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title: So when he had taken the scalp to the Cacique, and they had had the… — The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo I… · tree and pragmatics
description: So when he had taken the scalp to the Cacique, and they had had the round-dance, and the days of purification were over, they called Sun-Arrow the greatest warrior of the Tée-wahn, and made him second to the Cacique. Who acts: ah, bravest, days. A sentence of «The man who married the moon, and other
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# The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo Indian folk-stories, The Brave Bobtails, sentence 28

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So when he had taken the scalp to the Cacique, and they had had the round-dance, and the days of purification were over, they called Sun-Arrow the greatest warrior of the Tée-wahn, and made him second to the Cacique.

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**Who acts:** ah, bravest, days · **What happens:** take, have, be, call, make · **To what, where:** scalp, Cacique, round dance, Sun Arrow, ah · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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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 (ah, bravest, days), 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:pg77804:26:29
# text = So when he had taken the scalp to the Cacique, and they had had the round-dance, and the days of purification were over, they called Sun-Arrow the greatest warrior of the Tée-wahn, and made him second to the Cacique.
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
2	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	taken	take	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	scalp	scalp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	Cacique	Cacique	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
13	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
14	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
15	had	have	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	5	parataxis	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
17	round	round	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	dance	dance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
21	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	27	cc	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	27	nsubj	_	_
24	of	of	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
25	purification	purification	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	nmod	_	_
26	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	27	cop	_	_
27	over	over	ADV	RB	_	15	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	30	punct	_	_
29	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	30	nsubj	_	_
30	called	call	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
31	Sun	Sun	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	33	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	31	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	Arrow	Arrow	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	30	obj	_	_
34	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	36	det	_	_
35	greatest	great	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	36	amod	_	_
36	warrior	warrior	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	xcomp	_	_
37	of	of	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
38	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	41	det	_	_
39	Tée	Tée	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	41	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	39	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	wahn	wahn	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	36	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	44	punct	_	_
43	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	44	cc	_	_
44	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
45	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	44	obj	_	_
46	second	second	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	44	advmod	_	_
47	to	to	ADP	IN	_	49	case	_	_
48	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	49	det	_	_
49	Cacique	Cacique	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	44	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
50	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | past · perfect | ah | the scalp | the Cacique |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent scalp=Theme to cacique=Destination |
| 2 | **have** | past · perfect | bravest *= brave* | the round dance |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dance=Patient |
| 3 | **is** | past | the days of purification |  |  |  |  | over *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **call** | past | bravest *= brave* |  | Sun Arrow |  |  | the greatest warrior of the Tée wahn *xcomp* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent arrow=Recipient |
| 5 | **make** | past | ah *not said here* | ah |  |  |  | to the Cacique; second *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset he=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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