--- title: As for the Bear, the Badger, and the Bluebird, they would never go t… — The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo I… · tree and pragmatics description: As for the Bear, the Badger, and the Bluebird, they would never go to the medicine-men of their tribes to have their tails mended to grow again; for they were proud that they had suffered to help their friend. Who acts: Bear. 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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 (Bear), 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:pg77804:26:124 # text = As for the Bear, the Badger, and the Bluebird, they would never go to the medicine-men of their tribes to have their tails mended to grow again; for they were proud that they had suffered to help their friend. 1 As as ADP IN ExtPos=ADP 4 case _ _ 2 for for ADP IN _ 1 fixed _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 Bear bear NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Badger Badger PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 Bluebird bluebird NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 13 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 14 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 15 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 16 advmod _ _ 16 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 19 medicine medicine NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 20 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obl _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 tribes tribe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 nmod _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 advcl _ _ 27 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 tails tail NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obj _ _ 29 mended mend VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 acl _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 grow grow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 advcl _ _ 32 again again ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ; ; PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 34 for for SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 35 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 cop _ _ 37 proud proud ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 parataxis _ _ 38 that that SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 39 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 40 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 suffered suffer VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 37 advcl _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 43 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 advcl _ _ 44 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **go** | would | Bear | | | | | as the Bear and the Bluebird; to the medicine men of Bear's tribes | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to man=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **have** | to-infinitive | Bear *not said here* | Bear's tails | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tail=Patient | | 3 | **mend** | participle | | Bear's tails *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **grow** | to-infinitive | | | | | again | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **is** | past | Bear | | | | | proud *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **suffer** | past · perfect | Bear | | | | | | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **help** | to-infinitive | Bear *not said here* | | Bear's friend | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Beneficiary | 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 122](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/26/122/) - next →: [sentence 124](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/26/124/) - ↑ back to [The Brave Bobtails](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/26/)