The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo Indian folk-stories, The Hero Twins, sentence 7
Ever since the great drouth of a generation ago, about one hundred and fifty Quères, starved out from the pueblos of Acoma and Laguna, have dwelt in Isleta, and they are now a permanent part of the Village, recognized by representation in the civil and religious government, though speaking an altogether different language.
Who acts: Quères, Pueblos · What happens: starve out, dwell, be, recognize, speak · To what, where: one hundred, pueblos, permanent part, Village, different language · 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 (Quères, Pueblos), 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 | Ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 9 ago | advmod |
| 2 | since | since | SCONJ | _ | 9 ago | mark |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 drouth | det |
| 4 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 drouth | amod |
| 5 | drouth | drouth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 ago | obl:unmarked |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 generation | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 generation | det |
| 8 | generation | generation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 drouth | nmod |
| 9 | ago | ago | ADV | _ | 18 starved | advmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 ago | punct |
| 11 | about | about | ADV | _ | 13 hundred | advmod |
| 12 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 13 hundred | compound |
| 13 | hundred | hundred | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 18 starved | obl |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 fifty | cc |
| 15 | fifty | fifty | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 13 hundred | conj |
| 16 | Quères | Quères | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 starved | nsubj |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 Quères | punct |
| 18 | starved | starve | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 19 | out | out | ADP | _ | 18 starved | compound:prt |
| 20 | from | from | ADP | _ | 22 pueblos | case |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 pueblos | det |
| 22 | pueblos | pueblo | NOUN | Number=Plur | 29 dwelt | obl |
| 23 | of | of | ADP | _ | 24 Acoma | case |
| 24 | Acoma | Acoma | PROPN | Number=Sing | 22 pueblos | nmod |
| 25 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 26 Laguna | cc |
| 26 | Laguna | Laguna | PROPN | Number=Sing | 24 Acoma | conj |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 pueblos | punct |
| 28 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 29 dwelt | aux |
| 29 | dwelt | dwell | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 18 starved | parataxis |
| 30 | in | in | ADP | _ | 31 Isleta | case |
| 31 | Isleta | Isleta | PROPN | Number=Sing | 29 dwelt | obl |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 part | punct |
| 33 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 39 part | cc |
| 34 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 39 part | nsubj |
| 35 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 39 part | cop |
| 36 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 39 part | advmod |
| 37 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 39 part | det |
| 38 | permanent | permanent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 39 part | amod |
| 39 | part | part | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 dwelt | parataxis |
| 40 | of | of | ADP | _ | 42 Village | case |
| 41 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 42 Village | det |
| 42 | Village | Village | PROPN | Number=Sing | 39 part | nmod |
| 43 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 recognized | punct |
| 44 | recognized | recognize | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 42 Village | acl |
| 45 | by | by | ADP | _ | 46 representation | case |
| 46 | representation | representation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 recognized | obl |
| 47 | in | in | ADP | _ | 52 government | case |
| 48 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 52 government | det |
| 49 | civil | civil | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 52 government | amod |
| 50 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 51 religious | cc |
| 51 | religious | religious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 49 civil | conj |
| 52 | government | government | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 recognized | obl:agent |
| 53 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 55 speaking | punct |
| 54 | though | though | SCONJ | _ | 55 speaking | mark |
| 55 | speaking | speak | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 29 dwelt | advcl |
| 56 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 59 language | det |
| 57 | altogether | altogether | ADV | _ | 58 different | advmod |
| 58 | different | different | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 59 language | amod |
| 59 | language | language | NOUN | Number=Sing | 55 speaking | obj |
| 60 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 18 starved | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | starve out | past | Quères | one hundred | ever | ago property | tree rules | ||
| 2 | dwell | present · perfect | the pueblos of Acoma and Laguna | in Isleta | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in isleta=Location | ||||
| 3 | is a | present | Pueblos = pueblo | a permanent part | now | of the Village | tree rules | ||
| 4 | recognize | participle | the Village not said here | by representation; the civil government obl:agent | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 5 | speak speech: other | gerund | a different language | tree rules |
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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