--- title: They ran around and caught snakes and toads and gathered up dirt and… — The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo I… · tree and pragmatics description: They ran around and caught snakes and toads and gathered up dirt and dropped them down into the oven through the smoke-hole; and then, watching when the Giant-woman’s back was turned, they sneaked into the house and hid in a huge _olla_ on the shelf. Who acts: Máw. 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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 (Máw), 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:pg77804:31:59 # text = They ran around and caught snakes and toads and gathered up dirt and dropped them down into the oven through the smoke-hole; and then, watching when the Giant-woman’s back was turned, they sneaked into the house and hid in a huge _olla_ on the shelf. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 around around ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 caught catch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 6 snakes snake NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 toads toad NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 conj _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 gathered gather VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 11 up up ADP RP _ 10 compound:prt _ _ 12 dirt dirt NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 dropped drop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 15 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obj _ _ 16 down down ADP RP _ 14 compound:prt _ _ 17 into into ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 oven oven NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 20 through through ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 22 smoke smoke NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 23 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 hole hole NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 27 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 29 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 29 watching watch VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 30 when when SCONJ WRB _ 38 mark _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 32 Giant giant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ’s 's PART POS _ 34 case _ _ 36 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj:pass _ _ 37 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux:pass _ _ 38 turned turn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 sneaked sneak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 42 into into ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 hid hide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 conj _ _ 47 in in ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 48 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 49 huge huge ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 amod _ _ 50 _ _ NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 51 olla olla NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 46 punct _ _ 53 on on ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 shelf shelf NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run around** | past | Máw | | | | | around *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **catch** | past | Máw *not said here* | snakes and toads | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent snake=Theme | | 3 | **gather up** | past | Máw *not said here* | dirt | | | | | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dirt=Theme | | 4 | **drop down** | past | Máw *not said here* | Máw | | the oven | | through the smoke hole | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme into oven=Destination through hole=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **watch** | gerund | Máw *not said here* | | | | then | | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **turn** | past · passive | | the Giant woman's back | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme | | 7 | **sneak** | past | Máw | | | the house | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into house=Destination | | 8 | **hide** | past | Máw *not said here* | | | a huge \_ olla | | on the shelf | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in olla=Location | 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 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/31/58/) - next →: [sentence 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/31/60/) - ↑ back to [The Hero Twins](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/31/)