--- title: When the Mountain Lion said, “And thou, T’hoo-chée-deh--hast thou a… — The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo I… · tree and pragmatics description: When the Mountain Lion said, “And thou, T’hoo-chée-deh--hast thou a cure?” he rose in his place and came forward modestly, saying: “If the others will allow me, and with the help of the Trues, I will try what I found last.” Who acts: Mountain Lion, thou, deh, others. 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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 (Mountain Lion, thou, deh, others), 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:pg77804:34:44 # text = When the Mountain Lion said, “And thou, T’hoo-chée-deh--hast thou a cure?” he rose in his place and came forward modestly, saying: “If the others will allow me, and with the help of the Trues, I will try what I found last.” 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 Mountain Mountain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 Lion Lion PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 7 “ " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 And and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 17 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 11 T’hoo T'hoo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 12 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 chée chée NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 14 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 deh deh NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 -- -- PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 hast have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 ccomp _ _ 18 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 17 obj _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 cure cure NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 rose rise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 30 forward forward ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 31 modestly modestly ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 33 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 29 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 : : PUNCT : _ 40 punct _ _ 35 “ " PUNCT `` _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 If if SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 nsubj _ _ 39 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 allow allow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 ccomp _ _ 41 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 40 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 44 with with ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 help help NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obl _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 Trues True PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 46 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 51 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 52 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 53 aux _ _ 53 try try VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 parataxis _ _ 54 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 56 obj _ _ 55 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 56 nsubj _ _ 56 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 53 ccomp _ _ 57 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 56 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 58 . . PUNCT . _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 59 ” " PUNCT '' _ 24 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: ask* | past | the Mountain Lion | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **have** *in a quote* | present | thou T’hoo chée deh | thou | | | | a cure *obj* | tree rules | | 3 | **rise** | past | deh | | | deh's place | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in place=Location | | 4 | **come forward** | past | deh *not said here* | | | | | forward, modestly *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | deh *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **allow** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | future | the others | | deh | | | | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Beneficiary | | 7 | **try** *in a quote* | future | deh | | | | | with the help of the Trues | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 8 | **find** *in a quote* | past | deh | | | | | what *obj*; last *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic | | 9 | **help** *in a quote* | | | the Trues | | | | | nom help «act transitive»: of=patient | 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 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/34/42/) - next →: [sentence 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/34/44/) - ↑ back to [Doctor Field-mouse](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/34/)