--- title: The adventure described here is one of those which befell the Moon-M… — The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo I… · tree and pragmatics description: The adventure described here is one of those which befell the Moon-Mother, as related in several myths; though it has been varied, evidently by some later story-teller, and the identity of the heroine does not appear at first sight. Who acts: adventure, identity. 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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 (adventure, identity), 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:pg77804:29:2 # text = The adventure described here is one of those which befell the Moon-Mother, as related in several myths; though it has been varied, evidently by some later story-teller, and the identity of the heroine does not appear at first sight. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 adventure adventure NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 described describe VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl _ _ 4 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 those that PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 6 nmod _ _ 9 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 10 nsubj _ _ 10 befell befall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 acl:relcl _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 12 Moon Moon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 13 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 Mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 as as ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 related related ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 conj _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 several several ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 myths myth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 22 though though SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 23 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 24 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 25 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 26 cop _ _ 26 varied varied ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 28 evidently evidently ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 29 by by ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 30 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 34 nsubj _ _ 31 later late ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 34 amod _ _ 32 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 33 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 teller teller NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 identity identity NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nsubj _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 heroine heroine NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod _ _ 42 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 43 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 44 advmod _ _ 44 appear appear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 conj _ _ 45 at at ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 47 advmod _ _ 47 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **describe** | participle | | the adventure *not said here* | | here | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | present | the adventure | one | | | | of those | tree rules | | 3 | **befall** | past | | the Moon Mother | | | | which *nsubj* | tree rules | | 4 | **is** | present · perfect | adventure | | | | | later story teller *conj*; varied *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **not** **appear** | present · do-support | the identity of the heroine | | | sight | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at sight=Location | 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 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/29/1/) - next →: [sentence 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/29/3/) - ↑ back to [The Quères Diana](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/29/)