The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo Indian folk-stories, The Drowning of Pecos, sentence 14
Half-way to the top they came to a second herd, which ran off to the right of the trail they were following, and the evil-spirited friend went in pursuit of them, while Agostin kept on after the one he had wounded.
Who acts: Half way, second herd, sons, spirited friend, Agostin, friend · What happens: come, run off, follow, go, keep on, wound · To what, where: second herd, trail, pursuit, one, sons
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 (Half way, second herd, sons, spirited friend), 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 | Half | half | NOUN | Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac | 3 way | compound |
| 2 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 1 Half | punct |
| 3 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 came | nsubj |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 top | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 top | det |
| 6 | top | top | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 way | nmod |
| 7 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 came | nsubj |
| 8 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 12 herd | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 herd | det |
| 11 | second | second | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 12 herd | amod |
| 12 | herd | herd | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 came | obl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 ran | punct |
| 14 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 15 ran | nsubj |
| 15 | ran | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 herd | acl:relcl |
| 16 | off | off | ADP | _ | 15 ran | compound:prt |
| 17 | to | to | ADP | _ | 19 right | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 right | det |
| 19 | right | right | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 ran | obl |
| 20 | of | of | ADP | _ | 22 trail | case |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 trail | det |
| 22 | trail | trail | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 right | nmod |
| 23 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 25 following | nsubj |
| 24 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 25 following | aux |
| 25 | following | follow | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 22 trail | acl |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 went | punct |
| 27 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 33 went | cc |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 friend | det |
| 29 | evil | evil | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 31 spirited | amod |
| 30 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 29 evil | punct |
| 31 | spirited | spirited | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 32 friend | amod |
| 32 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 went | nsubj |
| 33 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 came | conj |
| 34 | in | in | ADP | _ | 35 pursuit | case |
| 35 | pursuit | pursuit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 went | obl |
| 36 | of | of | ADP | _ | 37 them | case |
| 37 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 35 pursuit | nmod |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 kept | punct |
| 39 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 41 kept | mark |
| 40 | Agostin | Agostin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 41 kept | nsubj |
| 41 | kept | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 33 went | conj |
| 42 | on | on | ADV | _ | 41 kept | advmod |
| 43 | after | after | ADP | _ | 45 one | case |
| 44 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 45 one | det |
| 45 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 kept | obl |
| 46 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 48 wounded | nsubj |
| 47 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 48 wounded | aux |
| 48 | wounded | wound | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 45 one | acl:relcl |
| 49 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 came | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | past | Half way to the top | a second herd | sons = son nsubj | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to herd=Initial_Location | |||
| 2 | run off | past | a second herd | to the right of the trail result | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to right=Result | ||||
| 3 | follow | past · progressive | sons = son | the trail not said here | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trail=Theme | ||||
| 4 | go | past | the spirited friend | pursuit of sons | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in pursuit=Location | ||||
| 5 | keep on | past | Agostin | after the one | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 6 | wound | past · perfect | friend | the one not said here | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus one=Experiencer | ||||
| 7 | pursue | sons = son | nom pursuit «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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