The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo Indian folk-stories, The Maker of the Thunder-knives, sentence 85
The Trues of the North promised to defend them, but again the skeleton came and scared them away; and they ran for many moons until they came to the Trues of the West, who dwell in T’hoor-kím-p’ah-whée-ay, the Yellow Lake Where the Sun Sets.
Who acts: Trues, skeleton · What happens: promise, defend, come, scare away, run, dwell · To what, where: Trues, T’hoor kím
This is a sentence of «The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo Indian folk-stories» by Charles Fletcher Lummis, The Maker of the Thunder-knives. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Trues, skeleton), 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Trues | det |
| 2 | Trues | true | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 promised | nsubj |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 North | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 North | det |
| 5 | North | North | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Trues | nmod |
| 6 | promised | promise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 defend | mark |
| 8 | defend | defend | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 promised | xcomp |
| 9 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 defend | obj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 came | punct |
| 11 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 15 came | cc |
| 12 | again | again | ADV | _ | 15 came | advmod |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 skeleton | det |
| 14 | skeleton | skeleton | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 came | nsubj |
| 15 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 promised | parataxis |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 scared | cc |
| 17 | scared | scare | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 came | conj |
| 18 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 scared | obj |
| 19 | away | away | ADV | _ | 17 scared | advmod |
| 20 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 23 ran | punct |
| 21 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 23 ran | cc |
| 22 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 23 ran | nsubj |
| 23 | ran | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 promised | conj |
| 24 | for | for | ADP | _ | 26 moons | case |
| 25 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 26 moons | amod |
| 26 | moons | moon | NOUN | Number=Plur | 23 ran | obl |
| 27 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 29 came | mark |
| 28 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 29 came | nsubj |
| 29 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 23 ran | advcl |
| 30 | to | to | ADP | _ | 32 Trues | case |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 Trues | det |
| 32 | Trues | true | NOUN | Number=Plur | 29 came | obl |
| 33 | of | of | ADP | _ | 35 West | case |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 West | det |
| 35 | West | West | PROPN | Number=Sing | 32 Trues | nmod |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 dwell | punct |
| 37 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 38 dwell | nsubj |
| 38 | dwell | dwell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 32 Trues | acl:relcl |
| 39 | in | in | ADP | _ | 42 kím | case |
| 40 | T’hoor | t'hoor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 kím | compound |
| 41 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 40 T’hoor | punct |
| 42 | kím | kím | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 dwell | obl |
| 43 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 44 p’ah | punct |
| 44 | p’ah | p'ah | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 ay | compound |
| 45 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 44 p’ah | punct |
| 46 | whée | whée | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 ay | compound |
| 47 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 46 whée | punct |
| 48 | ay | ay | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 kím | appos |
| 49 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 52 Lake | punct |
| 50 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 52 Lake | det |
| 51 | Yellow | yellow | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 52 Lake | amod |
| 52 | Lake | Lake | PROPN | Number=Sing | 48 ay | appos |
| 53 | Where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 56 Sets | advmod |
| 54 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 56 Sets | det |
| 55 | Sun | Sun | PROPN | Number=Sing | 56 Sets | compound |
| 56 | Sets | Set | PROPN | Number=Plur | 52 Lake | flat |
| 57 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 promised | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | promise speech: promise | past | the Trues of the North | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | defend not said to happen | to-infinitive | the Trues of the North not said here | Trues = true | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Beneficiary | ||||
| 3 | come | past | the skeleton | again | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 4 | scare away | past | the skeleton not said here | Trues = true | away property | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus they=Experiencer | |||
| 5 | run | past | Trues = true | for many moons | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for moon=Beneficiary | ||||
| 6 | come | past | Trues = true | the Trues of the West | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to true=Initial_Location | ||||
| 7 | dwell | present | the Trues of the West | T’hoor kím | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in kím=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.
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