--- title: But when Sun-Arrow sat down in her house, his feet were upon the flo… — The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo I… · tree and pragmatics description: But when Sun-Arrow sat down in her house, his feet were upon the floor over the hole; and in a moment the Toad grew very great, and began to swallow him by the feet. Who acts: Sun Arrow, Toad. 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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 (Sun Arrow, Toad), 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:pg77804:26:55 # text = But when Sun-Arrow sat down in her house, his feet were upon the floor over the hole; and in a moment the Toad grew very great, and began to swallow him by the feet. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 2 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 3 Sun Sun PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 4 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 Arrow arrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 down down ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nmod:unmarked _ _ 14 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 15 upon upon ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 floor floor NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 18 over over ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 hole hole NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 Toad Toad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 28 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 29 very very ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 30 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 swallow swallow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 xcomp _ _ 36 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obj _ _ 37 by by ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sit down** | past | Sun Arrow | | | girl's house | | over the hole | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in house=Location | | 2 | **is** | past | | | | | | upon the floor; man's feet *nmod:unmarked* | tree rules | | 3 | **grow** | past | the Toad | | | | moment | great *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **begin** | past | the Toad *not said here* | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 5 | **swallow** | to-infinitive | the Toad *not said here* | man | | | | by the feet | vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=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 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/26/53/) - next →: [sentence 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/26/55/) - ↑ back to [The Brave Bobtails](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/26/)