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title: “Now,” said she when they reached the edge of the valley and could l… — The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo I… · tree and pragmatics
description: “Now,” said she when they reached the edge of the valley and could look across to that wondrous rock whereon stands Acoma, “go to yonder town, my sons, for that is Ah-ko, where live your grandfather and grandmother, my parents; and I will wait here. Who acts: Mother, that, I. A sentence of «The man 
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# The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo Indian folk-stories, The Hero Twins, sentence 19

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“Now,” said she when they reached the edge of the valley and could look across to that wondrous rock whereon stands Acoma, “go to yonder town, my sons, for that is Ah-ko, where live your grandfather and grandmother, my parents; and I will wait here.

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**Who acts:** Mother, that, I · **What happens:** say, reach, look, stand, go, be · **To what, where:** edge, Acoma, town, grandfather · **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 Hero Twins. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Mother, that, I), 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:pg77804:31:19
# text = “Now,” said she when they reached the edge of the valley and could look across to that wondrous rock whereon stands Acoma, “go to yonder town, my sons, for that is Ah-ko, where live your grandfather and grandmother, my parents; and I will wait here.
1	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
5	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
7	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	9	mark	_	_
8	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	reached	reach	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	ccomp	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	edge	edge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	valley	valley	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
16	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
17	look	look	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	conj	_	_
18	across	across	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
19	to	to	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
20	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	22	det	_	_
21	wondrous	wondrous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
22	rock	rock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	_
23	whereon	whereon	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	24	advmod	_	_
24	stands	stand	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	22	acl:relcl	_	_
25	Acoma	Acoma	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	24	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	_
27	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	28	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	17	conj	_	_
29	to	to	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
30	yonder	yonder	ADV	RB	_	31	advmod	_	_
31	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	34	punct	_	_
33	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	34	nmod:poss	_	_
34	sons	son	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	31	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	41	punct	_	_
36	for	for	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
37	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	41	nsubj	_	_
38	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	41	cop	_	_
39	Ah	ah	INTJ	UH	_	41	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	41	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	ko	ko	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	44	punct	_	_
43	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	44	advmod	_	_
44	live	live	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	41	acl:relcl	_	_
45	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	46	nmod:poss	_	_
46	grandfather	grandfather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	44	obj	_	_
47	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	48	cc	_	_
48	grandmother	grandmother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	46	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	51	punct	_	_
50	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	51	nmod:poss	_	_
51	parents	parent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	46	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
52	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	56	punct	_	_
53	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	56	cc	_	_
54	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	56	nsubj	_	_
55	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	56	aux	_	_
56	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
57	here	here	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	56	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
58	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past |  |  |  |  | now |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **reach** | past | Mother | the edge of the valley |  |  |  | Máw *nsubj* | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent edge=Theme |
| 3 | **look** | could | Mother *not said here* |  |  |  |  | across that wondrous rock | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent across rock=Theme |
| 4 | **stand** | present |  | Acoma |  |  |  | whereon *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer acoma=Stimulus |
| 5 | **go** *in a quote* | infinitive | Mother *not said here* |  |  | town |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to town=Initial\_Location |
| 6 | **is** *in a quote* | present | that |  |  |  |  | for ko | tree rules |
| 7 | **live** *in a quote* | present |  | your grandfather and grandmother and my parents |  |  |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme grandfather=Location |
| 8 | **wait** *in a quote* | future | I |  |  | here |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP 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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