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title: Smart as he is in some things, he believes whatever is told him; and… — The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo I… · tree and pragmatics
description: Smart as he is in some things, he believes whatever is told him; and by his credulity becomes the butt of all the other animals, who never tire of “April-fooling” him. Who acts: rabbit, other animals. A sentence of «The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo Indian folk-stories» by Charles Fletc
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# The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo Indian folk-stories, The Coyote, sentence 3

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Smart as he is in some things, he believes whatever is told him; and by his credulity becomes the butt of all the other animals, who never tire of “April-fooling” him.

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**Who acts:** rabbit, other animals · **What happens:** be, believe, tell, become, fool · **To what, where:** whatever, rabbit, butt · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo Indian folk-stories» by Charles Fletcher Lummis, The Coyote. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (rabbit, other animals), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg77804:33:3
# text = Smart as he is in some things, he believes whatever is told him; and by his credulity becomes the butt of all the other animals, who never tire of “April-fooling” him.
1	Smart	smart	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
2	as	as	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	7	det	_	_
7	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	believes	believe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
11	whatever	whatever	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	13	nsubj:pass	_	_
12	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux:pass	_	_
13	told	tell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	ccomp	_	_
14	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	iobj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
17	by	by	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	19	nmod:poss	_	_
19	credulity	credulity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obl	_	_
20	becomes	become	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	butt	butt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	xcomp	_	_
23	of	of	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
24	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	27	det:predet	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
26	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	27	amod	_	_
27	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	22	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
29	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	36	nsubj	_	_
30	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	31	advmod	_	_
31	tire	tire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	nsubj	_	_
32	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	36	mark	_	_
33	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	36	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	April	April	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	36	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	34	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	fooling	fool	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	27	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	36	punct	_	_
38	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	36	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | rabbit |  |  |  |  | as some things | tree rules |
| 2 | **believe** | present | rabbit |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present · passive |  | whatever | rabbit |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient he=Topic |
| 4 | **become** | present |  | the butt of all other animals |  |  |  | by rabbit's credulity | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
| 5 | **fool** *in a quote* | gerund | all other animals | rabbit |  |  |  | tire *nsubj* | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient |

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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.

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**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.

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