--- title: Drawing back her little dimpled hand, she threw the meal gently agai… — The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo I… · tree and pragmatics description: Drawing back her little dimpled hand, she threw the meal gently against the pearl _omate_, and so fine was it ground that every tiniest bit of it clung to the polished shell, and not a particle fell to the ground. Who acts: Moon, meal, fine ground, particle. 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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 (Moon, meal, fine ground, particle), 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:pg77804:10:55 # text = Drawing back her little dimpled hand, she threw the meal gently against the pearl _omate_, and so fine was it ground that every tiniest bit of it clung to the polished shell, and not a particle fell to the ground. 1 Drawing draw VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ _ 2 back back ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 4 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 5 dimpled dimple VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 amod _ _ 6 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 8 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 threw throw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 meal meal NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 gently gently ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 13 against against ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 pearl pearl NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 16 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 omate omate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 21 so so ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 23 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 cop _ _ 24 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 26 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 32 nsubj _ _ 27 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 29 det _ _ 28 tiniest tiny ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 29 amod _ _ 29 bit bit NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl:unmarked _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nmod _ _ 32 clung cling VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 acl:relcl _ _ 33 to to ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 polished polish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 36 amod _ _ 36 shell shell NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 39 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 42 advmod _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 particle particle NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 42 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 43 to to ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **draw back** | gerund | Moon *not said here* | Moon's little dimpled hand | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme | | 2 | **dimple** | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **throw** | past | Moon | the meal | | the pearl | | gently *property* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent meal=Theme against pearl=Destination | | 4 | **is a** | past | meal | fine ground | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **cling** | participle | fine ground | every tiniest bit of meal | | | | to the polished shell | vn cling-22.5 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme to shell=Co-Theme | | 6 | **polish** | participle | | | | | | | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **not** **fall** | past | a particle | | | | | to the ground | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to ground=Theme | 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 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/10/54/) - next →: [sentence 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/10/56/) - ↑ back to [The Man Who Married the Moon](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/10/)