--- title: He gave his long tail to Sun-Arrow to hold; and when he had counted… — The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo I… · tree and pragmatics description: He gave his long tail to Sun-Arrow to hold; and when he had counted “One, two, _three_!” he pulled with a great pull, so hard that his whole tail came off. Who acts: captain, whole tail. 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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 (captain, whole tail), 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:pg77804:26:84 # text = He gave his long tail to Sun-Arrow to hold; and when he had counted “One, two, _three_!” he pulled with a great pull, so hard that his whole tail came off. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 4 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 Sun Sun PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 8 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 Arrow arrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 hold hold VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ; ; PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 14 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 17 advmod _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 counted count VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 conj _ _ 18 “ " PUNCT `` _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 17 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 21 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 19 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ! ! PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 pulled pull VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 30 with with ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 pull pull NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 so so ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 hard hard ADV RB Degree=Pos 29 advmod _ _ 37 that that SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 38 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 39 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 41 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 advcl _ _ 42 off off ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | past | captain | captain's long tail | | | | to Sun Arrow; three *obj* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent tail=Recipient three=Theme | | 2 | **hold** | to-infinitive | captain *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **count** | past · perfect | captain | | | | | One *conj* | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | | 4 | **pull** | past | captain | | | | | with a great pull; hard *property* | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with pull=Beneficiary | | 5 | **come off** | past | captain's whole tail | | | | | off *property* | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme | 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 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/26/82/) - next →: [sentence 84](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/26/84/) - ↑ back to [The Brave Bobtails](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/26/)