--- title: The last night they camped at the big barranca, just below the villa… — The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo I… · tree and pragmatics description: The last night they camped at the big barranca, just below the village; and here the medicine-man told his companions the story of the bewitchment,--for the Coyote had already told him,--and they were all greatly astonished, and very sad to learn that this poor Coyote was their handsome friend, K’oo --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/22/49/) [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 Town of the Snake-girls](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/22/) / 49 # The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo Indian folk-stories, The Town of the Snake-girls, sentence 49 The last night they camped at the big barranca, just below the village; and here the medicine-man told his companions the story of the bewitchment,--for the Coyote had already told him,--and they were all greatly astonished, and very sad to learn that this poor Coyote was their handsome friend, K’oo-ah-máh-koo-hóo-oo-aí-deh. **Who acts:** Indians, medicine man, Coyote, poor Coyote, máh koo · **What happens:** camp, tell, be, learn, deh · **To what, where:** big barranca, story, companions, Man, handsome friend · **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 Town of the Snake-girls. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Indians, medicine man, Coyote, poor 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:pg77804:22:49 # text = The last night they camped at the big barranca, just below the village; and here the medicine-man told his companions the story of the bewitchment,--for the Coyote had already told him,--and they were all greatly astonished, and very sad to learn that this poor Coyote was their handsome friend, K’oo-ah-máh-koo-hóo-oo-aí-deh. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl:unmarked _ _ 4 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 camped camp VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 barranca barranca NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 just just ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 12 below below ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 village village NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ; ; PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 22 advmod _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 19 medicine medicine NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 20 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 22 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 23 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 companions companion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 iobj _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 bewitchment bewitchment NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 -- -- PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 for for SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 Coyote Coyote PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 35 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 36 already already ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 37 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 22 ccomp _ _ 38 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 -- -- PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 42 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 43 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 cop _ _ 44 all all ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 45 greatly greatly ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 46 astonished astonished ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 49 very very ADV RB _ 50 advmod _ _ 50 sad sad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 conj _ _ 51 to to PART TO _ 52 mark _ _ 52 learn learn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 50 csubj _ _ 53 that that SCONJ IN _ 60 mark _ _ 54 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 56 nsubj _ _ 55 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 56 amod _ _ 56 Coyote Coyote PROPN NNP Number=Sing 60 nsubj _ _ 57 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 60 cop _ _ 58 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 60 nmod:poss _ _ 59 handsome handsome ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 60 amod _ _ 60 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 61 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 62 K’oo K'oo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 63 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 62 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 64 ah ah INTJ UH _ 76 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 65 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 64 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 66 máh máh NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 67 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 66 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 68 koo koo NOUN NN Number=Sing 76 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 69 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 70 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 70 hóo hóo NOUN NN Number=Sing 76 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 71 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 72 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 72 oo oo NOUN NN Number=Sing 70 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 73 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 72 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 74 aí aí NOUN NN Number=Sing 76 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 75 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 74 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 76 deh deh NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 77 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **camp** | past | Indians *= indian* | | | the big barranca | night | below the village | vn odge-46-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at barranca=Location | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the medicine man | the story of the bewitchment | Man's companions | here | | | tree rules | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past · perfect | the Coyote | | Man | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 4 | **is** | past | Indians *= indian* | | | | | K’oo *obl*; all, astonished, greatly *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **be** | | Indians *= indian* *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **learn** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is a** | past | poor Coyote this | Indians's handsome friend | | | | Indians *= indian* *nmod:poss* | tree rules | | 8 | **deh** | | máh koo | | | | | hóo *nsubj* | tree rules | 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 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/22/48/) - next →: [sentence 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/22/50/) - ↑ back to [The Town of the Snake-girls](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/22/)