--- title: When she was about to arrive, the Twins ran ahead to the house and t… — The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo I… · tree and pragmatics description: When she was about to arrive, the Twins ran ahead to the house and told her father, mother, and sister to leave the house until she should enter; but not knowing what was to come, they would not go out. Who acts: Mother, Twins. 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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 (Mother, Twins), 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:pg77804:31:34 # text = When she was about to arrive, the Twins ran ahead to the house and told her father, mother, and sister to leave the house until she should enter; but not knowing what was to come, they would not go out. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 about about ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 advcl _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 arrive arrive VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 Twins Twin PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 10 nsubj _ _ 10 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 ahead ahead ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 17 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 ccomp _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 acl _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 until until SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 29 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 enter enter VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT : _ 44 punct _ _ 33 but but CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 34 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 35 advmod _ _ 35 knowing know VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 44 advcl _ _ 36 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 39 nsubj _ _ 37 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 41 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 42 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 43 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 44 advmod _ _ 44 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 conj _ _ 45 out out ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | Mother | | | | | about *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **arrive** | to-infinitive | Mother *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **run** | past | the Twins | | | | | to the house *result*; ahead *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to house=Result | | 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the Twins *not said here* | | Mother's father and mother | | | sister *ccomp* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent father=Recipient | | 5 | **leave** | to-infinitive | the Twins *not said here* | the house | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent house=Theme | | 6 | **enter** | should | Mother | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **not** **know** | gerund | Twins *= twin* *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 8 | **come** | past | | | | | | what *nsubj* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **not** **go out** | would | Twins *= twin* | | | | | out *property* | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=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 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/31/33/) - next →: [sentence 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/31/35/) - ↑ back to [The Hero Twins](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/31/)