--- title: “_Si, señor_,” said he,--for Vitorino knows no English, and most of… — The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo I… · tree and pragmatics description: “_Si, señor_,” said he,--for Vitorino knows no English, and most of our talk was in Spanish, which is easier to me than the Tée-wahn language,--“that was very long ago, and now all is changed. Who acts: Si, most, Spanish, that. 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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 (Si, most, Spanish, that), 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:pg77804:27:10 # text = “_Si, señor_,” said he,--for Vitorino knows no English, and most of our talk was in Spanish, which is easier to me than the Tée-wahn language,--“that was very long ago, and now all is changed. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 Si Si PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 señor señor NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 9 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 -- -- PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 for for ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 Vitorino Vitorino PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 15 knows know VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 16 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 17 det _ _ 17 English English ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 20 most most ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 26 nsubj _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 talk talk NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod _ _ 24 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 Spanish Spanish PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 30 nsubj _ _ 29 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 30 easier easy ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 26 conj _ _ 31 to to ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 obl _ _ 33 than than ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 35 Tée Tée PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 36 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 wahn wahn X FW _ 38 compound _ _ 38 language language NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 -- -- PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 “ " PUNCT `` _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 46 nsubj _ _ 43 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 cop _ _ 44 very very ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 45 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 46 advmod _ _ 46 ago ago ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 49 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 52 advmod _ _ 50 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 52 nsubj:pass _ _ 51 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 52 aux:pass _ _ 52 changed change VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 46 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Si and señor | | | | | DON *nsubj* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **know** | present | Si and señor *not said here* | no English | | | | for Vitorino | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer english=Stimulus | | 3 | **is** | past | most of our talk | | | Spanish | | | tree rules | | 4 | **is** | present | Spanish | | me | | | than the Tée wahn language; easy *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | past | that | | | | | ago, long *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **change** *in a quote* | present · passive | | all | | | now | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 7 | **talk** | | our | | | | | | nom talk «communication intransitive»: poss=agent | 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 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/27/9/) - next →: [sentence 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/27/11/) - ↑ back to [The Revenge of the Fawns](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/27/)