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The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo Indian folk-stories, The Hero Twins, sentence 40

One day when their grandmother was busy they stole away from home with their bows and arrows, and walked miles and miles, till they came to a great forest at the foot of the mountain.

Who acts: grandmother, Máw · What happens: be, steal away, walk, come · To what, where: miles, foot

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 (grandmother, Máw), 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

nummodobl:unmarkedmarknmod:possnsubjcopnsubjconjadvmodcaseoblcasenmod:possnmodccconjpunctccparataxisobjccconjpunctmarknsubjconjcasedetamodoblcasedetoblcasedetnmodpunctrootOneNUMdayNOUNwhenSCONJtheirPRONgrandmotherNOUNwasAUXbusyADJtheyPRONstoleVERBawayADVfromADPhomeNOUNwithADPtheirPRONbowsNOUNandCCONJarrowsNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJwalkedVERBmilesNOUNandCCONJmilesNOUN,PUNCTtillSCONJtheyPRONcameVERBtoADPaDETgreatADJforestNOUNatADPtheDETfootNOUNofADPtheDETmountainNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1OneoneNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card2 daynummod
2daydayNOUNNumber=Sing7 busyobl:unmarked
3whenwhenSCONJ_7 busymark
4theirtheirPRONCase=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs5 grandmothernmod:poss
5grandmothergrandmotherNOUNNumber=Sing7 busynsubj
6wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin7 busycop
7busybusyADJDegree=Posrootroot
8theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs9 stolensubj
9stolestealVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin7 busyconj
10awayawayADV_9 stoleadvmod
11fromfromADP_12 homecase
12homehomeNOUNNumber=Sing10 awayobl
13withwithADP_15 bowscase
14theirtheirPRONCase=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs15 bowsnmod:poss
15bowsbowNOUNNumber=Plur12 homenmod
16andandCCONJ_17 arrowscc
17arrowsarrowNOUNNumber=Plur15 bowsconj
18,,PUNCT_20 walkedpunct
19andandCCONJ_20 walkedcc
20walkedwalkVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin7 busyparataxis
21milesmileNOUNNumber=Plur20 walkedobj
22andandCCONJ_23 milescc
23milesmileNOUNNumber=Plur21 milesconj
24,,PUNCT_27 camepunct
25tilltillSCONJ_27 camemark
26theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs27 camensubj
27camecomeVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin20 walkedconj
28totoADP_31 forestcase
29aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art31 forestdet
30greatgreatADJDegree=Pos31 forestamod
31forestforestNOUNNumber=Sing27 cameobl
32atatADP_34 footcase
33thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art34 footdet
34footfootNOUNNumber=Sing27 cameobl
35ofofADP_37 mountaincase
36thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art37 mountaindet
37mountainmountainNOUNNumber=Sing34 footnmod
38..PUNCT_7 busypunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispastMáw's grandmotherdaybusy propertytree rules
2steal awaypastMáwaway propertyvn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3walkpastmiles and milesvn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme mile=Trajectory
4comepastMáwthe foot of the mountainto a great forestvn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to forest=Initial_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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