--- title: Time passing so, it came one day that T’hoo-chée-deh, the smallest o… — The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo I… · tree and pragmatics description: Time passing so, it came one day that T’hoo-chée-deh, the smallest of Mice, who lives in the little mounds around the chapparo-bush, was making his road underground, when he came to a kind of root with a sweet smell. Who acts: Time, cure, one day, chée deh. 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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 (Time, cure, one day, chée deh), 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:pg77804:34:31 # text = Time passing so, it came one day that T’hoo-chée-deh, the smallest of Mice, who lives in the little mounds around the chapparo-bush, was making his road underground, when he came to a kind of root with a sweet smell. 1 Time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl:unmarked _ _ 2 passing pass VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 1 acl _ _ 3 so so ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 8 nummod _ _ 8 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl:unmarked _ _ 9 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 14 nsubj _ _ 10 T’hoo T'hoo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 chée chée NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 13 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 deh deh NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 smallest small ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 14 appos _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 Mice mouse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 22 nsubj _ _ 22 lives live VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 mounds mound NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obl _ _ 27 around around ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 29 chapparo chapparo NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 30 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 bush bush NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 making make VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 22 advcl _ _ 35 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 37 underground underground ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 39 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 41 advmod _ _ 40 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 42 to to ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 kind kind NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 root root NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nmod _ _ 47 with with ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 48 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 49 sweet sweet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 50 smell smell NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pass** | gerund | Time *not said here* | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **come** | past | cure | | | | day; time | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **deh** | | one day | | | | | T’hoo *nsubj* | tree rules | | 4 | **live** | present | chée deh | | | the little mounds around the chapparo bush | | | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in mound=Location | | 5 | **make** | past · progressive | chée deh *not said here* | deh's road | | | | underground *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset road=Product | | 6 | **come** | past | T’hoo *= t'hoo* | | | a kind of root | | with a sweet smell | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to kind=Initial\_Location | 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 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/34/29/) - next →: [sentence 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/34/31/) - ↑ back to [Doctor Field-mouse](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/34/)