--- title: The runner for the yellow village was a tall, sinewy athlete, strong… — The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo I… · tree and pragmatics description: The runner for the yellow village was a tall, sinewy athlete, strong in his early manhood; and when the Antelope Boy appeared for the other side, the witches set up a howl of derision, and began to strike their rivals and jeer at them, saying, “Pooh! 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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 (runner, Antelope Boy, witches, derision), 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:pg77804:3:49 # text = The runner for the yellow village was a tall, sinewy athlete, strong in his early manhood; and when the Antelope Boy appeared for the other side, the witches set up a howl of derision, and began to strike their rivals and jeer at them, saying, “Pooh! 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 runner runner NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 3 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 yellow yellow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 village village NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 9 tall tall ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 11 sinewy sinewy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 athlete athlete NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 17 early early ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 manhood manhood NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 21 when when SCONJ WRB _ 25 mark _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 Antelope Antelope PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 compound _ _ 24 Boy Boy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 25 appeared appear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 parataxis _ _ 26 for for ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 witches witch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obl _ _ 33 set set VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 acl _ _ 34 up up ADP RP _ 33 compound:prt _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 howl howl NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 derision derision NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 43 strike strike VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 xcomp _ _ 44 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 rivals rival NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 obj _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 jeer jeer NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 conj _ _ 48 at at ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 51 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 41 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 53 “ " PUNCT `` _ 54 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 Pooh Pooh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 51 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 55 ! ! PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | the runner for the yellow village | a tall sinewy athlete | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **appear** | past | the Antelope Boy | the witches | | | | for the other side | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **set up** | participle | the witches *not said here* | a howl of derision | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient howl=Result | | 4 | **begin** | past | the Antelope Boy *not said here* | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 5 | **strike** | to-infinitive | the Antelope Boy *not said here* | witches's rivals and jeer | | | | at rivals *= rival* | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rival=Patient | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | the Antelope Boy *not said here* | Pooh | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent pooh=Topic | | 7 | **howl** | | derision | | | | | | nom howl «communication intransitive»: of=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 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/3/48/) - next →: [sentence 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/3/50/) - ↑ back to [The Antelope Boy](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/3/)