--- title: She was so enormous and looked so fierce that the boys’ hearts stood… — The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo I… · tree and pragmatics description: She was so enormous and looked so fierce that the boys’ hearts stood still, and they would have hidden, but just then she caught sight of them, and called: “Come, little boys, and get into this basket of mine, and I will take you to my house.” Who acts: woman, hearts. 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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 (woman, hearts), 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:pg77804:31:42 # text = She was so enormous and looked so fierce that the boys’ hearts stood still, and they would have hidden, but just then she caught sight of them, and called: “Come, little boys, and get into this basket of mine, and I will take you to my house.” 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 so so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 enormous enormous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 7 so so ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 fierce fierce ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 xcomp _ _ 9 that that SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 boys boy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ’ 's PART POS _ 11 case _ _ 13 hearts heart NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nsubj _ _ 14 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ _ 15 still still ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 18 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj:pass _ _ 19 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 20 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 21 aux _ _ 21 hidden hide VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 23 but but CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 24 just just ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 25 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 27 advmod _ _ 26 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 caught catch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 28 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 : : PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 35 “ " PUNCT `` _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 Come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 boys boy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 conj _ _ 43 into into ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 45 det _ _ 45 basket basket NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 mine my PRON PRP Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 50 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 51 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 52 aux _ _ 52 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 conj _ _ 53 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 52 obj _ _ 54 to to ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 56 nmod:poss _ _ 56 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 58 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | woman | | | | | enormous *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **look** | past | woman *not said here* | | | | | fierce *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 3 | **stand** | past | the boys's hearts | | | | still | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **hide** | would · perfect · passive | | hearts *= heart* | | | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 5 | **catch** | past | woman | sight of hearts | | | then | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sight=Theme | | 6 | **call** *speech: assert* | past | woman *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **come** *in a quote* | infinitive | woman *not said here* | little boys | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **get** *in a quote* | infinitive | woman *not said here* | | | this basket of mine | | | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme into basket=Destination | | 9 | **take** *in a quote* | future | woman | you | | my house | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent you=Theme to house=Destination | | 10 | **sight** | | | hearts *= heart* | | | | | nom sight «cognition transitive»: of=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 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/31/41/) - next →: [sentence 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/31/43/) - ↑ back to [The Hero Twins](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/31/)