The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo Indian folk-stories, Doctor Field-mouse, sentence 100
On the last night, when he had taught the men all the herbs and how to use them, and they had become wise with practice, they sent T’hoo-chée-deh out with a strong guard, that nothing should harm him.
Who acts: herbs, nothing · What happens: teach, use, become, send out, harm · To what, where: T’hoo, men, herbs, T’hoo chée deh
This is a sentence of «The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo Indian folk-stories» by Charles Fletcher Lummis, Doctor Field-mouse. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (herbs, nothing), 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 | On | on | ADP | _ | 4 night | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 night | det |
| 3 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 night | amod |
| 4 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 taught | obl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 night | punct |
| 6 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 9 taught | advmod |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 taught | nsubj:pass |
| 8 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 taught | aux |
| 9 | taught | teach | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 men | det |
| 11 | men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 taught | obj |
| 12 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 14 herbs | det:predet |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 herbs | det |
| 14 | herbs | herb | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 taught | obj |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 use | cc |
| 16 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 18 use | advmod |
| 17 | to | to | PART | _ | 18 use | mark |
| 18 | use | use | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 taught | conj |
| 19 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 use | obj |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 become | punct |
| 21 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 24 become | cc |
| 22 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 become | nsubj |
| 23 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 24 become | aux |
| 24 | become | become | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 9 taught | conj |
| 25 | wise | wise | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 become | xcomp |
| 26 | with | with | ADP | _ | 27 practice | case |
| 27 | practice | practice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 wise | obl |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 sent | punct |
| 29 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 30 sent | nsubj |
| 30 | sent | send | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 taught | parataxis |
| 31 | T’hoo | T'hoo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 35 deh | compound |
| 32 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 31 T’hoo | punct |
| 33 | chée | chée | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 deh | compound |
| 34 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 33 chée | punct |
| 35 | deh | deh | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 sent | obj |
| 36 | out | out | ADP | _ | 30 sent | compound:prt |
| 37 | with | with | ADP | _ | 40 guard | case |
| 38 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 40 guard | det |
| 39 | strong | strong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 40 guard | amod |
| 40 | guard | guard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 sent | obl |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 45 harm | punct |
| 42 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 43 nothing | det |
| 43 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 45 harm | nsubj |
| 44 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 45 harm | aux |
| 45 | harm | harm | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 30 sent | conj |
| 46 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 45 harm | obj |
| 47 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 taught | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | teach speech: other | past · perfect · passive | T’hoo = t'hoo | the men | night | all herbs obj | tree rules | ||
| 2 | use | to-infinitive | herbs = herb | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient | |||||
| 3 | become | past · perfect | herbs = herb | wise property | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 4 | send out | past | herbs = herb | T’hoo chée deh | with a strong guard | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent deh=Theme | |||
| 5 | harm | should | nothing | T’hoo = t'hoo | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer |
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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