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# The Stone-moving Song

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The Stone-moving Song of «The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo Indian folk-stories» by Charles Fletcher Lummis: the whole text, 20 sentences and 291 words. The small number after every sentence leads to its own page with its syntax tree and pragmatics, parsed by Mova itself.

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THE Horned Toad is also a famous musician--a sort of Pueblo Orpheus, whose song charms the very stones and trees.[1](1/ "tree and pragmatics") A short folk-story of Isleta refers to this.[2](2/ "tree and pragmatics")

One day Quáh-le-kee-raí-deh was working in his field.[3](3/ "tree and pragmatics") There were many very large rocks, and to move them he sang a strong song as he pulled:[4](4/ "tree and pragmatics")

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\_Yah éh-ah, héh-ah háy-na, Yah, éh-ah, heh-ah hay-na, Wha-naí-kee-ay hee-e-wid-deh Ah-kwe-ée-hee ai-yén-cheh, Yahb-k’yáy-queer ah-chóo-hee.[5](5/ "tree and pragmatics")

When he sang this and touched the heaviest stone, it rose up from the ground, and went over his head and fell far behind him.[6](6/ "tree and pragmatics")

While he worked so, Too-wháy-deh came along; and seeing what happened, he wished to meddle, as his way is.[7](7/ "tree and pragmatics") So he said:[8](8/ "tree and pragmatics")

“Friend Quáh-le-kee-raí-deh, let \_me\_ do it.”[9](9/ "tree and pragmatics")

“No, friend,” said the Horned Toad.[10](10/ "tree and pragmatics") “It is better for every one to do what he knows, and not to put himself in the work of others.”[11](11/ "tree and pragmatics")

“Do not think so,” answered the Coyote.[12](12/ "tree and pragmatics") “For I can do this also.[13](13/ "tree and pragmatics") It is very easy.”[14](14/ "tree and pragmatics")

“It is well, then--but see that you are not afraid; for so it will be bad.”[15](15/ "tree and pragmatics")

Too-wháy-deh laid off his blanket and took hold of the largest rock there was, and sang the song.[16](16/ "tree and pragmatics") When he sang, the rock rose up in the air to go over his head; but he, being scared, ducked his head.[17](17/ "tree and pragmatics") Then at once the rock fell on him, and he had no bones left.[18](18/ "tree and pragmatics") Then the Horned Toad laughed, and gave the enemy-yell (war-whoop), saying: “We do this to one another!”[19](19/ "tree and pragmatics")

XII[20](20/ "tree and pragmatics")

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