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title: But luckily for them, the Trues were still mindful of them; and just… — The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo I… · tree and pragmatics
description: But luckily for them, the Trues were still mindful of them; and just in the nick of time sent their servant, Teé-oh-pee, the Badger, who is the best of diggers, to dig a hole up through the floor; all the water ran out, and they were saved. Who acts: Trues, nick, Teé, Badger. A sentence of «The man 
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# The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo Indian folk-stories, The Hero Twins, sentence 89

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But luckily for them, the Trues were still mindful of them; and just in the nick of time sent their servant, Teé-oh-pee, the Badger, who is the best of diggers, to dig a hole up through the floor; all the water ran out, and they were saved.

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**Who acts:** Trues, nick, Teé, Badger, water · **What happens:** be, send, pee, dig up, run out, save · **To what, where:** servant, hole, lightnings

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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 (Trues, nick, Teé, Badger), 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:pg77804:31:89
# text = But luckily for them, the Trues were still mindful of them; and just in the nick of time sent their servant, Teé-oh-pee, the Badger, who is the best of diggers, to dig a hole up through the floor; all the water ran out, and they were saved.
1	But	but	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
2	luckily	luckily	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Trues	true	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
8	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
9	still	still	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	mindful	mindful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
15	just	just	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	nick	nick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
19	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	21	mark	_	_
20	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obl:unmarked	_	_
21	sent	send	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	acl	_	_
22	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	23	nmod:poss	_	_
23	servant	servant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	_
25	Teé	Teé	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	29	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	29	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	oh	oh	INTJ	UH	_	29	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	27	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	pee	pee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
31	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
32	Badger	Badger	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	37	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	37	punct	_	_
34	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	37	nsubj	_	_
35	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	37	cop	_	_
36	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	37	det	_	_
37	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	18	parataxis	_	_
38	of	of	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
39	diggers	digger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	37	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	42	punct	_	_
41	to	to	PART	TO	_	42	mark	_	_
42	dig	dig	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	37	conj	_	_
43	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	44	det	_	_
44	hole	hole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	obj	_	_
45	up	up	ADP	RP	_	42	compound:prt	_	_
46	through	through	ADP	IN	_	48	case	_	_
47	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	48	det	_	_
48	floor	floor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	53	punct	_	_
50	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	52	det:predet	_	_
51	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	52	det	_	_
52	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	53	nsubj	_	_
53	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	42	conj	_	_
54	out	out	ADP	RP	_	53	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
55	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	59	punct	_	_
56	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	59	cc	_	_
57	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	59	nsubj	_	_
58	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	59	aux:pass	_	_
59	saved	save	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
60	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the Trues |  |  |  | still | for lightnings *= lightning*; of lightnings *= lightning*; the nick and pee *conj*; mindful *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **send** | past | the nick and pee *not said here* | lightnings's servant |  |  | time |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent servant=Theme |
| 3 | **pee** |  | Teé |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **is** | present | the Badger |  |  |  |  | of diggers; the nick and pee *nsubj*; good *property* | tree rules |
| 5 | **dig up** | to-infinitive | the Badger *not said here* | a hole |  |  |  | through the floor | vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.patient»: agent=Agent hole=Instrument through floor=Patient |
| 6 | **run out** | past | all water |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 7 | **save** | past · passive |  | lightnings *= lightning* |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

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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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