	_
40	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	41	cop	_	_
41	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	34	parataxis	_	_
42	of	of	ADP	IN	_	43	case	_	_
43	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	41	nmod	_	_
44	to	to	PART	TO	_	45	mark	_	_
45	dig	dig	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	41	csubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
46	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	49	punct	_	_
47	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	49	cc	_	_
48	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	49	nsubj	_	_
49	showed	show	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	45	conj	_	_
50	Those	that	PRON	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	49	obj	_	_
51	of	of	ADP	IN	_	52	case	_	_
52	Old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	55	nsubj	_	_
53	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	55	advmod	_	_
54	to	to	PART	TO	_	55	mark	_	_
55	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	50	acl:relcl	_	_
56	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	57	nmod:poss	_	_
57	caves	cave	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	55	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
58	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	63	punct	_	_
59	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	63	cc	_	_
60	sometimes	sometimes	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	63	advmod	_	_
61	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	63	det	_	_
62	smaller	small	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	63	amod	_	_
63	ones	one	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
64	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | game | Kéem ee deh and Kahr naí deh and the smaller ones |  |  |  | king of the four feet *appos*; Kahr naí deh *conj*; the smaller ones *conj*; sometimes *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **come** | past | the four feet |  |  | the feast |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to feast=Initial\_Location |
| 3 | **make** | past · perfect · passive | the feast *not said here* | Sun and Arrow |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |
| 4 | **is** | present | Kahr naí deh |  |  |  |  | of all; good *property* | tree rules |
| 5 | **dig** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 6 | **show** | past |  | Those |  |  |  | who *nsubj* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent that=Recipient |
| 7 | **make** | to-infinitive | Old | Sun's caves |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset cave=Product |

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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.

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**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.

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