--- title: Then the Old-Man-Coyote, thinking to please her, went into the Burro… — The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo I… · tree and pragmatics description: Then the Old-Man-Coyote, thinking to please her, went into the Burro’s mouth to get the liver; but Big-ears shut his teeth on Too-wháy-deh’s head, and jumped up and ran home. Who acts: Old Man Coyote, Big ears. 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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 (Old Man Coyote, Big ears), 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:pg77804:17:35 # text = Then the Old-Man-Coyote, thinking to please her, went into the Burro’s mouth to get the liver; but Big-ears shut his teeth on Too-wháy-deh’s head, and jumped up and ran home. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 7 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 3 Old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 Man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 Coyote coyote NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 thinking think VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 conj _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 please please VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ _ 12 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 14 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 into into ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 Burro Burro PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ’s 's PART POS _ 17 case _ _ 19 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 advcl _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 liver liver NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 25 but but CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 26 Big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ears ear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 nsubj _ _ 29 shut shut VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 30 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 teeth tooth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obj _ _ 32 on on ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 33 Too too ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 wháy wháy NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 36 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 deh deh NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ’s 's PART POS _ 37 case _ _ 39 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ 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 14 parataxis _ _ 43 up up ADP RP _ 42 compound:prt _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 conj _ _ 46 home home ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | gerund | the Old Man Coyote *not said here* | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **please** | to-infinitive | the Old Man Coyote *not said here* | Coyote | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus she=Experiencer | | 3 | **go** | past | the Old Man Coyote | | | the Burro's mouth | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into mouth=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **get** | to-infinitive | the Old Man Coyote *not said here* | the liver | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer liver=Stimulus | | 5 | **shut** | past | Big ears | Burro's teeth | | wháy deh's head | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent tooth=Patient | | 6 | **jump up** | past | | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **run** | past | | | | | | home *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=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 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/17/34/) - next →: [sentence 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/17/36/) - ↑ back to [Honest Big-ears](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/17/)