--- title: So I stuck a big stone in the spring and stopped all the water; and… — The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo I… · tree and pragmatics description: So I stuck a big stone in the spring and stopped all the water; and ever since, the water will not come out, and the people work in vain, and they are dying of thirst, and all their stock. Who acts: I, water, people. 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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 (I, water, people), 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:pg77804:25:49 # text = So I stuck a big stone in the spring and stopped all the water; and ever since, the water will not come out, and the people work in vain, and they are dying of thirst, and all their stock. 1 So so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 stuck stick VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 spring spring NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 stopped stop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 12 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 14 det:predet _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ; ; PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 17 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 18 advmod _ _ 18 since since ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 22 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 23 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 24 advmod _ _ 24 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 25 out out ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 nsubj _ _ 30 work work VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 parataxis _ _ 31 in in ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 vain vain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 35 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 dying die VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 thirst thirst NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 42 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 44 det:predet _ _ 43 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 stock stock NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stick** | past | I | a big stone | | | spring | people's stock *parataxis* | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent stone=Theme | | 2 | **stop** | past | I *not said here* | all water | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality water=Eventuality | | 3 | **not** **come out** | future | the water | | | | ever | out, since *property* | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **work** | present | the people | | | | | in vain | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in vain=Theme | | 5 | **die** | present · progressive | people | | | | | of thirst | vn die-42.4-1 «NP V PP.cause»: agent=Patient of thirst=Causer | | 6 | **stock** | | people | | | | | | nom stock «possession transitive»: poss=agent | 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/pg77804/25/48/) - next →: [sentence 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/25/50/) - ↑ back to [The Man Who Wouldn’t Keep Sunday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/25/)