--- title: Now the Grandmother would never let Sun-Arrow go to war, fearing tha… — The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo I… · tree and pragmatics description: Now the Grandmother would never let Sun-Arrow go to war, fearing that he would be killed; and all the other young men laughed at him, because he had never taken the sacred _oak-bark_. Who acts: Grandmother, Sun, other young men, man. 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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 (Grandmother, Sun, other young men, man), 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:pg77804:26:15 # text = Now the Grandmother would never let Sun-Arrow go to war, fearing that he would be killed; and all the other young men laughed at him, because he had never taken the sacred _oak-bark_. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Grandmother Grandmother PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 Sun Sun PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 Arrow Arrow PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 conj _ _ 10 go go VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 war war NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 fearing fear VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 10 advcl _ _ 15 that that SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj:pass _ _ 17 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 18 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 19 aux:pass _ _ 19 killed kill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 26 det:predet _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 24 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 25 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 nsubj _ _ 27 laughed laugh VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 28 at at ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 31 because because SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 33 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 34 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 35 advmod _ _ 35 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 27 conj _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 sacred sacred ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 obl _ _ 38 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 oak oak NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 40 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 bark bark NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 42 _ _ NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **let** | would | the Grandmother | | | | now | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **go** | present | Sun and Arrow | | | war | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to war=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **fear** | gerund | Sun and Arrow *not said here* | | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **kill** | would · passive | | Old | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 5 | **laugh** | past | all other young men | | | | | at Old | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **not** **take** | past · perfect | man | the sacred | | | | oak bark \_ *obl* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=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 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/26/13/) - next →: [sentence 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/26/15/) - ↑ back to [The Brave Bobtails](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/26/)