--- title: So he was ashamed, and vowed that he would prove himself a man; and… — The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo I… · tree and pragmatics description: So he was ashamed, and vowed that he would prove himself a man; and taking secretly his bow and arrows and his thunder-knife, he went away by night alone, and crossed the Eagle-Feather Mountains. Who acts: 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 (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:pg77804:26:17 # text = So he was ashamed, and vowed that he would prove himself a man; and taking secretly his bow and arrows and his thunder-knife, he went away by night alone, and crossed the Eagle-Feather Mountains. 1 So so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 ashamed ashamed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 vowed vow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ 8 that that SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 prove prove VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 advcl _ _ 12 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 11 obj _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ; ; PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 taking take VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 30 csubj _ _ 18 secretly secretly ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 bow bow NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 arrows arrow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 conj _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 25 thunder thunder NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 26 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 knife knife NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 31 away away ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 32 by by ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 34 alone alone ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 crossed cross VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 39 Eagle Eagle PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 40 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 Feather Feather PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 compound _ _ 42 Mountains Mountain PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | man | | | | | ashamed *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **vow** | past | | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **prove** | would | man | man | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent himself=Theme man=Attribute | | 4 | **take** | gerund | | man's bow and arrows and man's thunder knife | | | | secretly *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bow=Theme | | 5 | **go away** | past | man | | | | night | alone, away *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **cross** | past | man *not said here* | the Eagle Feather Mountains | | | | | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mountain=Patient | 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 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/26/15/) - next →: [sentence 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/26/17/) - ↑ back to [The Brave Bobtails](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/26/)