--- title: They crept up and shot the giantess through the neck with their stro… — The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo I… · tree and pragmatics description: They crept up and shot the giantess through the neck with their strong arrows and killed her, and, bringing new clothes for the girl, took her home safely to Kó-iks (the native name for Laguna), where she lived for many years. Who acts: hunters, girl. 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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 (hunters, girl), 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:pg77804:29:27 # text = They crept up and shot the giantess through the neck with their strong arrows and killed her, and, bringing new clothes for the girl, took her home safely to Kó-iks (the native name for Laguna), where she lived for many years. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 crept creep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 up up ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 shot shoot VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 giantess giantess NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 through through ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 neck neck NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 11 with with ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 13 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 arrows arrow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 killed kill VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 17 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 21 bringing bring VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 22 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 clothes clothes NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 21 obj _ _ 24 for for ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 28 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 29 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ _ 30 home home ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 31 safely safely ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 32 to to ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 Kó Kó PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 34 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 iks ik NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obl _ _ 36 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 native native ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 appos _ _ 40 for for ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 Laguna Laguna PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 44 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 46 advmod _ _ 45 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 lived live VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 conj _ _ 47 for for ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **creep up** | past | hunters *= hunter* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **shoot** | past | hunters *= hunter* *not said here* | the giantess | | the neck | | with hunters's strong arrows | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent giantess=Theme through neck=Destination | | 3 | **kill** | past | hunters *= hunter* *not said here* | giantess | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 4 | **bring** | gerund | hunters *= hunter* *not said here* | new clothes | | | | for the girl | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent clothes=Theme | | 5 | **take** | past | | girl | | Kó iks | | home, safely *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to ik=Destination | | 6 | **live** | past | girl | | | | year | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/29/26/) - next →: [sentence 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/29/28/) - ↑ back to [The Quères Diana](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/29/)