--- title: “Now, friend,” said the Squirrel-mother, when he was refreshed by hi… — The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo I… · tree and pragmatics description: “Now, friend,” said the Squirrel-mother, when he was refreshed by his meal, “you cannot yet get down from here, where the witches put you; but wait, for I am the one that will help you.” Who acts: friend, meal, you, witches. 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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 (friend, meal, you, witches), 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:pg77804:28:56 # text = “Now, friend,” said the Squirrel-mother, when he was refreshed by his meal, “you cannot yet get down from here, where the witches put you; but wait, for I am the one that will help you.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 7 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 9 Squirrel squirrel NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 10 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 16 advmod _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux:pass _ _ 16 refreshed refresh VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 ccomp _ _ 17 by by ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 meal meal NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 21 “ " PUNCT `` _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 23 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 24 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 26 advmod _ _ 25 yet yet ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 26 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 conj _ _ 27 down down ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 28 from from ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 26 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 34 advmod _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 witches witch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 nsubj _ _ 34 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 advcl _ _ 35 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ; ; PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 37 but but CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 wait wait VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 40 for for ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 41 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 42 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 cop _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 45 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 47 nsubj _ _ 46 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 47 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 acl:relcl _ _ 48 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 47 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ” " PUNCT '' _ 38 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | friend | the Squirrel mother | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **refresh** | past · passive | friend's meal | friend | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer | | 3 | **not** **get down** *in a quote* | can | you | | | | yet | down *property* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **put** *in a quote* | past | the witches | | you | | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent you=Goal | | 5 | **wait** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **is** *in a quote* | present | friend | | | | | for the one | tree rules | | 7 | **help** *in a quote* | future | the one | | you | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Beneficiary | 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 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/28/55/) - next →: [sentence 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/28/57/) - ↑ back to [The Sobbing Pine](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/28/)