--- title: The moon is worshipped as the representative of the sun; and in the… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics description: The moon is worshipped as the representative of the sun; and in the great Sun-dance, which is usually held in the full of the moon, when the moon rises the dancers turn their eyes on her (or him). Who acts: moon, great Sun dance, dancers. 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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 (moon, great Sun dance, dancers), 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:pg8122:21:71 # text = The moon is worshipped as the representative of the sun; and in the great Sun-dance, which is usually held in the full of the moon, when the moon rises the dancers turn their eyes on her (or him). 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 moon moon NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 worshipped worshipped ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 as as ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 representative representative NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ; ; PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 15 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 16 Sun Sun PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 17 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 dance dance NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 23 nsubj:pass _ _ 21 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux:pass _ _ 22 usually usually ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 23 held hold VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 acl:relcl _ _ 24 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 obl _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 moon moon NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 when when SCONJ WRB _ 34 mark _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 moon moon NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 34 rises rise VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 dancers dancer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 nsubj _ _ 37 turn turn VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 parataxis _ _ 38 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obj _ _ 40 on on SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 41 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 42 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 or or CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the moon | | | | | as the representative of the sun; worshipped *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **hold** | present · passive | | the great Sun dance | | the full of the moon | | usually *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in full=Location | | 3 | **rise** | present | the great Sun dance | | | | | the moon *nsubj* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **turn** | present | the dancers | dancers's eyes | | | | dance *xcomp* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent eye=Theme | 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:** «Legends of the Northwest» by Hanford Lennox Gordon, Project Gutenberg book 8122 (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 70](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/21/70/) - next →: [sentence 72](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/21/72/) - ↑ back to [In the Measure of Hiawatha, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/21/)