--- title: When you go in and tell your story, he will ask you a question to se… — The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo I… · tree and pragmatics description: When you go in and tell your story, he will ask you a question to see if you are really his grandchildren, and will give you four chances to answer what he has in a bag in the corner. Who acts: you, Dying. 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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 (you, Dying), 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:pg77804:31:22 # text = When you go in and tell your story, he will ask you a question to see if you are really his grandchildren, and will give you four chances to answer what he has in a bag in the corner. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 go go VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 advcl _ _ 4 in in ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 7 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 13 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 12 iobj _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 question question NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 advcl _ _ 18 if if SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 19 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 20 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 cop _ _ 21 really really ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 grandchildren grandchild NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 conj _ _ 28 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 27 iobj _ _ 29 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 30 nummod _ _ 30 chances chance NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obj _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 answer answer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 advcl _ _ 33 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 35 obj _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 ccomp _ _ 36 in in ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 bag bag NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 39 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 corner corner NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go in** | present | you | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive | you *not said here* | your story | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent story=Recipient | | 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* | future | Dying | a question | you | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **see** | to-infinitive | Dying *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **is a** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you | Dying's grandchildren | | | | Dying *nmod:poss* | tree rules | | 6 | **give** | future | Dying *not said here* | four chances | you | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient chance=Theme | | 7 | **answer** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | Dying *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **have** | present | Dying | | | a bag in the corner | | what *obj* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Patient | 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 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/31/21/) - next →: [sentence 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/31/23/) - ↑ back to [The Hero Twins](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/31/)