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The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo Indian folk-stories, The Moqui[72] Boy and the Eagle, sentence 49

They believe such use of this sacred herb propitiates the spirits and keeps off the terrible _soroche_, or mountain-sickness; and that it also makes veins of metal easier to be worked--softening the stone, even as it did for Tái-oh.

Who acts: leaves, such use, use · What happens: believe, propitiate, keep off, make, work, soften · To what, where: spirits, terrible _ soroche, veins, stone, sacred herb · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo Indian folk-stories» by Charles Fletcher Lummis, The Moqui[72] Boy and the Eagle. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (leaves, such use, use), 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

nsubjamodnsubjcasedetamodnmodccompdetobjccconjcasedetamodcompoundoblpunctpunctcccompoundpunctoblpunctccmarknsubjadvmodparataxisobjcasenmodxcompmarkaux:passadvclpunctadvcldetobjpunctadvmodmarknsubjadvclcaseparataxispunctdiscoursepunctrootTheyPRONbelieveVERBsuchADJuseNOUNofADPthisDETsacredADJherbNOUNpropitiatesVERBtheDETspiritsNOUNandCCONJkeepsVERBoffADPtheDETterribleADJ_NOUNsorocheNOUN_PUNCT,PUNCTorCCONJmountainNOUN-PUNCTsicknessNOUN;PUNCTandCCONJthatSCONJitPRONalsoADVmakesVERBveinsNOUNofADPmetalNOUNeasierADJtoPARTbeAUXworkedVERB--PUNCTsofteningVERBtheDETstoneNOUN,PUNCTevenADVasSCONJitPRONdidVERBforADPTáiPROPN-PUNCTohINTJ.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1TheytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs2 believensubj
2believebelieveVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3suchsuchADJDegree=Pos4 useamod
4useuseNOUNNumber=Sing9 propitiatesnsubj
5ofofADP_8 herbcase
6thisthisDETNumber=Sing PronType=Dem8 herbdet
7sacredsacredADJDegree=Pos8 herbamod
8herbherbNOUNNumber=Sing4 usenmod
9propitiatespropitiateVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin2 believeccomp
10thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art11 spiritsdet
11spiritsspiritNOUNNumber=Plur9 propitiatesobj
12andandCCONJ_13 keepscc
13keepskeepVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin9 propitiatesconj
14offoffADP_18 sorochecase
15thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art18 sorochedet
16terribleterribleADJDegree=Pos18 sorocheamod
17__NOUNNumber=Sing18 sorochecompound
18sorochesorocheNOUNNumber=Sing13 keepsobl
19__PUNCT_13 keepspunct
20,,PUNCT_24 sicknesspunct
21ororCCONJ_24 sicknesscc
22mountainmountainNOUNNumber=Sing24 sicknesscompound
23--PUNCT_22 mountainpunct
24sicknesssicknessNOUNNumber=Sing13 keepsobl
25;;PUNCT_30 makespunct
26andandCCONJ_30 makescc
27thatthatSCONJ_30 makesmark
28ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs30 makesnsubj
29alsoalsoADV_30 makesadvmod
30makesmakeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin2 believeparataxis
31veinsveinNOUNNumber=Plur30 makesobj
32ofofADP_33 metalcase
33metalmetalNOUNNumber=Sing31 veinsnmod
34easiereasyADJDegree=Cmp30 makesxcomp
35totoPART_37 workedmark
36bebeAUXVerbForm=Inf37 workedaux:pass
37workedworkVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass34 easieradvcl
38----PUNCT_39 softeningpunct
39softeningsoftenVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part30 makesadvcl
40thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art41 stonedet
41stonestoneNOUNNumber=Sing39 softeningobj
42,,PUNCT_46 didpunct
43evenevenADV_46 didadvmod
44asasSCONJ_46 didmark
45ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs46 didnsubj
46diddoVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin39 softeningadvcl
47forforADP_48 Táicase
48TáiTáiPROPNNumber=Sing46 didparataxis
49--PUNCT_48 Táipunct
50ohohINTJ_48 Táidiscourse
51..PUNCT_2 believepunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1believepresentleaves = leafvn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2propitiatepresentsuch use of this sacred herbthe spiritstree rules
3keep offpresentsuch use of this sacred herb not said herethe terrible _ sorochemountain sickness oblvn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent soroche=Theme
4makepresentuseveins of metaleasy propertyvn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material vein=Product
5workto-infinitive · passiveuse not said herevn employment-95.3 «NP V»
6softengerunduse not said herethe stonevn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent stone=Patient
7dopastuseTái parataxisvn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
8usethis sacred herbnom use «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.

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