--- title: _” When he got home he took his mother from the bag and tried to set… — The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo I… · tree and pragmatics description: _” When he got home he took his mother from the bag and tried to set her up in the chimney-corner, always crying, “_Ai nana_, why don’t you sit up as before?” Who acts: Coyote, you. 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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 (Coyote, you), 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:pg77804:4:24 # text = _” When he got home he took his mother from the bag and tried to set her up in the chimney-corner, always crying, “_Ai nana_, why don’t you sit up as before?” 1 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ” " PUNCT '' _ 1 punct _ _ 3 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ _ 6 home home ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 from from ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 bag bag NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 tried try VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 set set VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 xcomp _ _ 18 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ _ 19 up up ADP RP _ 17 compound:prt _ _ 20 in in ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 22 chimney chimney NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 23 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 corner corner NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 27 advmod _ _ 27 crying cry VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 “ " PUNCT `` _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 Ai ai NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 compound _ _ 32 nana nana NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 35 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 39 advmod _ _ 36 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 37 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 39 advmod _ _ 38 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 sit sit VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 40 up up ADP RP _ 39 compound:prt _ _ 41 as as ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 before before ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ” " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** *in a quote* | past | Coyote | | | | | home *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **take** *in a quote* | past | Coyote | Coyote's mother | | the bag | | | tree rules | | 3 | **try** *in a quote* | past | Coyote *not said here* | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **set up** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | Coyote *not said here* | nana | | the chimney corner | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme in corner=Destination | | 5 | **cry** *speech: express* *in a quote* | gerund | Coyote *not said here* | Ai nana | | | | always *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **not** **sit up** | present · do-support | you | | | | | before *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/4/23/) - next →: [sentence 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/4/25/) - ↑ back to [The Coyote and the Crows](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/4/)