--- title: On the last night, when he had taught the men all the herbs and how… — The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo I… · tree and pragmatics description: On the last night, when he had taught the men all the herbs and how to use them, and they had become wise with practice, they sent T’hoo-chée-deh out with a strong guard, that nothing should harm him. Who acts: herbs, nothing. 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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 (herbs, nothing), 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:pg77804:34:102 # text = On the last night, when he had taught the men all the herbs and how to use them, and they had become wise with practice, they sent T’hoo-chée-deh out with a strong guard, that nothing should harm him. 1 On on ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 9 advmod _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 8 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 taught teach VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ _ 12 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 14 det:predet _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 herbs herb NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 16 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 18 advmod _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 use use VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ _ 19 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 22 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 become become VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 9 conj _ _ 25 wise wise ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 xcomp _ _ 26 with with ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 practice practice NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 31 T’hoo T'hoo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 32 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 chée chée NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 34 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 deh deh NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 36 out out ADP RP _ 30 compound:prt _ _ 37 with with ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 guard guard NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 42 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 43 det _ _ 43 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 45 nsubj _ _ 44 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 harm harm VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 conj _ _ 46 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **teach** *speech: other* | past · perfect · passive | | T’hoo *= t'hoo* | the men | | night | all herbs *obj* | tree rules | | 2 | **use** | to-infinitive | | herbs *= herb* | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient | | 3 | **become** | past · perfect | herbs *= herb* | | | | | wise *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **send out** | past | herbs *= herb* | T’hoo chée deh | | | | with a strong guard | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent deh=Theme | | 5 | **harm** | should | nothing | T’hoo *= t'hoo* | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer | 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 99](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/34/99/) - next →: [sentence 101](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/34/101/) - ↑ back to [Doctor Field-mouse](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/34/)