--- title: [12] I should state, by the way, that the cigarette plays an importa… — The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo I… · tree and pragmatics description: [12] I should state, by the way, that the cigarette plays an important part in the Pueblo folk-stories,--they never had the pipe of the Northern Indians,--and all rain-clouds are supposed to come from its smoke. Who acts: 12, cigarette, cigarettes, way. 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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 (12, cigarette, cigarettes, way), 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:pg77804:3:81 # text = [12] I should state, by the way, that the cigarette plays an important part in the Pueblo folk-stories,--they never had the pipe of the Northern Indians,--and all rain-clouds are supposed to come from its smoke. 1 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 12 12 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 2 punct _ _ 4 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 state state VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 by by ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 that that SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 cigarette cigarette NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 15 plays play VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 16 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 important important ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 19 in in ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 21 Pueblo Pueblo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 compound _ _ 22 folk folk NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 23 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 stories story NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 -- -- PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 29 advmod _ _ 29 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 parataxis _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 pipe pipe NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 Northern Northern ADJ NNP Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 Indians Indian PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 31 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 -- -- PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 39 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 42 det _ _ 40 rain rain NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 41 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 clouds cloud NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 nsubj:pass _ _ 43 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux:pass _ _ 44 supposed suppose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 conj _ _ 45 to to PART TO _ 46 mark _ _ 46 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 xcomp _ _ 47 from from ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 smoke smoke NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **state** *speech: other* | should | 12 | | | | | by the way; I *nsubj* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **play** | present | the cigarette | a important part | | the Pueblo folk stories | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent part=Theme | | 3 | **not** **have** | past | cigarettes *= cigarette* | the pipe of the Northern Indians | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pipe=Patient | | 4 | **suppose** | present · passive | | all rain clouds | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Attribute clause=Theme | | 5 | **come** | to-infinitive | | | | way's smoke | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from smoke=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **smoke** | | way | | | | | | nom smoke «phenomenon intransitive»: poss=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 78](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/3/78/) - next →: [sentence 80](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/3/80/) - ↑ back to [The Antelope Boy](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/3/)