The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo Indian folk-stories, The Town of the Snake-girls, sentence 8
In history we know no more of the pueblo than that it was once there, but had been abandoned already when Coronado passed in 1540; but my aboriginal friends and fellow-citizens of Shee-eh-whíb-bahk have an interesting legend of the pueblo of Poo-reh-tú-ai and the cause which led to its abandonment.
Who acts: we, pueblo, Coronado, aboriginal friends, cause · What happens: know, be, abandon, pass, have, lead · To what, where: more, history, 1540, interesting legend
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 (we, pueblo, Coronado, aboriginal friends), 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 | In | in | ADP | _ | 2 history | case |
| 2 | history | history | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 know | obl |
| 3 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 know | nsubj |
| 4 | know | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 6 more | det |
| 6 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 4 know | obj |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 pueblo | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 pueblo | det |
| 9 | pueblo | pueblo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 more | obl |
| 10 | than | than | SCONJ | _ | 15 there | mark |
| 11 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 15 there | mark |
| 12 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 there | nsubj |
| 13 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 there | cop |
| 14 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 15 there | advmod |
| 15 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 6 more | advcl |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 abandoned | punct |
| 17 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 20 abandoned | cc |
| 18 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 20 abandoned | aux |
| 19 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 20 abandoned | aux:pass |
| 20 | abandoned | abandon | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 know | conj |
| 21 | already | already | ADV | _ | 20 abandoned | advmod |
| 22 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 24 passed | advmod |
| 23 | Coronado | Coronado | PROPN | Number=Sing | 24 passed | nsubj |
| 24 | passed | pass | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 20 abandoned | advcl |
| 25 | in | in | ADP | _ | 26 1540 | case |
| 26 | 1540 | 1540 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 24 passed | obl |
| 27 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 44 have | punct |
| 28 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 44 have | cc |
| 29 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 31 friends | nmod:poss |
| 30 | aboriginal | aboriginal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 31 friends | amod |
| 31 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 44 have | nsubj |
| 32 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 35 citizens | cc |
| 33 | fellow | fellow | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 35 citizens | amod |
| 34 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 33 fellow | punct |
| 35 | citizens | citizen | NOUN | Number=Plur | 31 friends | conj |
| 36 | of | of | ADP | _ | 43 bahk | case |
| 37 | Shee | Shee | PROPN | Number=Sing | 43 bahk | nsubj |
| 38 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 37 Shee | punct |
| 39 | eh | eh | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 bahk | compound |
| 40 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 39 eh | punct |
| 41 | whíb | whíb | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 bahk | compound |
| 42 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 43 bahk | punct |
| 43 | bahk | bahk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 citizens | nmod |
| 44 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 know | conj |
| 45 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 47 legend | det |
| 46 | interesting | interesting | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 47 legend | amod |
| 47 | legend | legend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 have | obj |
| 48 | of | of | ADP | _ | 50 pueblo | case |
| 49 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 50 pueblo | det |
| 50 | pueblo | pueblo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 legend | nmod |
| 51 | of | of | ADP | _ | 58 ai | case |
| 52 | Poo | Poo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 58 ai | nsubj |
| 53 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 52 Poo | punct |
| 54 | reh | reh | NOUN | Number=Sing | 58 ai | compound |
| 55 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 56 tú | punct |
| 56 | tú | tú | NOUN | Number=Sing | 58 ai | compound |
| 57 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 56 tú | punct |
| 58 | ai | ai | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 pueblo | nmod |
| 59 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 61 cause | cc |
| 60 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 61 cause | det |
| 61 | cause | cause | NOUN | Number=Sing | 58 ai | conj |
| 62 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 63 led | nsubj |
| 63 | led | lead | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 61 cause | acl:relcl |
| 64 | to | to | ADP | _ | 66 abandonment | case |
| 65 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 66 abandonment | nmod:poss |
| 66 | abandonment | abandonment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 63 led | obl |
| 67 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 know | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | know | present | we | no more of the pueblo | history | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer more=Stimulus | |||
| 2 | is | past | pueblo | once, there property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | abandon | past · perfect · passive | we not said here | vn leave-51.2 «NP V NP.initial_location» | |||||
| 4 | pass | past | Coronado | 1540 | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in 1540=Location | ||||
| 5 | have | present | my aboriginal friends and fellow citizens of eh whíb bahk Shee | a interesting legend of the pueblo of reh tú ai Poo and the cause | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent legend=Patient | ||||
| 6 | lead | past | the cause | to pueblo's abandonment | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition to abandonment=Patient | ||||
| 7 | abandon | pueblo | nom abandonment «act transitive»: poss=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.
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