--- title: But whenever one of them was asked with the sacred corn-meal[112] to… — The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo I… · tree and pragmatics description: But whenever one of them was asked with the sacred corn-meal[112] to come and cure a sick one, he always came first to get the Father, the Field-Mouse, to accompany and help him. Who acts: one, man. 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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 (one, man), 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:pg77804:34:61 # text = But whenever one of them was asked with the sacred corn-meal[112] to come and cure a sick one, he always came first to get the Father, the Field-Mouse, to accompany and help him. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 2 whenever whenever SCONJ WRB _ 7 mark _ _ 3 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nmod _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 asked ask VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 8 with with ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 10 sacred sacred ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 11 corn corn NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 12 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 meal meal NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 112 112 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 13 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 15 punct _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 cure cure VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 conj _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 sick sick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 27 advmod _ _ 27 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 28 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 27 advmod _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 advcl _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 Father Father PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 35 Field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 36 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 Mouse mouse NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 accompany accompany VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 conj _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 conj _ _ 43 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past · passive | | one of people | | | | with the sacred corn meal | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **come** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | one of people *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **cure** | infinitive | one of people *not said here* | a sick one | | | | | vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer one=Source | | 4 | **come** | past | man | | | | | always, first *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **get** | to-infinitive | man *not said here* | the Father | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer father=Stimulus | | 6 | **accompany** | to-infinitive | man *not said here* | | | | | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **help** | infinitive | man *not said here* | | man | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary | 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 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/34/59/) - next →: [sentence 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/34/61/) - ↑ back to [Doctor Field-mouse](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/34/)