The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo Indian folk-stories, The First of the Rattlesnakes, sentence 32
“See! we will roll the _mah-khúr_,[21] for while I was waiting for you I made one that we might play”--and the false friend drew from beneath his blanket a pretty painted hoop; but really he had made it at home, and had brought it hidden, on purpose to do harm to Nah-chu-rú-chu.
Who acts: you, we, friend, one, false friend, I · What happens: see, roll, wait, make, play, draw · To what, where: 21, mah khúr, that, painted hoop, blanket, khúr · 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 First of the Rattlesnakes. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (you, we, friend, one), 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 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 See | punct |
| 2 | See | see | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 2 See | punct |
| 4 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 6 roll | nsubj |
| 5 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 roll | aux |
| 6 | roll | roll | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 See | ccomp |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 khúr | det |
| 8 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 11 khúr | punct |
| 9 | mah | mah | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 khúr | compound |
| 10 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 9 mah | punct |
| 11 | khúr | khúr | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 roll | obj |
| 12 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 2 See | punct |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 21 | punct |
| 14 | [ | [ | PUNCT | _ | 15 21 | punct |
| 15 | 21 | 21 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 2 See | obl |
| 16 | ] | ] | PUNCT | _ | 15 21 | punct |
| 17 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 21 waiting | mark |
| 18 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 21 waiting | mark |
| 19 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 21 waiting | nsubj |
| 20 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 21 waiting | aux |
| 21 | waiting | wait | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 25 made | advcl |
| 22 | for | for | ADP | _ | 23 you | case |
| 23 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 21 waiting | obl |
| 24 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 25 made | nsubj |
| 25 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 See | parataxis |
| 26 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 30 play | nsubj |
| 27 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 30 play | obl |
| 28 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 30 play | nsubj |
| 29 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 30 play | aux |
| 30 | play | play | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 25 made | ccomp |
| 31 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 30 play | punct |
| 32 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 37 drew | punct |
| 33 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 37 drew | cc |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 friend | det |
| 35 | false | false | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 36 friend | amod |
| 36 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 drew | nsubj |
| 37 | drew | draw | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 25 made | conj |
| 38 | from | from | ADP | _ | 41 blanket | case |
| 39 | beneath | beneath | ADP | _ | 41 blanket | case |
| 40 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 41 blanket | nmod:poss |
| 41 | blanket | blanket | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 drew | obl |
| 42 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 45 hoop | det |
| 43 | pretty | pretty | ADV | _ | 44 painted | advmod |
| 44 | painted | paint | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 45 hoop | amod |
| 45 | hoop | hoop | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 drew | obj |
| 46 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 51 made | punct |
| 47 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 51 made | cc |
| 48 | really | really | ADV | _ | 51 made | advmod |
| 49 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 51 made | nsubj |
| 50 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 51 made | aux |
| 51 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 25 made | parataxis |
| 52 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 51 made | obj |
| 53 | at | at | ADP | _ | 54 home | case |
| 54 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 made | obl |
| 55 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 58 brought | punct |
| 56 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 58 brought | cc |
| 57 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 58 brought | aux |
| 58 | brought | bring | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 25 made | conj |
| 59 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 58 brought | obj |
| 60 | hidden | hidden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 58 brought | xcomp |
| 61 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 63 purpose | punct |
| 62 | on | on | ADP | _ | 63 purpose | case |
| 63 | purpose | purpose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 58 brought | advcl |
| 64 | to | to | PART | _ | 65 do | mark |
| 65 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 58 brought | advcl |
| 66 | harm | harm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 65 do | obj |
| 67 | to | to | ADP | _ | 72 rú | case |
| 68 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 72 rú | discourse |
| 69 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 68 Nah | punct |
| 70 | chu | chu | NOUN | Number=Sing | 72 rú | compound |
| 71 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 70 chu | punct |
| 72 | rú | rú | NOUN | Number=Sing | 65 do | obl |
| 73 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 74 chu | punct |
| 74 | chu | chu | X | Foreign=Yes | 72 rú | conj |
| 75 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 See | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see in a quote | imperative | you not said here | 21 | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | roll in a quote | future | we | the mah khúr | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent khúr=Agent | ||||
| 3 | wait in a quote | past · progressive | friend | for you | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 4 | make in a quote | past | friend | tree rules | |||||
| 5 | play in a quote | might | one | that | we nsubj | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||
| 6 | draw | past | the false friend | a painted hoop | friend's blanket | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent hoop=Theme from blanket=Initial_Location | |||
| 7 | paint | participle | pretty property | vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 8 | make | past · perfect | friend | khúr | home | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Product | |||
| 9 | bring | past · perfect | I not said here | khúr | purpose advcl; hidden property | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent it=Theme | |||
| 10 | do | to-infinitive | I not said here | harm | to chu rú | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent harm=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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