--- title: But just as he came to the east and was turning to the north, up jum… — The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo I… · tree and pragmatics description: But just as he came to the east and was turning to the north, up jumped a rabbit from under the ground in front of him, and shouted: “We do this to one another”; and jumped back in the hole and began to throw out dirt very hard. Who acts: Coyote, We. 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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 (Coyote, We), 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:pg77804:16:38 # text = But just as he came to the east and was turning to the north, up jumped a rabbit from under the ground in front of him, and shouted: “We do this to one another”; and jumped back in the hole and began to throw out dirt very hard. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 2 just just ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 3 as as SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 advcl _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 east east NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 turning turn VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 conj _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 north north NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 up up ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 jumped jump VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 rabbit rabbit NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 20 from from ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 under under ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 24 in in ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 front front NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 shouted shout VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 : : PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 32 “ " PUNCT `` _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 We we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 ccomp _ _ 35 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 34 obj _ _ 36 to to ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 34 obl _ _ 38 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 37 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ” " PUNCT '' _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ; ; PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 jumped jump VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 parataxis _ _ 43 back back ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 44 in in ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 hole hole NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 48 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 conj _ _ 49 to to PART TO _ 50 mark _ _ 50 throw throw VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 48 xcomp _ _ 51 out out ADP RP _ 50 compound:prt _ _ 52 dirt dirt NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obj _ _ 53 very very ADV RB _ 54 advmod _ _ 54 hard hard ADV RB Degree=Pos 50 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 17 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | Coyote | | | the east | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to east=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **turn** | past · progressive | Coyote *not said here* | | | the north | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme to north=Trajectory | | 3 | **jump** | past | | a rabbit | | the ground | | in front of Coyote | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.source PP.destination PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent rabbit=Theme from ground=Initial\_Location in front=Trajectory | | 4 | **shout** *speech: express* | past | | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **do** *in a quote* | present | We | this | one | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent this=Eventuality | | 6 | **jump back** | past | | | | the hole | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in hole=Trajectory | | 7 | **begin** | past | | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 8 | **throw out** | to-infinitive | | dirt | | | | hard *property* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dirt=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 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/16/37/) - next →: [sentence 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/16/39/) - ↑ back to [The Race of the Tails](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/16/)