The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo Indian folk-stories, The Hero Twins, sentence 19
“Now,” said she when they reached the edge of the valley and could look across to that wondrous rock whereon stands Acoma, “go to yonder town, my sons, for that is Ah-ko, where live your grandfather and grandmother, my parents; and I will wait here.
Who acts: Mother, that, I · What happens: say, reach, look, stand, go, be · To what, where: edge, Acoma, town, grandfather · 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 Hero Twins. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Mother, that, I), 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 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 said | punct |
| 2 | Now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 5 said | advmod |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 Now | punct |
| 4 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 Now | punct |
| 5 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 reached | nsubj |
| 7 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 9 reached | mark |
| 8 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 reached | nsubj |
| 9 | reached | reach | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 said | ccomp |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 edge | det |
| 11 | edge | edge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 reached | obj |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 valley | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 valley | det |
| 14 | valley | valley | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 edge | nmod |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 look | cc |
| 16 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 17 look | aux |
| 17 | look | look | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 reached | conj |
| 18 | across | across | ADP | _ | 22 rock | case |
| 19 | to | to | ADP | _ | 22 rock | case |
| 20 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 22 rock | det |
| 21 | wondrous | wondrous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 rock | amod |
| 22 | rock | rock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 look | obl |
| 23 | whereon | whereon | ADV | PronType=Int | 24 stands | advmod |
| 24 | stands | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 22 rock | acl:relcl |
| 25 | Acoma | Acoma | PROPN | Number=Sing | 24 stands | obj |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 go | punct |
| 27 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 28 go | punct |
| 28 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 17 look | conj |
| 29 | to | to | ADP | _ | 31 town | case |
| 30 | yonder | yonder | ADV | _ | 31 town | advmod |
| 31 | town | town | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 go | obl |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 sons | punct |
| 33 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 34 sons | nmod:poss |
| 34 | sons | son | NOUN | Number=Plur | 31 town | appos |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 ko | punct |
| 36 | for | for | ADP | _ | 41 ko | case |
| 37 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 41 ko | nsubj |
| 38 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 41 ko | cop |
| 39 | Ah | ah | INTJ | _ | 41 ko | discourse |
| 40 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 41 ko | punct |
| 41 | ko | ko | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 go | obl |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 live | punct |
| 43 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 44 live | advmod |
| 44 | live | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 41 ko | acl:relcl |
| 45 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 46 grandfather | nmod:poss |
| 46 | grandfather | grandfather | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 live | obj |
| 47 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 48 grandmother | cc |
| 48 | grandmother | grandmother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 grandfather | conj |
| 49 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 51 parents | punct |
| 50 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 51 parents | nmod:poss |
| 51 | parents | parent | NOUN | Number=Plur | 46 grandfather | conj |
| 52 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 56 wait | punct |
| 53 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 56 wait | cc |
| 54 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 56 wait | nsubj |
| 55 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 56 wait | aux |
| 56 | wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 said | conj |
| 57 | here | here | ADV | PronType=Dem | 56 wait | advmod |
| 58 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | now | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | reach | past | Mother | the edge of the valley | Máw nsubj | vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent edge=Theme | |||
| 3 | look | could | Mother not said here | across that wondrous rock | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent across rock=Theme | ||||
| 4 | stand | present | Acoma | whereon property | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer acoma=Stimulus | ||||
| 5 | go in a quote | infinitive | Mother not said here | town | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to town=Initial_Location | ||||
| 6 | is in a quote | present | that | for ko | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | live in a quote | present | your grandfather and grandmother and my parents | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme grandfather=Location | |||||
| 8 | wait in a quote | future | I | here | vn exist-47.1 «NP 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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