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title: The property of the witches was taken to Nah-bah-tóo-too-ee; and as… — The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo I… · tree and pragmatics
description: The property of the witches was taken to Nah-bah-tóo-too-ee; and as it was more than that village could hold, the surplus was sent to Shee-eh-whíb-bak (Isleta), where we enjoy it to this day; and later the people themselves moved here. Who acts: bah tóo, trouble, we, people. A sentence of «The man w
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# The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo Indian folk-stories, The Antelope Boy, sentence 87

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The property of the witches was taken to Nah-bah-tóo-too-ee; and as it was more than that village could hold, the surplus was sent to Shee-eh-whíb-bak (Isleta), where we enjoy it to this day; and later the people themselves moved here.

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**Who acts:** bah tóo, trouble, we, people · **What happens:** take, ee, be, hold, send, enjoy · **To what, where:** property, surplus, eh whíb bak, trouble

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This is a sentence of «The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo Indian folk-stories» by Charles Fletcher Lummis, The Antelope Boy. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (bah tóo, trouble, we, people), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg77804:3:89
# text = The property of the witches was taken to Nah-bah-tóo-too-ee; and as it was more than that village could hold, the surplus was sent to Shee-eh-whíb-bak (Isleta), where we enjoy it to this day; and later the people themselves moved here.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	property	property	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	witches	witch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	taken	take	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	obl	_	_
9	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	17	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	bah	bah	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	tóo	tóo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	too	too	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	ee	ee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	28	punct	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
20	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	23	mark	_	_
21	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	23	nsubj	_	_
22	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	23	cop	_	_
23	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	28	advcl	_	_
24	than	than	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
25	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	26	det	_	_
26	village	village	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obl	_	_
27	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	28	aux	_	_
28	hold	hold	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	7	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	_	_
30	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	31	det	_	_
31	surplus	surplus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	nsubj:pass	_	_
32	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	33	aux:pass	_	_
33	sent	send	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	28	parataxis	_	_
34	to	to	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
35	Shee	Shee	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	41	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	35	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	eh	eh	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	39	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	whíb	whíb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	39	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	bak	bak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	obl	_	_
42	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	43	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	Isleta	Isleta	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	41	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	43	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	48	punct	_	_
46	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	48	advmod	_	_
47	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	48	nsubj	_	_
48	enjoy	enjoy	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	33	conj	_	_
49	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	48	obj	_	_
50	to	to	ADP	IN	_	52	case	_	_
51	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	52	det	_	_
52	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	48	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
53	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
54	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	59	cc	_	_
55	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	59	advmod	_	_
56	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	57	det	_	_
57	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	59	nsubj	_	_
58	themselves	themselves	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	57	nmod	_	_
59	moved	move	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
60	here	here	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	59	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
61	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | past · passive |  | the property of the witches |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **ee** |  | bah tóo |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | past | trouble |  |  |  |  | than that village; more *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **hold** | could |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 5 | **send** | past · passive |  | the surplus |  | eh whíb bak  Shee |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to bak=Destination |
| 6 | **enjoy** | present | we | trouble |  |  | day |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |
| 7 | **move** | past | the people  people |  |  | here |  | late *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

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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.

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**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.

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