--- title: That was the end of the witch-wife, for the magic seed had sprouted… — The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo I… · tree and pragmatics description: That was the end of the witch-wife, for the magic seed had sprouted in her stomach, and she was turned into a great, sad Pine that swayed above her home, and moaned and sobbed forever, as all her Pine-children do to this day. Who acts: That, great sad Pine, children. 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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 (That, great sad Pine, children), 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:pg77804:28:78 # text = That was the end of the witch-wife, for the magic seed had sprouted in her stomach, and she was turned into a great, sad Pine that swayed above her home, and moaned and sobbed forever, as all her Pine-children do to this day. 1 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 7 witch witch NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 8 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 11 for for SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 magic magic NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 compound _ _ 14 seed seed NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj:pass _ _ 15 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 sprouted sprout VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 parataxis _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 stomach stomach NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 22 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux:pass _ _ 24 turned turn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 advcl _ _ 25 into into ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 27 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 29 sad sad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 Pine pine NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 31 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 32 nsubj _ _ 32 swayed sway VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 acl:relcl _ _ 33 above above ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 moaned moan VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 conj _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 sobbed sob VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 38 conj _ _ 41 forever forever ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 43 as as ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 44 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 46 det:predet _ _ 45 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 Pine pine NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 - - PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 nsubj _ _ 49 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 50 to to ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 52 det _ _ 52 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | That | the end | | | | of the witch wife | tree rules | | 2 | **sprout** | past · perfect · passive | | the magic seed | | wife's stomach | | | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Source | | 3 | **turn** | past · passive | | wife | | a great sad Pine | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: subject=Theme into pine=Trajectory | | 4 | **sway** | past | a great sad Pine | | | wife's home | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme above home=Location | | 5 | **moan** | participle | | | | | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **sob** | participle | | | | | | as wife's Pine; forever *property* | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **do** | present | children | | | | day | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=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 77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/28/77/) - next →: [sentence 79](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/28/79/) - ↑ back to [The Sobbing Pine](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/28/)