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title: Until recently he held the important position of Captain of War for… — The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo I… · tree and pragmatics
description: Until recently he held the important position of Captain of War for the pueblo; and only two years ago I had the pleasure of going with two hundred _other_ Indians on a huge rabbit-hunt which was under his personal supervision, and in which he was as active as any one, both on his feet and with the 
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# The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo Indian folk-stories, The Hungry Grandfathers, sentence 59

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Until recently he held the important position of Captain of War for the pueblo; and only two years ago I had the pleasure of going with two hundred \_other\_ Indians on a huge rabbit-hunt which was under his personal supervision, and in which he was as active as any one, both on his feet and with the unerring boomerang.

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**Who acts:** Desiderio, I, pleasure, huge rabbit hunt · **What happens:** hold, have, go, be · **To what, where:** important position, pleasure, huge rabbit hunt, personal supervision

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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 Hungry Grandfathers. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Desiderio, I, pleasure, huge rabbit hunt), 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:pg77804:32:59
# text = Until recently he held the important position of Captain of War for the pueblo; and only two years ago I had the pleasure of going with two hundred _other_ Indians on a huge rabbit-hunt which was under his personal supervision, and in which he was as active as any one, both on his feet and with the unerring boomerang.
1	Until	until	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	recently	recently	ADV	RB	_	4	obl	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	held	hold	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	important	important	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	position	position	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Captain	Captain	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	War	War	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	pueblo	pueblo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
17	only	only	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
18	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	19	nummod	_	_
19	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	obl:unmarked	_	_
20	ago	ago	ADV	RB	_	22	advmod	_	_
21	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	22	nsubj	_	_
22	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	pleasure	pleasure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	obj	_	_
25	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	26	mark	_	_
26	going	go	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	24	acl	_	_
27	with	with	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
28	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	29	compound	_	_
29	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	26	obl	_	_
30	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	31	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	33	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	31	punct	_	_
33	Indians	Indian	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	22	obj	_	_
34	on	on	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
35	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	39	det	_	_
36	huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	39	amod	_	_
37	rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	37	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	hunt	hunt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	obl	_	_
40	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	45	nsubj	_	_
41	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	45	cop	_	_
42	under	under	ADP	IN	_	45	case	_	_
43	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	45	nmod:poss	_	_
44	personal	personal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	45	amod	_	_
45	supervision	supervision	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
46	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	53	punct	_	_
47	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	53	cc	_	_
48	in	in	ADP	IN	_	49	case	_	_
49	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	53	obl	_	_
50	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	53	nsubj	_	_
51	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	53	cop	_	_
52	as	as	ADV	RB	_	53	advmod	_	_
53	active	active	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	parataxis	_	_
54	as	as	ADP	IN	_	56	case	_	_
55	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	56	det	_	_
56	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	53	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
57	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	58	punct	_	_
58	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	53	obl	_	_
59	on	on	ADP	IN	_	61	case	_	_
60	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	61	nmod:poss	_	_
61	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	58	nmod	_	_
62	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	66	cc	_	_
63	with	with	ADP	IN	_	66	case	_	_
64	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	66	det	_	_
65	unerring	unerring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	66	compound	_	_
66	boomerang	boomerang	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	61	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
67	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | past | Desiderio | the important position of Captain of War |  |  |  | for the pueblo | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent position=Theme |
| 2 | **have** | past | I | the pleasure |  | a huge rabbit hunt |  | other Indians *obj*; ago *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **go** | gerund | the pleasure *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with two hundred | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with hundred=Beneficiary |
| 4 | **is** | past | a huge rabbit hunt |  |  | Desiderio's personal supervision |  | Desiderio *nmod:poss* | tree rules |
| 5 | **is** | past | Desiderio |  |  |  |  | as any one; both on Desiderio's feet and the unerring boomerang *obl*; which *obl*; active *property* | 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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