The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo Indian folk-stories, The Drowning of Pecos, sentence 122
As a matter of fact, the Hyó-qua-hoon, or people of Pecos, had dwindled away by war, epidemics, and the like, until only five were left; and in 1840 these lonely survivors moved to other pueblos, and abandoned their ruined town forever.
Who acts: lonely survivors, fact · What happens: dwindle away, leave, move, abandon, ruin, matter · To what, where: five, 1840, ruined town
This is a sentence of «The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo Indian folk-stories» by Charles Fletcher Lummis, The Drowning of Pecos. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (lonely survivors, fact), 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 | As | as | ADP | _ | 3 matter | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 matter | det |
| 3 | matter | matter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 dwindled | obl |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 fact | case |
| 5 | fact | fact | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 matter | nmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 hoon | punct |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 hoon | det |
| 8 | Hyó | Hyó | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 hoon | compound |
| 9 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 8 Hyó | punct |
| 10 | qua | qua | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 hoon | amod |
| 11 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 10 qua | punct |
| 12 | hoon | hoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 matter | conj |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 people | punct |
| 14 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 15 people | cc |
| 15 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 hoon | appos |
| 16 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 Pecos | case |
| 17 | Pecos | Pecos | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 people | nmod |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 matter | punct |
| 19 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 20 dwindled | aux |
| 20 | dwindled | dwindle | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 21 | away | away | ADV | _ | 20 dwindled | advmod |
| 22 | by | by | ADP | _ | 23 war | case |
| 23 | war | war | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 dwindled | obl |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 epidemics | punct |
| 25 | epidemics | epidemic | NOUN | Number=Plur | 23 war | conj |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 like | punct |
| 27 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 29 like | cc |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 like | det |
| 29 | like | like | INTJ | _ | 20 dwindled | discourse |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 left | punct |
| 31 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 35 left | mark |
| 32 | only | only | ADV | _ | 33 five | advmod |
| 33 | five | five | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 35 left | nsubj:pass |
| 34 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 35 left | aux:pass |
| 35 | left | leave | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 20 dwindled | parataxis |
| 36 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 43 moved | punct |
| 37 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 43 moved | cc |
| 38 | in | in | ADP | _ | 39 1840 | case |
| 39 | 1840 | 1840 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 43 moved | obl |
| 40 | these | this | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 42 survivors | det |
| 41 | lonely | lonely | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 42 survivors | amod |
| 42 | survivors | survivor | NOUN | Number=Plur | 43 moved | nsubj |
| 43 | moved | move | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 20 dwindled | parataxis |
| 44 | to | to | ADP | _ | 46 pueblos | case |
| 45 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 46 pueblos | amod |
| 46 | pueblos | pueblo | NOUN | Number=Plur | 43 moved | obl |
| 47 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 49 abandoned | punct |
| 48 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 49 abandoned | cc |
| 49 | abandoned | abandon | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 43 moved | conj |
| 50 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 52 town | nmod:poss |
| 51 | ruined | ruin | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 52 town | amod |
| 52 | town | town | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 abandoned | obj |
| 53 | forever | forever | ADV | _ | 49 abandoned | advmod |
| 54 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 20 dwindled | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dwindle away | past · perfect | as a matter of fact and the Hyó qua hoon; by war and epidemics; away property | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | |||||
| 2 | leave | past · passive | five | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 3 | move | past | this lonely survivors | 1840 | to other pueblos | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V PP.source PP.trajectory PP.destination»: agent=Theme in 1840=Source to pueblo=Trajectory | |||
| 4 | abandon | past | this lonely survivors not said here | survivors's ruined town | forever property | vn leave-51.2 «NP V NP.initial_location»: agent=Theme town=Source | |||
| 5 | ruin | participle | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 6 | matter | fact | nom matter «cognition intransitive»: of=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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