--- title: The Yellow-Corn-Maidens were very angry, and instead of passing on a… — The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo I… · tree and pragmatics description: The Yellow-Corn-Maidens were very angry, and instead of passing on as the others had done, they stood there and kept throwing and throwing at the _omate_, which smiled back at them with undiminished luster. Who acts: Yellow Corn Maidens, others, Maidens. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Yellow Corn Maidens, others, Maidens), 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 {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg77804:10:45 # text = The Yellow-Corn-Maidens were very angry, and instead of passing on as the others had done, they stood there and kept throwing and throwing at the _omate_, which smiled back at them with undiminished luster. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 2 Yellow yellow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 Corn corn NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 Maidens maiden NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 7 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 8 very very ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 angry angry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 12 instead instead ADV RB ExtPos=SCONJ 14 mark _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 12 fixed _ _ 14 passing pass VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 conj _ _ 15 on on ADP RP _ 14 compound:prt _ _ 16 as as SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 nsubj _ _ 19 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 14 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 24 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 23 advmod _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 27 throwing throw VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 26 xcomp _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 throwing throw VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 27 conj _ _ 30 at at ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 _ _ PUNCT `` _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 omate omate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 _ _ PUNCT '' _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 37 nsubj _ _ 37 smiled smile VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ _ 38 back back ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 39 at at ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obl _ _ 41 with with ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 undiminished undiminished ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 luster luster NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the Yellow Corn Maidens | | | | | angry *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **pass on** | gerund | the Yellow Corn Maidens *not said here* | | | | | | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **do** | past · perfect | the others | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **stand** | past | Maidens *= maiden* | | | there | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **keep** | past | Maidens *= maiden* *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **throw** | gerund | Maidens *= maiden* *not said here* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **throw** | gerund | Maidens *= maiden* *not said here* | | | the omate | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent at omate=Destination | | 8 | **smile back** | past | | | | | | at Maidens *= maiden*; with undiminished luster; which *nsubj* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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. - ← previous: [sentence 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/10/44/) - next →: [sentence 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/10/46/) - ↑ back to [The Man Who Married the Moon](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/10/)