The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo Indian folk-stories, The Antelope Boy, sentence 65

Holding them out, the Mole said, “Now, my son, when you have reached the east and turned north, smoke one; when you have reached the north and turn west, smoke another; when you turn south, another, and when you turn east again, another.

Who acts: Mole, son, you · What happens: hold out, say, reach, turn, smoke · To what, where: hleh, east, one, north, another · 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 Antelope Boy. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Mole, son, you), 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	Holding	hold	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 said	advcl
2	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Holding	obj
3	out	out	ADP	_	1 Holding	compound:prt
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Holding	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Mole	det
6	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 said	nsubj
7	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 reached	punct
9	“	"	PUNCT	_	18 reached	punct
10	Now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	18 reached	advmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 Now	punct
12	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 son	nmod:poss
13	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 reached	nsubj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 reached	punct
15	when	when	SCONJ	_	18 reached	mark
16	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	18 reached	nsubj
17	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 reached	aux
18	reached	reach	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	7 said	ccomp
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 east	det
20	east	east	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 reached	obj
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 turned	cc
22	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 reached	conj
23	north	north	ADV	_	22 turned	advmod
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 smoke	punct
25	smoke	smoke	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	22 turned	conj
26	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	25 smoke	obj
27	;	;	PUNCT	_	31 reached	punct
28	when	when	SCONJ	_	31 reached	mark
29	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	31 reached	nsubj
30	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	31 reached	aux
31	reached	reach	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	7 said	parataxis
32	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	33 north	det
33	north	north	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 reached	obj
34	and	and	CCONJ	_	35 turn	cc
35	turn	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	31 reached	conj
36	west	west	ADV	_	35 turn	advmod
37	,	,	PUNCT	_	38 smoke	punct
38	smoke	smoke	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	35 turn	conj
39	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	38 smoke	obj
40	;	;	PUNCT	_	43 turn	punct
41	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	43 turn	advmod
42	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	43 turn	nsubj
43	turn	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 said	ccomp
44	south	south	ADV	_	43 turn	advmod
45	,	,	PUNCT	_	46 another	punct
46	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	43 turn	obl
47	,	,	PUNCT	_	51 turn	punct
48	and	and	CCONJ	_	51 turn	cc
49	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	51 turn	advmod
50	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	51 turn	nsubj
51	turn	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	43 turn	conj
52	east	east	ADV	_	51 turn	advmod
53	again	again	ADV	_	51 turn	advmod
54	,	,	PUNCT	_	55 another	punct
55	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	51 turn	obl
56	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 said	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	hold out	gerund	the Mole not said here	hleh			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
2	say speech: assert	past	the Mole				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	reach in a quote	present · perfect	my son	the east	now	you nsubj	vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent east=Theme
4	turn in a quote	past	my son not said here			north property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
5	smoke in a quote	infinitive	my son not said here	one			vn eat-39.1-1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent one=Source
6	reach in a quote	present · perfect	you	the north			vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent north=Theme
7	turn in a quote	present	you not said here			west property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
8	smoke in a quote	infinitive	you not said here	another			vn eat-39.1-1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent another=Source
9	turn in a quote	present	you	another		south property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
10	turn in a quote	present	you	another	again	east property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

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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The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo Indian folk-stories, The Antelope Boy, sentence 65