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title: When every kind that walks or flies had chosen its strongest one, th… — The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo I… · tree and pragmatics
description: When every kind that walks or flies had chosen its strongest one, the chosen stood out; Kéem-ee-deh called them by name to take their turns. Who acts: kind, Kéem ee deh. A sentence of «The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo Indian folk-stories» by Charles Fletcher Lummis, The Brave Bobtails,
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# The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo Indian folk-stories, The Brave Bobtails, sentence 78

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When every kind that walks or flies had chosen its strongest one, the chosen stood out; Kéem-ee-deh called them by name to take their turns.

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**Who acts:** kind, Kéem ee deh · **What happens:** walk, choose, stand out, call, take · **To what, where:** kind, Kéem ee deh, flies, turns · **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 (kind, Kéem ee deh), 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:pg77804:26:79
# text = When every kind that walks or flies had chosen its strongest one, the chosen stood out; Kéem-ee-deh called them by name to take their turns.
1	When	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	9	mark	_	_
2	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	det	_	_
3	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	walks	walk	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	flies	fly	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
8	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	chosen	choose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
10	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
11	strongest	strong	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	12	amod	_	_
12	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	chosen	choose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	16	obl	_	_
16	stood	stand	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	conj	_	_
17	out	out	ADP	RP	_	16	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
19	Kéem	Kéem	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	23	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	ee	ee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	21	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	deh	deh	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
24	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	23	acl	_	_
25	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	24	obj	_	_
26	by	by	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
27	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obl	_	_
28	to	to	PART	TO	_	29	mark	_	_
29	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	24	advcl	_	_
30	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	31	nmod:poss	_	_
31	turns	turn	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	29	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | present | every kind |  |  |  |  | flies *conj* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **choose** | past · perfect · passive |  | every kind |  |  |  | kind's strongest one *parataxis* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 3 | **choose** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **stand out** | past |  | Kéem ee deh |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **call** | participle | Kéem ee deh *not said here* | flies *= fly* |  |  |  | by name | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient |
| 6 | **take** | to-infinitive | Kéem ee deh *not said here* | flies's turns |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent turn=Theme |

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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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