The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo Indian folk-stories, The Quères Diana, sentence 2
The adventure described here is one of those which befell the Moon-Mother, as related in several myths; though it has been varied, evidently by some later story-teller, and the identity of the heroine does not appear at first sight.
Who acts: adventure, identity · What happens: describe, be, befall, not appear · To what, where: adventure, one, Moon Mother, sight
This is a sentence of «The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo Indian folk-stories» by Charles Fletcher Lummis, The Quères Diana. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (adventure, identity), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 adventure | det |
| 2 | adventure | adventure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 one | nsubj |
| 3 | described | describe | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 adventure | acl |
| 4 | here | here | ADV | PronType=Dem | 3 described | advmod |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 one | cop |
| 6 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | root | root |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 those | case |
| 8 | those | that | PRON | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 6 one | nmod |
| 9 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 10 befell | nsubj |
| 10 | befell | befall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 those | acl:relcl |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 Mother | det |
| 12 | Moon | Moon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 Mother | compound |
| 13 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 12 Moon | punct |
| 14 | Mother | mother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 befell | obj |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 related | punct |
| 16 | as | as | ADP | _ | 17 related | case |
| 17 | related | related | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 befell | conj |
| 18 | in | in | ADP | _ | 20 myths | case |
| 19 | several | several | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 myths | amod |
| 20 | myths | myth | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 related | obl |
| 21 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 26 varied | punct |
| 22 | though | though | SCONJ | _ | 26 varied | mark |
| 23 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 26 varied | nsubj |
| 24 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 26 varied | aux |
| 25 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 26 varied | cop |
| 26 | varied | varied | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 one | parataxis |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 teller | punct |
| 28 | evidently | evidently | ADV | _ | 34 teller | advmod |
| 29 | by | by | ADP | _ | 34 teller | case |
| 30 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 34 teller | nsubj |
| 31 | later | late | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 34 teller | amod |
| 32 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 teller | compound |
| 33 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 32 story | punct |
| 34 | teller | teller | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 varied | conj |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 appear | punct |
| 36 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 44 appear | cc |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 identity | det |
| 38 | identity | identity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 appear | nsubj |
| 39 | of | of | ADP | _ | 41 heroine | case |
| 40 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 41 heroine | det |
| 41 | heroine | heroine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 identity | nmod |
| 42 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 44 appear | aux |
| 43 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 44 appear | advmod |
| 44 | appear | appear | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 34 teller | conj |
| 45 | at | at | ADP | _ | 47 sight | case |
| 46 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 47 sight | advmod |
| 47 | sight | sight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 appear | obl |
| 48 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 one | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | describe | participle | the adventure not said here | here | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | is a | present | the adventure | one | of those | tree rules | |||
| 3 | befall | past | the Moon Mother | which nsubj | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | is | present · perfect | adventure | later story teller conj; varied property | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | not appear | present · do-support | the identity of the heroine | sight | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at sight=Location |
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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