--- title: Several miles south of Laguna is a very large sandstone dome rising… — The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo I… · tree and pragmatics description: Several miles south of Laguna is a very large sandstone dome rising in the plain, and in the heart of this rock the Governor’s daughter had hollowed out a room in which she used to camp when on her hunting-expeditions. Who acts: Several miles, large sandstone dome, daughter. 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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 (Several miles, large sandstone dome, daughter), 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:pg77804:29:6 # text = Several miles south of Laguna is a very large sandstone dome rising in the plain, and in the heart of this rock the Governor’s daughter had hollowed out a room in which she used to camp when on her hunting-expeditions. 1 Several several ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 miles mile NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nsubj _ _ 3 south south ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Laguna Laguna PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 8 very very ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 10 sandstone sandstone NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 dome dome NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 12 rising rise VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 11 acl _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 plain plain NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 23 det _ _ 23 rock rock NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 Governor Governor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ’s 's PART POS _ 25 case _ _ 27 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 28 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 hollowed hollow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 11 parataxis _ _ 30 out out ADP RP _ 29 compound:prt _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 33 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 36 obl _ _ 35 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 used use VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 acl:relcl _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 camp camp VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 xcomp _ _ 39 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 38 advmod _ _ 40 on on ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 41 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 42 hunting hunting NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 43 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 expeditions expedition NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | Several miles | a large sandstone dome | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **rise** | gerund | a large sandstone dome *not said here* | | | the plain | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in plain=Location | | 3 | **hollow out** | past · perfect | the Governor's daughter | a room | | the heart of this rock | | | vn clear-10.3 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent room=Source | | 4 | **use** | past | daughter | | | a room | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 5 | **camp** | to-infinitive | daughter *not said here* | | | daughter's hunting expeditions | | | vn odge-46-1 «NP V PP.location»: 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 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/29/5/) - next →: [sentence 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/29/7/) - ↑ back to [The Quères Diana](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/29/)