--- title: There was one old She-Bear in particular, so huge and fierce that al… — The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo I… · tree and pragmatics description: There was one old She-Bear in particular, so huge and fierce that all men feared her; and not even the boldest hunter dared go to the south--for there she had her home with her two sons. Who acts: one old She Bear, men, boldest hunter, South. 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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 (one old She Bear, men, boldest hunter, South), 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:pg77804:31:93 # text = There was one old She-Bear in particular, so huge and fierce that all men feared her; and not even the boldest hunter dared go to the south--for there she had her home with her two sons. 1 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 2 expl _ _ 2 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ _ 4 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 5 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 Bear bear NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 particular particular ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 so so ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 huge huge ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 parataxis _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 fierce fierce ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 conj _ _ 15 that that SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 16 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 17 det _ _ 17 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nsubj _ _ 18 feared fear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 advcl _ _ 19 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 22 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 27 advmod _ _ 23 even even ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 boldest bold ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 26 amod _ _ 26 hunter hunter NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 27 dared dare VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 28 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 xcomp _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 south south NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 -- -- PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 for for ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 36 obl _ _ 35 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ _ 37 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 39 with with ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 40 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 41 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 42 nummod _ _ 42 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | past | one old She Bear in particular | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **fear** | past | all men | South | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | | 3 | **not** **dare** | past | the boldest hunter | | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **not** **go** | infinitive | the boldest hunter *not said here* | | | the south | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to south=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **have** | past | South | South's home | | | | with South's two sons | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent home=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 91](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/31/91/) - next →: [sentence 93](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/31/93/) - ↑ back to [The Hero Twins](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/31/)