The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo Indian folk-stories, The Hero Twins, sentence 76
Having got rid of their enemies, the Hero Twins decided to explore the house; and, taking their bows and arrows, started boldly down into the deep, dark rooms.
Who acts: Hero Twins · What happens: have, get, decide, explore, take, start · To what, where: house, bows, deep dark rooms
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 (Hero Twins), 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 | Having | have | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 got | nsubj |
| 2 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | rid | rid | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 got | xcomp |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 enemies | case |
| 5 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 enemies | nmod:poss |
| 6 | enemies | enemy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 rid | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 decided | punct |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 Twins | det |
| 9 | Hero | Hero | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 Twins | compound |
| 10 | Twins | Twin | PROPN | Number=Plur | 11 decided | nsubj |
| 11 | decided | decide | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 got | conj |
| 12 | to | to | PART | _ | 13 explore | mark |
| 13 | explore | explore | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 decided | xcomp |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 house | det |
| 15 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 explore | obj |
| 16 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 19 taking | punct |
| 17 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 taking | cc |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 taking | punct |
| 19 | taking | take | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 got | advcl |
| 20 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 21 bows | nmod:poss |
| 21 | bows | bow | NOUN | Number=Plur | 19 taking | obj |
| 22 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 23 arrows | cc |
| 23 | arrows | arrow | NOUN | Number=Plur | 21 bows | conj |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 started | punct |
| 25 | started | start | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 got | conj |
| 26 | boldly | boldly | ADV | Degree=Pos | 27 down | advmod |
| 27 | down | down | ADV | _ | 25 started | advmod |
| 28 | into | into | ADP | _ | 33 rooms | case |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 rooms | det |
| 30 | deep | deep | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 33 rooms | amod |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 deep | punct |
| 32 | dark | dark | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 33 rooms | amod |
| 33 | rooms | room | NOUN | Number=Plur | 25 started | obl |
| 34 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 got | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | gerund | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | get | past | rid property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 3 | decide | past | the Hero Twins | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 4 | explore not said to happen | to-infinitive | the Hero Twins not said here | the house | vn investigate-35.4 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent house=Location | ||||
| 5 | take | gerund | hearts's bows and arrows | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bow=Theme | |||||
| 6 | start | past | the deep dark rooms | down property | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
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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