The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo Indian folk-stories, The Hungry Grandfathers, sentence 59

Until recently he held the important position of Captain of War for the pueblo; and only two years ago I had the pleasure of going with two hundred _other_ Indians on a huge rabbit-hunt which was under his personal supervision, and in which he was as active as any one, both on his feet and with the unerring boomerang.

Who acts: Desiderio, I, pleasure, huge rabbit hunt · What happens: hold, have, go, be · To what, where: important position, pleasure, huge rabbit hunt, personal supervision

This is a sentence of «The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo Indian folk-stories» by Charles Fletcher Lummis, The Hungry Grandfathers. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Desiderio, I, pleasure, huge rabbit hunt), 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	Until	until	ADP	_	2 recently	case
2	recently	recently	ADV	_	4 held	obl
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 held	nsubj
4	held	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 position	det
6	important	important	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 position	amod
7	position	position	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 held	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 Captain	case
9	Captain	Captain	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 position	nmod
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 War	case
11	War	War	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 Captain	nmod
12	for	for	ADP	_	14 pueblo	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 pueblo	det
14	pueblo	pueblo	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 held	obl
15	;	;	PUNCT	_	22 had	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 had	cc
17	only	only	ADV	_	18 two	advmod
18	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	19 years	nummod
19	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 ago	obl:unmarked
20	ago	ago	ADV	_	22 had	advmod
21	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	22 had	nsubj
22	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 held	conj
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 pleasure	det
24	pleasure	pleasure	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 had	obj
25	of	of	SCONJ	_	26 going	mark
26	going	go	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	24 pleasure	acl
27	with	with	ADP	_	29 hundred	case
28	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	29 hundred	compound
29	hundred	hundred	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	26 going	obl
30	_	_	PUNCT	_	31 other	punct
31	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	33 Indians	amod
32	_	_	PUNCT	_	31 other	punct
33	Indians	Indian	PROPN	Number=Plur	22 had	obj
34	on	on	ADP	_	39 hunt	case
35	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	39 hunt	det
36	huge	huge	ADJ	Degree=Pos	39 hunt	amod
37	rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 hunt	compound
38	-	-	PUNCT	_	37 rabbit	punct
39	hunt	hunt	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 had	obl
40	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	45 supervision	nsubj
41	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	45 supervision	cop
42	under	under	ADP	_	45 supervision	case
43	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	45 supervision	nmod:poss
44	personal	personal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	45 supervision	amod
45	supervision	supervision	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 hunt	acl:relcl
46	,	,	PUNCT	_	53 active	punct
47	and	and	CCONJ	_	53 active	cc
48	in	in	ADP	_	49 which	case
49	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	53 active	obl
50	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	53 active	nsubj
51	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	53 active	cop
52	as	as	ADV	_	53 active	advmod
53	active	active	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 held	parataxis
54	as	as	ADP	_	56 one	case
55	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	56 one	det
56	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 active	obl
57	,	,	PUNCT	_	58 both	punct
58	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	53 active	obl
59	on	on	ADP	_	61 feet	case
60	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	61 feet	nmod:poss
61	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	58 both	nmod
62	and	and	CCONJ	_	66 boomerang	cc
63	with	with	ADP	_	66 boomerang	case
64	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	66 boomerang	det
65	unerring	unerring	NOUN	Number=Sing	66 boomerang	compound
66	boomerang	boomerang	NOUN	Number=Sing	61 feet	conj
67	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 held	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	hold	past	Desiderio	the important position of Captain of War		for the pueblo	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent position=Theme
2	have	past	I	the pleasure	a huge rabbit hunt	other Indians obj; ago property	tree rules
3	go	gerund	the pleasure not said here			with two hundred	vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with hundred=Beneficiary
4	is	past	a huge rabbit hunt		Desiderio's personal supervision	Desiderio nmod:poss	tree rules
5	is	past	Desiderio			as any one; both on Desiderio's feet and the unerring boomerang obl; which obl; active property	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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The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo Indian folk-stories, The Hungry Grandfathers, sentence 59