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title: During Lorenso’s story the black eyes of the boys have never left hi… — The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo I… · tree and pragmatics
description: During Lorenso’s story the black eyes of the boys have never left his face; and at every pause they have made the customary response, “Is that so?” to show their attention; while the old men have nodded approbation, and smoked in deep silence. Who acts: eyes, old men. A sentence of «The man who marr
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# The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo Indian folk-stories, The Antelope Boy, sentence 89

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During Lorenso’s story the black eyes of the boys have never left his face; and at every pause they have made the customary response, “Is that so?” to show their attention; while the old men have nodded approbation, and smoked in deep silence.

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**Who acts:** eyes, old men · **What happens:** not leave, make, be, show, nod, smoke · **To what, where:** black eyes, customary response, pause, that, attention, approbation · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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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 (eyes, old men), 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:pg77804:3:91
# text = During Lorenso’s story the black eyes of the boys have never left his face; and at every pause they have made the customary response, “Is that so?” to show their attention; while the old men have nodded approbation, and smoked in deep silence.
1	During	during	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	Lorenso	Lorenso	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	’s	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	boys	boy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
11	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
12	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	13	advmod	_	_
13	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
14	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
18	at	at	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	20	det	_	_
20	pause	pause	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obl	_	_
21	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	23	nsubj	_	_
22	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	23	aux	_	_
23	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	13	advcl	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
25	customary	customary	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	compound	_	_
26	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	30	punct	_	_
28	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	30	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	30	cop	_	_
30	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	13	parataxis	_	_
31	so	so	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	_
34	to	to	PART	TO	_	35	mark	_	_
35	show	show	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	advcl	_	_
36	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	37	nmod:poss	_	_
37	attention	attention	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	44	punct	_	_
39	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	44	mark	_	_
40	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	42	det	_	_
41	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	42	amod	_	_
42	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	44	nsubj	_	_
43	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	44	aux	_	_
44	nodded	nod	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	13	conj	_	_
45	approbation	approbation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	44	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
46	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	48	punct	_	_
47	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	48	cc	_	_
48	smoked	smoke	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	conj	_	_
49	in	in	ADP	IN	_	51	case	_	_
50	deep	deep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	51	amod	_	_
51	silence	silence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	48	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
52	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **leave** | present · perfect · passive |  | the black eyes of the boys |  |  | during Lorenso's story | boy's face *obj* | tree rules |
| 2 | **make** | present · perfect | eyes *= eye* | the customary response |  | every pause |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset response=Product |
| 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present |  | that |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **show** | to-infinitive |  | eyes's attention |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent attention=Recipient |
| 5 | **nod** | present · perfect | the old men | approbation |  |  |  |  | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent approbation=Patient |
| 6 | **smoke** | participle |  |  |  | deep silence |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 7 | **attend** |  | eyes *= eye* |  |  |  |  |  | nom attention «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent |

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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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