--- title: He was a good neighbor, too; and I had few pleasanter hours than tho… — The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo I… · tree and pragmatics description: He was a good neighbor, too; and I had few pleasanter hours than those spent in talking with this genial old shrivel, who was _muy sabio_ in all the folk-lore and wisdom of his unfathomable race; and very close-mouthed about it, too--as they all are. 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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 (Desiderio, I, few pleasanter hours, eyes), 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:pg77804:32:61 # text = He was a good neighbor, too; and I had few pleasanter hours than those spent in talking with this genial old shrivel, who was _muy sabio_ in all the folk-lore and wisdom of his unfathomable race; and very close-mouthed about it, too--as they all are. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 neighbor neighbor NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 too too ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ; ; PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 12 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 13 pleasanter pleasant ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 14 amod _ _ 14 hours hour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nsubj _ _ 15 than than ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 those that PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 14 nmod _ _ 17 spent spend VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 16 acl _ _ 18 in in SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 19 talking talk VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 17 advcl _ _ 20 with with ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 23 nsubj _ _ 22 genial genial ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 obl _ _ 24 shrivel shrivel VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 26 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 30 nsubj _ _ 27 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 28 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 muy muy NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 compound _ _ 30 sabio sabio NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 31 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 30 punct _ _ 32 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 33 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 37 det:predet _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 35 folk folk NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 36 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 lore lore NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 wisdom wisdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 conj _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 41 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 42 unfathomable unfathomable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 race race NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ; ; PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 46 very very ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 47 close close ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 48 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 47 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 mouthed mouth VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 parataxis _ _ 50 about about ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 53 too too ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 54 -- -- PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 55 as as SCONJ IN _ 58 mark _ _ 56 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 58 nsubj _ _ 57 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 56 det _ _ 58 are be VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 49 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 59 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | Desiderio | a good neighbor | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **have** | past | I | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **spend** | participle | | | | | | | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **talk** | gerund | | | | | | with genial old this | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with old=Co-Agent | | 5 | **shrivel** | present | few pleasanter hours than those | | | | | | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 6 | **is a** | past | | muy sabio | | | | who *nsubj*; all folk lore and wisdom of Desiderio's unfathomable race *obl* | tree rules | | 7 | **mouth** | participle | | | | | | about race | tree rules | | 8 | **does** | present | eyes *= eye* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **race** | | Desiderio | | | | | | nom race «event intransitive»: poss=agent | 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 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/32/60/) - next →: [sentence 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/32/62/) - ↑ back to [The Hungry Grandfathers](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/32/)