--- title: But as the boy was wondering what he should do, the tiny fish change… — The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo I… · tree and pragmatics description: But as the boy was wondering what he should do, the tiny fish changed itself into a great Fish-Animal with a very hard, strong skin,[70] and bidding the boy mount upon its back, it went plowing through the forest, breaking down big trees like stubble, and bringing him through to the other side witho --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/19/97/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The man who married the moon, and othe…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/) / [The Accursed Lake](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/19/) / 97 # The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo Indian folk-stories, The Accursed Lake, sentence 97 But as the boy was wondering what he should do, the tiny fish changed itself into a great Fish-Animal with a very hard, strong skin,\[70\] and bidding the boy mount upon its back, it went plowing through the forest, breaking down big trees like stubble, and bringing him through to the other side without a scratch. **Who acts:** boy, tiny fish, fish · **What happens:** wonder, do, change, bid, go, plow · **To what, where:** fish, boy mount, forest, big trees, boy, other side · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo Indian folk-stories» by Charles Fletcher Lummis, The Accursed Lake. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (boy, tiny fish, fish), 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:pg77804:19:98 # text = But as the boy was wondering what he should do, the tiny fish changed itself into a great Fish-Animal with a very hard, strong skin,[70] and bidding the boy mount upon its back, it went plowing through the forest, breaking down big trees like stubble, and bringing him through to the other side without a scratch. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 2 as as SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 wondering wonder VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 15 advcl _ _ 7 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 10 obj _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 tiny tiny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 15 changed change VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 16 itself itself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 15 obj _ _ 17 into into ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 19 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 20 Fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 21 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 Animal animal NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 23 with with ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 25 very very ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 26 hard hard ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 28 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 70 70 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 32 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 bidding bid VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 15 conj _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 compound _ _ 38 mount mount NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 39 upon upon ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 45 plowing plow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 44 xcomp _ _ 46 through through ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 50 breaking break VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 45 conj _ _ 51 down down ADV RB _ 50 advmod _ _ 52 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 53 amod _ _ 53 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 50 obj _ _ 54 like like ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 55 stubble stubble NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 57 and and CCONJ CC _ 58 cc _ _ 58 bringing bring VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 15 advcl _ _ 59 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 58 obj _ _ 60 through through ADV RB _ 58 advmod _ _ 61 to to ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 62 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 64 det _ _ 63 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 64 amod _ _ 64 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 obl _ _ 65 without without ADP IN _ 67 case _ _ 66 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 67 det _ _ 67 scratch scratch NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 68 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wonder** *speech: ask* | past · progressive | the boy | | | | | | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **do** | should | boy | | | | | what *obj* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | | 3 | **change** | past | the tiny fish | fish | | | | into a great Fish Animal with a hard strong skin *result*; 70 *obl* | vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP V NP.patient PP.result»: agent=Agent itself=Patient into animal=Result | | 4 | **bid** | gerund | the tiny fish *not said here* | the boy mount | | | | upon fish's back | tree rules | | 5 | **go** | past | fish | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **plow** | gerund | fish *not said here* | | | the forest | | | vn wipe\_instr-10.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **break down** | gerund | fish *not said here* | big trees | | | | like stubble; down *property* | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tree=Patient | | 8 | **bring** | gerund | the tiny fish *not said here* | boy | | the other side | | without a scratch; through *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to side=Destination | 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 96](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/19/96/) - next →: [sentence 98](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/19/98/) - ↑ back to [The Accursed Lake](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/19/)