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description: Ever since the great drouth of a generation ago, about one hundred and fifty Quères, starved out from the pueblos of Acoma and Laguna, have dwelt in Isleta, and they are now a permanent part of the Village, recognized by representation in the civil and religious government, though speaking an altoge
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# The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo Indian folk-stories, The Hero Twins, sentence 7

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Ever since the great drouth of a generation ago, about one hundred and fifty Quères, starved out from the pueblos of Acoma and Laguna, have dwelt in Isleta, and they are now a permanent part of the Village, recognized by representation in the civil and religious government, though speaking an altogether different language.

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**Who acts:** Quères, Pueblos · **What happens:** starve out, dwell, be, recognize, speak · **To what, where:** one hundred, pueblos, permanent part, Village, different language · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo Indian folk-stories» by Charles Fletcher Lummis, The Hero Twins. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Quères, Pueblos), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg77804:31:7
# text = Ever since the great drouth of a generation ago, about one hundred and fifty Quères, starved out from the pueblos of Acoma and Laguna, have dwelt in Isleta, and they are now a permanent part of the Village, recognized by representation in the civil and religious government, though speaking an altogether different language.
1	Ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	9	advmod	_	_
2	since	since	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	drouth	drouth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl:unmarked	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	generation	generation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	ago	ago	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
11	about	about	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
12	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	13	compound	_	_
13	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	18	obl	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	fifty	fifty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	13	conj	_	_
16	Quères	Quères	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
18	starved	starve	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
19	out	out	ADP	RP	_	18	compound:prt	_	_
20	from	from	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	pueblos	pueblo	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	29	obl	_	_
23	of	of	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
24	Acoma	Acoma	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	22	nmod	_	_
25	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	26	cc	_	_
26	Laguna	Laguna	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	24	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
28	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	29	aux	_	_
29	dwelt	dwell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	18	parataxis	_	_
30	in	in	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
31	Isleta	Isleta	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	29	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	39	punct	_	_
33	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	39	cc	_	_
34	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	39	nsubj	_	_
35	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	39	cop	_	_
36	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	39	advmod	_	_
37	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	39	det	_	_
38	permanent	permanent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	39	amod	_	_
39	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	parataxis	_	_
40	of	of	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
41	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	42	det	_	_
42	Village	Village	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	39	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	44	punct	_	_
44	recognized	recognize	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	42	acl	_	_
45	by	by	ADP	IN	_	46	case	_	_
46	representation	representation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	44	obl	_	_
47	in	in	ADP	IN	_	52	case	_	_
48	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	52	det	_	_
49	civil	civil	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	52	amod	_	_
50	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	51	cc	_	_
51	religious	religious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	49	conj	_	_
52	government	government	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	44	obl:agent	_	SpaceAfter=No
53	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	55	punct	_	_
54	though	though	SCONJ	IN	_	55	mark	_	_
55	speaking	speak	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	29	advcl	_	_
56	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	59	det	_	_
57	altogether	altogether	ADV	RB	_	58	advmod	_	_
58	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	59	amod	_	_
59	language	language	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	55	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
60	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	18	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **starve out** | past | Quères | one hundred |  |  | ever | ago *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **dwell** | present · perfect |  |  |  | the pueblos of Acoma and Laguna |  | in Isleta | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in isleta=Location |
| 3 | **is a** | present | Pueblos *= pueblo* | a permanent part |  |  | now | of the Village | tree rules |
| 4 | **recognize** | participle |  | the Village *not said here* |  |  |  | by representation; the civil government *obl:agent* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 5 | **speak** *speech: other* | gerund |  | a different language |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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.

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**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.

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