--- title: A few years ago it would have frightened me very seriously to find m… — The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo I… · tree and pragmatics description: A few years ago it would have frightened me very seriously to find my self thus--alone in one of the remotest corners of New Mexico save for that swarthy face peering up into mine by the weird light of the camp-fire. Who acts: remotest corners, swarthy face. 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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 (remotest corners, swarthy face), 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:pg77804:27:3 # text = A few years ago it would have frightened me very seriously to find my self thus--alone in one of the remotest corners of New Mexico save for that swarthy face peering up into mine by the weird light of the camp-fire. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl:unmarked _ _ 4 ago ago ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 6 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 7 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 8 aux _ _ 8 frightened frighten VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 9 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 very very ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 seriously seriously ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 advcl _ _ 14 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 self self NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 thus thus ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 -- -- PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 alone alone ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 19 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 13 obl _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 remotest remote ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 24 amod _ _ 24 corners corner NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 nsubj _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 New New PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 compound _ _ 27 Mexico Mexico PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nmod _ _ 28 save save VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 parataxis _ _ 29 for for ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 30 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 32 det _ _ 31 swarthy swarthy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 33 peering peer VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 32 acl _ _ 34 up up ADP RP _ 33 compound:prt _ _ 35 into into ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 mine my PRON PRP Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 obl _ _ 37 by by ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 weird weird ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 43 camp camp NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 44 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **frighten** | would · perfect · passive | | face | | | | me *obj*; ago, seriously *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Experiencer i=Result | | 2 | **find** | to-infinitive | | my self | | | | in one; thus *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent self=Topic | | 3 | **save** | present | the remotest corners of New Mexico | | | | | for that swarthy face | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent for face=Source | | 4 | **peer up** | gerund | that swarthy face *not said here* | | | | | into mine; by the weird light of the camp fire | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent into my=Theme | | 5 | **light** | | | the camp fire | | | | | nom light «phenomenon transitive»: of=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 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/27/2/) - next →: [sentence 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/27/4/) - ↑ back to [The Revenge of the Fawns](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/27/)