--- title: But if you will save your life and be one of us, go home and bring m… — The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo I… · tree and pragmatics description: But if you will save your life and be one of us, go home and bring me the hearts of your mother and sister, and I will teach you all our ways, so that you shall be a mighty wizard.” Who acts: you, I. 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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 (you, I), 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:pg77804:28:32 # text = But if you will save your life and be one of us, go home and bring me the hearts of your mother and sister, and I will teach you all our ways, so that you shall be a mighty wizard.” 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 2 if if SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 save save VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 advcl _ _ 6 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 10 cop _ _ 10 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 conj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 14 go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 home home ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 bring bring VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 18 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 hearts heart NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obj _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 28 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 teach teach VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 advcl _ _ 31 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 30 iobj _ _ 32 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 31 nmod:unmarked _ _ 33 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 ways way NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 36 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 43 mark _ _ 37 that that SCONJ IN _ 36 fixed _ _ 38 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 39 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 40 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 43 cop _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 mighty mighty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 wizard wizard NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ” " PUNCT '' _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **save** *a condition, not said to happen* | future | you | your life | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=Theme | | 2 | **is a** | infinitive | you *not said here* | one | | | | of us | tree rules | | 3 | **go** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | home *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **bring** | infinitive | you *not said here* | the hearts of your mother and sister | me | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent i=Destination heart=Theme | | 5 | **teach** *speech: other* | future | I | our ways | you | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient way=Topic | | 6 | **is a** | shall | you | a mighty wizard | | | | | tree rules | 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 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/28/31/) - next →: [sentence 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/28/33/) - ↑ back to [The Sobbing Pine](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/28/)