--- title: For it is very long ago; and if one made a mistake in telling, and s… — The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo I… · tree and pragmatics description: For it is very long ago; and if one made a mistake in telling, and said that which was not all true, _Ch’áh-rah-ráh-deh_ would bite him, and he would die. Who acts: world, one, mistake, Ch’áh rah ráh. 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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 (world, one, mistake, Ch’áh rah ráh), 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:pg77804:34:15 # text = For it is very long ago; and if one made a mistake in telling, and said that which was not all true, _Ch’áh-rah-ráh-deh_ would bite him, and he would die. 1 For for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 4 very very ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 6 advmod _ _ 6 ago ago ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ; ; PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 9 if if SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 10 one one PRON PRP Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 mistake mistake NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 in in SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 15 telling tell VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 13 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 19 that that SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 20 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 24 nsubj _ _ 21 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 cop _ _ 22 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 24 advmod _ _ 23 all all ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 24 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 26 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 Ch’áh Ch'áh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 28 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 rah rah NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 30 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ráh ráh NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 deh deh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 34 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 31 punct _ _ 35 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 bite bite VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 37 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 40 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 41 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 die die VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | world | | | | | ago, long *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **make** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | one | a mistake | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset mistake=Product | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | gerund | a mistake *not said here* | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | one *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **not** **is** | past | | | | | | which *nsubj*; all, true *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **bite** | would | Ch’áh rah ráh | deh | | | | | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 7 | **die** | would | ráh | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | 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 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/34/14/) - next →: [sentence 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/34/16/) - ↑ back to [Doctor Field-mouse](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/34/)