--- title: He was very brave, and painted his scalp red with _páh-ree_, so that… — The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo I… · tree and pragmatics description: He was very brave, and painted his scalp red with _páh-ree_, so that he might be known from far; and left his scalp-lock very long, and braided it neatly, so that an enemy might grasp it well. Who acts: Isleta, enemy. 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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 (Isleta, enemy), 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:pg77804:26:22 # text = He was very brave, and painted his scalp red with _páh-ree_, so that he might be known from far; and left his scalp-lock very long, and braided it neatly, so that an enemy might grasp it well. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 very very ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 brave brave ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 painted paint VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 scalp scalp NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 xcomp _ _ 11 with with ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 12 _ _ PUNCT HYPH _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 páh páh NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 14 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ree ree NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 18 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 23 mark _ _ 19 that that SCONJ IN _ 18 fixed _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj:pass _ _ 21 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 22 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 23 aux:pass _ _ 23 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 conj _ _ 24 from from ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 29 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 30 scalp scalp NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 31 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 lock lock NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 33 very very ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 braided braid VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 38 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 neatly neatly ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 41 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 46 mark _ _ 42 that that SCONJ IN _ 41 fixed _ _ 43 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 enemy enemy NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nsubj _ _ 45 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 46 grasp grasp VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 conj _ _ 47 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 obj _ _ 48 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 46 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | Isleta | | | | | brave *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **paint** | past | | Isleta's scalp | | | | red *property* | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent scalp=Destination | | 3 | **know** | might · passive | | Isleta | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus | | 4 | **leave** | past | Isleta *not said here* | Isleta's scalp lock | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lock=Theme | | 5 | **braid** | past | Isleta *not said here* | Scalp | | | | neatly *property* | vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 6 | **grasp** | might | a enemy | Scalp | | | | well *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | 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 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/26/20/) - next →: [sentence 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/26/22/) - ↑ back to [The Brave Bobtails](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/26/)