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The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo Indian folk-stories, The Town of the Snake-girls, sentence 55

“Now,” said the medicine-man, “when we get home, the two witch-sisters will come to congratulate you, and will pretend not to know anything of the trouble that befell you, and when you see them you must invite _them_ to a game of _mah-khúr_.”

Who acts: medicine man, we, two witch sisters, trouble, you · What happens: say, get, come, congratulate, pretend, not know · To what, where: you, anything, sisters · 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 Town of the Snake-girls. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (medicine man, we, two witch sisters, trouble), 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

punctadvmodpunctpunctdetcompoundpunctobjpunctpunctadvmodnsubjadvcladvmodpunctdetnummodcompoundpunctnsubjauxparataxismarkxcompobjpunctccauxconjadvmodmarkxcompobjcasedetnmodnsubjacl:relclobjpunctccadvmodnsubjadvclobjnsubjauxccomppunctobjpunctcasedetoblcasepunctcompoundpunctnmodpunctpunctpunctroot“PUNCTNowADV,PUNCT”PUNCTsaidVERBtheDETmedicineNOUN-PUNCTmanNOUN,PUNCT“PUNCTwhenADVwePRONgetVERBhomeADV,PUNCTtheDETtwoNUMwitchNOUN-PUNCTsistersNOUNwillAUXcomeVERBtoPARTcongratulateVERByouPRON,PUNCTandCCONJwillAUXpretendVERBnotPARTtoPARTknowVERBanythingPRONofADPtheDETtroubleNOUNthatPRONbefellVERByouPRON,PUNCTandCCONJwhenADVyouPRONseeVERBthemPRONyouPRONmustAUXinviteVERB_PUNCTthemPRON_PUNCTtoADPaDETgameNOUNofADP_PUNCTmahNOUN-PUNCTkhúrNOUN_PUNCT.PUNCT”PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1“"PUNCT_5 saidpunct
2NownowADVPronType=Dem5 saidadvmod
3,,PUNCT_2 Nowpunct
4”"PUNCT_5 saidpunct
5saidsayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
6thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art9 mandet
7medicinemedicineNOUNNumber=Sing9 mancompound
8--PUNCT_7 medicinepunct
9manmanNOUNNumber=Sing5 saidobj
10,,PUNCT_23 comepunct
11“"PUNCT_23 comepunct
12whenwhenADVPronType=Int14 getadvmod
13wewePRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs14 getnsubj
14getgetVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin23 comeadvcl
15homehomeADV_14 getadvmod
16,,PUNCT_14 getpunct
17thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art21 sistersdet
18twotwoNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card21 sistersnummod
19witchwitchNOUNNumber=Sing21 sisterscompound
20--PUNCT_19 witchpunct
21sisterssisterNOUNNumber=Plur23 comensubj
22willwillAUXVerbForm=Fin23 comeaux
23comecomeVERBVerbForm=Inf5 saidparataxis
24totoPART_25 congratulatemark
25congratulatecongratulateVERBVerbForm=Inf23 comexcomp
26youyouPRONCase=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs25 congratulateobj
27,,PUNCT_30 pretendpunct
28andandCCONJ_30 pretendcc
29willwillAUXVerbForm=Fin30 pretendaux
30pretendpretendVERBVerbForm=Inf23 comeconj
31notnotPARTPolarity=Neg33 knowadvmod
32totoPART_33 knowmark
33knowknowVERBVerbForm=Inf30 pretendxcomp
34anythinganythingPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Ind33 knowobj
35ofofADP_37 troublecase
36thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art37 troubledet
37troubletroubleNOUNNumber=Sing34 anythingnmod
38thatthatPRONPronType=Rel39 befellnsubj
39befellbefallVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin37 troubleacl:relcl
40youyouPRONCase=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs39 befellobj
41,,PUNCT_49 invitepunct
42andandCCONJ_49 invitecc
43whenwhenADVPronType=Int45 seeadvmod
44youyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs45 seensubj
45seeseeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin49 inviteadvcl
46themtheyPRONCase=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs45 seeobj
47youyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs49 invitensubj
48mustmustAUXVerbForm=Fin49 inviteaux
49inviteinviteVERBVerbForm=Inf5 saidccomp
50__PUNCT_51 thempunct
51themtheyPRONCase=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs49 inviteobj
52__PUNCT_51 thempunct
53totoADP_55 gamecase
54aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art55 gamedet
55gamegameNOUNNumber=Sing49 inviteobl
56ofofADP_60 khúrcase
57__PUNCT_60 khúrpunct
58mahmahNOUNNumber=Sing60 khúrcompound
59--PUNCT_58 mahpunct
60khúrkhúrNOUNNumber=Sing55 gamenmod
61__PUNCT_49 invitepunct
62..PUNCT_5 saidpunct
63”"PUNCT_5 saidpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: assertpastthe medicine mannowvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2get in a quotepresentwehome propertyvn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
3come in a quotefuturethe two witch sisterstree rules
4congratulate in a quoteto-infinitivethe two witch sisters not said hereyouvn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme
5pretend in a quotefuturethe two witch sisters not said heretree rules
6not know in a quoteto-infinitivethe two witch sisters not said hereanything of the troublevn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer anything=Stimulus
7befall in a quotepastthe troubleyoutree rules
8see in a quotepresentyousisters = sistervn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus
9invite in a quotemustyousisters = sisterto a game of mah khúrvn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient

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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