The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo Indian folk-stories, Doctor Field-mouse, sentence 56

He chose one of each kind of four-feet to be his assistants, and taught them the use of all herbs, and how to cure pain, so that each might practise among his own people--a Bear-doctor for the Bears, and a Wolf-doctor for the Wolves, and so to all the tribes of the animals.

Who acts: man, each · What happens: choose, teach, cure, practise, use · To what, where: one, use, assistants, pain, Bear doctor, herbs

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 (man, each), 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	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 chose	nsubj
2	chose	choose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 chose	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 kind	case
5	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	6 kind	det
6	kind	kind	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 one	nmod
7	of	of	ADP	_	10 feet	case
8	four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 feet	nummod
9	-	-	PUNCT	_	8 four	punct
10	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 kind	nmod
11	to	to	PART	_	12 be	mark
12	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	2 chose	advcl
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 assistants	nmod:poss
14	assistants	assistant	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 be	nsubj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 taught	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 taught	cc
17	taught	teach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 chose	conj
18	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 taught	obj
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 use	det
20	use	use	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 taught	obj
21	of	of	ADP	_	23 herbs	case
22	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	23 herbs	det
23	herbs	herb	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 use	nmod
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	28 cure	punct
25	and	and	CCONJ	_	28 cure	cc
26	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	28 cure	advmod
27	to	to	PART	_	28 cure	mark
28	cure	cure	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	17 taught	parataxis
29	pain	pain	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 cure	obj
30	,	,	PUNCT	_	35 practise	punct
31	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	35 practise	mark
32	that	that	SCONJ	_	31 so	fixed
33	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	35 practise	nsubj
34	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	35 practise	aux
35	practise	practise	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	28 cure	conj
36	among	among	ADP	_	39 people	case
37	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	39 people	nmod:poss
38	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	39 people	amod
39	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	35 practise	obl
40	--	--	PUNCT	_	44 doctor	punct
41	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	44 doctor	det
42	Bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 doctor	compound
43	-	-	PUNCT	_	42 Bear	punct
44	doctor	doctor	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 practise	obl
45	for	for	ADP	_	47 Bears	case
46	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	47 Bears	det
47	Bears	Bear	PROPN	Number=Plur	44 doctor	nmod
48	,	,	PUNCT	_	53 doctor	punct
49	and	and	CCONJ	_	53 doctor	cc
50	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	53 doctor	det
51	Wolf	Wolf	PROPN	Number=Sing	53 doctor	compound
52	-	-	PUNCT	_	51 Wolf	punct
53	doctor	doctor	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 chose	obl
54	for	for	ADP	_	56 Wolves	case
55	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	56 Wolves	det
56	Wolves	wolf	NOUN	Number=Plur	53 doctor	nmod
57	,	,	PUNCT	_	63 tribes	punct
58	and	and	CCONJ	_	63 tribes	cc
59	so	so	ADV	_	63 tribes	advmod
60	to	to	ADP	_	63 tribes	case
61	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	63 tribes	det:predet
62	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	63 tribes	det
63	tribes	tribe	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 chose	obl
64	of	of	ADP	_	66 animals	case
65	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	66 animals	det
66	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	63 tribes	nmod
67	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 chose	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	choose	past	man	one of each kind of four feet		to all tribes of the animals; a Wolf doctor for the Wolves obl	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme
2	teach speech: other	past	man not said here	the use of all herbs	assistants = assistant		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient use=Topic
3	cure	to-infinitive		pain			vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer pain=Source
4	practise	might	each	a Bear doctor for the Bears		among man's own people	tree rules
5	use			all herbs			nom use «act transitive»: of=patient

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, Doctor Field-mouse, sentence 56