The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo Indian folk-stories, The Drowning of Pecos, sentence 26
At last the bad people falsely accused the old woman, saying that her power was more than that of all the medicine-men put together (which is a very serious charge, even to-day, among the Indians); and challenged her to come before all the people in the medicine-house and perform miracles with them, well knowing that she could not.
Who acts: last bad people, power · What happens: accuse, say, be, put together, challenge, come · To what, where: old woman, medicine men, serious charge, deer, miracles · 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 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 (last bad people, power), 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 | At | at | ADP | _ | 2 last | case |
| 2 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 people | amod |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 people | det |
| 4 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 people | amod |
| 5 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 accused | nsubj |
| 6 | falsely | falsely | ADV | _ | 7 accused | advmod |
| 7 | accused | accuse | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 woman | det |
| 9 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 woman | amod |
| 10 | woman | woman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 accused | obj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 saying | punct |
| 12 | saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 accused | advcl |
| 13 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 17 more | mark |
| 14 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 power | nmod:poss |
| 15 | power | power | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 more | nsubj |
| 16 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 more | cop |
| 17 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 12 saying | obj |
| 18 | than | than | ADP | _ | 19 that | case |
| 19 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 17 more | obl |
| 20 | of | of | ADP | _ | 25 men | case |
| 21 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 25 men | det:predet |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 men | det |
| 23 | medicine | medicine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 men | compound |
| 24 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 23 medicine | punct |
| 25 | men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | 19 that | nmod |
| 26 | put | put | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 25 men | acl |
| 27 | together | together | ADV | _ | 26 put | advmod |
| 28 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 34 charge | punct |
| 29 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 34 charge | nsubj |
| 30 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 34 charge | cop |
| 31 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 34 charge | det |
| 32 | very | very | ADV | _ | 33 serious | advmod |
| 33 | serious | serious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 34 charge | amod |
| 34 | charge | charge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 put | obl |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 day | punct |
| 36 | even | even | ADV | _ | 39 day | advmod |
| 37 | to | to | ADP | _ | 39 day | case |
| 38 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 37 to | punct |
| 39 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 charge | conj |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 Indians | punct |
| 41 | among | among | ADP | _ | 43 Indians | case |
| 42 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 43 Indians | det |
| 43 | Indians | Indian | PROPN | Number=Plur | 34 charge | appos |
| 44 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 43 Indians | punct |
| 45 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 47 challenged | punct |
| 46 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 47 challenged | cc |
| 47 | challenged | challenge | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 accused | parataxis |
| 48 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 47 challenged | obj |
| 49 | to | to | PART | _ | 50 come | mark |
| 50 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 47 challenged | xcomp |
| 51 | before | before | ADP | _ | 54 people | case |
| 52 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 54 people | det:predet |
| 53 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 54 people | det |
| 54 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 50 come | obl |
| 55 | in | in | ADP | _ | 59 house | case |
| 56 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 59 house | det |
| 57 | medicine | medicine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 59 house | compound |
| 58 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 57 medicine | punct |
| 59 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 54 people | nmod |
| 60 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 61 perform | cc |
| 61 | perform | perform | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 47 challenged | conj |
| 62 | miracles | miracle | NOUN | Number=Plur | 61 perform | obj |
| 63 | with | with | ADP | _ | 64 them | case |
| 64 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 61 perform | obl |
| 65 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 67 knowing | punct |
| 66 | well | well | INTJ | _ | 67 knowing | discourse |
| 67 | knowing | know | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 61 perform | advcl |
| 68 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 70 could | mark |
| 69 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 70 could | nsubj |
| 70 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 67 knowing | aux |
| 71 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 70 could | advmod |
| 72 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 accused | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | accuse | past | the last bad people | the old woman | falsely property | vn suspect-81 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent woman=Theme | |||
| 2 | say speech: assert | gerund | the last bad people not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | is | past | deer's power | than that of all medicine men; more property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | put together | participle | all medicine men not said here | together property | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 5 | is a | present | a serious charge and day | which nsubj; the Indians appos | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | challenge | past | deer | tree rules | |||||
| 7 | come | to-infinitive | before all people in the medicine house | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme before people=Location | |||||
| 8 | perform | present | miracles | with people | vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent miracle=Theme | ||||
| 9 | know | could | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
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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