--- title: She retraced her steps until she found the boys hidden in the pine-t… — The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo I… · tree and pragmatics description: She retraced her steps until she found the boys hidden in the pine-tree, and said to them: “Come down, children, and get into my basket, that I may take you to my house, for now we are almost there.” Who acts: woman, I, we. 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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, I, we), 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:pg77804:31:51 # text = She retraced her steps until she found the boys hidden in the pine-tree, and said to them: “Come down, children, and get into my basket, that I may take you to my house, for now we are almost there.” 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 retraced retrace VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 steps step NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 until until SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 6 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 boys boy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ _ 10 hidden hide VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 acl _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 13 pine pine NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 14 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 19 to to ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 : : PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 22 “ " PUNCT `` _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 Come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 parataxis _ _ 24 down down ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 26 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 conj _ _ 30 into into ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 basket basket NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 34 that that SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 35 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 conj _ _ 38 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 to to ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 for for ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 37 advmod _ _ 45 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 46 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 48 cop _ _ 47 almost almost ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 48 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 44 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **retrace** | past | woman | woman's steps | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **find** | past | woman | the boys | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boy=Topic | | 3 | **hide** | participle | | the boys *not said here* | | the pine tree | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in tree=Location | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | boys *= boy* | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to they=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **come down** *in a quote* | infinitive | | children | | | | down *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **get** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | my basket | | | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme into basket=Destination | | 7 | **take** *in a quote* | may | I | boys *= boy* | | my house | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent you=Theme to house=Destination | | 8 | **is** *in a quote* | present | we | | | | | almost, there *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **step** | | woman | | | | | | nom step «act transitive»: poss=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 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/31/50/) - next →: [sentence 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/31/52/) - ↑ back to [The Hero Twins](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/31/)