--- title: Once in the Days of the Old, it was that a young man lived here in S… — The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo I… · tree and pragmatics description: Once in the Days of the Old, it was that a young man lived here in Shee-eh-whíb-bak whom they called T’hoor-hlóh-ah, the Arrow of the Sun. He was not of the Tée-wahn, but a Ute, who was taken in war while yet a child. Who acts: Days, words, Shee. 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He was not of the Tée-wahn, but a Ute, who was taken in war while yet a child. **Who acts:** Days, words, Shee · **What happens:** be, call, not be, take · **To what, where:** eh whíb bak, Ute, war · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (Days, words, Shee), 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:pg77804:26:9 # text = Once in the Days of the Old, it was that a young man lived here in Shee-eh-whíb-bak whom they called T’hoor-hlóh-ah, the Arrow of the Sun. He was not of the Tée-wahn, but a Ute, who was taken in war while yet a child. 1 Once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 4 advmod _ _ 2 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 Days Day PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 15 nsubj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 11 that that SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 15 lived live VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 16 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 15 advmod _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 18 Shee Shee PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 eh eh NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 21 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 whíb whíb NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 23 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 bak bak NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 25 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 27 obj _ _ 26 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 acl:relcl _ _ 28 T’hoor t'hoor NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 29 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 hlóh hlóh NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 31 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ah ah INTJ UH _ 30 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 Arrow Arrow PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 appos _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 Sun. Sunday PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 nmod _ _ 39 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 40 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 cop _ _ 41 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 46 advmod _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 44 Tée Tée PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 45 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 wahn wahn PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 48 but but CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 49 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 Ute Ute PROPN NNP Number=Sing 54 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 52 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 54 nsubj _ _ 53 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 54 aux:pass _ _ 54 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 parataxis _ _ 55 in in ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 56 war war NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obl _ _ 57 while while SCONJ IN _ 60 mark _ _ 58 yet yet CCONJ CC _ 60 cc _ _ 59 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 60 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 61 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the Days of the Old tail | | | eh whíb bak Shee; here | | a young man *nsubj*; live *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **call** | past | words *= word* | | eh whíb bak Shee | | | T’hoor hlóh *xcomp* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent whom=Recipient | | 3 | **not** **is** | past | Shee | | | | | of the Tée wahn | tree rules | | 4 | **take** | past · passive | | a Ute | | war | | who *nsubj*; a child *advcl* | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Value in war=Location | 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 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/26/7/) - next →: [sentence 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/26/9/) - ↑ back to [The Brave Bobtails](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/26/)