--- title: And she was nearly scared to death when they began to play with the… — The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo I… · tree and pragmatics description: And she was nearly scared to death when they began to play with the lightning, throwing it around the house as though it had been a harmless ball, while the thunder rumbled till it shook the great rock of Acoma. Who acts: sister, corn, death, thunder. 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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 (sister, corn, death, thunder), 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:pg77804:31:82 # text = And she was nearly scared to death when they began to play with the lightning, throwing it around the house as though it had been a harmless ball, while the thunder rumbled till it shook the great rock of Acoma. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 nearly nearly ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 scared scared ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 8 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 10 advmod _ _ 9 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 play play VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 xcomp _ _ 13 with with ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 lightning lightning NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 throwing throw VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 advcl _ _ 18 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ _ 19 around around ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 22 as as ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 23 though though SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 24 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 25 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 26 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 29 cop _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 harmless harmless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 ball ball NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 while while SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 thunder thunder NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 34 rumbled rumble VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 35 till till SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 36 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 shook shake VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 advcl _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 rock rock NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 Acoma Acoma PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | sister | | | | | to death; nearly, scared *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **begin** | past | corn | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **play** | to-infinitive | corn *not said here* | | | | | with the lightning | vn play-114.2-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with lightning=Theme | | 4 | **throw** | gerund | corn *not said here* | death | | the house | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent it=Theme around house=Destination | | 5 | **is a** | past · perfect | death | a harmless ball | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **rumble** | past | the thunder | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **shake** | past | thunder | the great rock of Acoma | | | | | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent rock=Patient | 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 81](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/31/81/) - next →: [sentence 83](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/31/83/) - ↑ back to [The Hero Twins](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/31/)