--- title: Still she did not reply; and the Coyote, being angry, swallowed the… — The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo I… · tree and pragmatics description: Still she did not reply; and the Coyote, being angry, swallowed the stuffed skin, sand, spoon, and all, and started homeward, saying: “_Now_ I think I have that song in me!” Who acts: answer, Coyote. 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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 (answer, Coyote), 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:pg77804:14:26 # text = Still she did not reply; and the Coyote, being angry, swallowed the stuffed skin, sand, spoon, and all, and started homeward, saying: “_Now_ I think I have that song in me!” 1 Still still ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 reply reply VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ; ; PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 Coyote Coyote PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 cop _ _ 12 angry angry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 14 swallowed swallow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 stuffed stuff VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 amod _ _ 17 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 sand sand NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 21 spoon spoon NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 5 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 started start VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 28 homeward homeward NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 30 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 27 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 : : PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 32 “ " PUNCT `` _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 37 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 34 punct _ _ 36 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 think think VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 38 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 ccomp _ _ 40 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 41 det _ _ 41 song song NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 42 in in ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ! ! PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **reply** *speech: express* | past · do-support | answer | | | | still | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **is** | gerund | the Coyote *not said here* | | | | | angry *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **swallow** | past | the Coyote | the stuffed skin and sand and spoon | | | | | vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent skin=Patient | | 4 | **stuff** | participle | | | | | | | vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **start** | past | answer *not said here* | homeward | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent homeward=Eventuality | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | answer *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **think** *speech: other* *in a quote* | present | answer | | | | now | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 8 | **have** *in a quote* | present | answer | that song | | | | in answer | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent song=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. - ← previous: [sentence 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/14/25/) - next →: [sentence 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/14/27/) - ↑ back to [The Coyote and the Thunder-knife](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/14/)