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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, boys), 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:pg77804:31:54 # text = She set them down upon the ground and said: “Now, boys, go and bring me a lot of wood, that I may make a fire in the oven and bake you some sweet cakes.” 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 set set VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 down down ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 5 upon upon ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 : : PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 11 “ " PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 14 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 boys boy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 16 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 ccomp _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 conj _ _ 19 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 lot lot NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 that that SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 26 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 parataxis _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 31 in in ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 oven oven NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 bake bake VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ _ 36 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 35 obj _ _ 37 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 39 det _ _ 38 sweet sweet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 cakes cake NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ” " PUNCT '' _ 16 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **set down** | past | woman | boys *= boy* | | the ground | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme upon ground=Destination | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | woman *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **go** *in a quote* | infinitive | boys | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **bring** *in a quote* | infinitive | boys *not said here* | a lot of wood | woman | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent i=Destination lot=Theme | | 5 | **make** *in a quote* | may | woman | a fire | | the oven | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fire=Product | | 6 | **bake** *in a quote* | present | woman *not said here* | some sweet cakes | you | | | | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent you=Beneficiary cake=Product | 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 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/31/53/) - next →: [sentence 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/31/55/) - ↑ back to [The Hero Twins](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/31/)