--- title: So he began to let go of the cliff, slowly, slowly--until he held it… — The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo I… · tree and pragmatics description: So he began to let go of the cliff, slowly, slowly--until he held it only with his finger-nails; and then he made a great jump away backward, and ran as hard as he could to a hill. Who acts: moon. A sentence of «The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo Indian folk-stories» by Charles Fletcher --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/33/75/) [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 Coyote](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/33/) / 75 # The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo Indian folk-stories, The Coyote, sentence 75 So he began to let go of the cliff, slowly, slowly--until he held it only with his finger-nails; and then he made a great jump away backward, and ran as hard as he could to a hill. **Who acts:** moon · **What happens:** begin, let, go, hold, make, run · **To what, where:** lake, great jump 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 (moon), 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:pg77804:33:75 # text = So he began to let go of the cliff, slowly, slowly--until he held it only with his finger-nails; and then he made a great jump away backward, and ran as hard as he could to a hill. 1 So so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 cliff cliff NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 slowly slowly ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 slowly slowly ADV RB _ 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 -- -- PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 until until SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 held hold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 18 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ _ 19 only only ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 20 with with ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 21 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 22 finger finger NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 23 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 nails nail NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 27 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 29 advmod _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 jump jump NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 33 away away ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 34 backward backward ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 38 as as ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 39 hard hard ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 xcomp _ _ 40 as as SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 41 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 advcl _ _ 43 to to ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 hill hill NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **begin** | past | moon | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **let** | to-infinitive | moon *not said here* | | | | | slowly *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **go** | infinitive | moon *not said here* | | | | | of the cliff | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme of cliff=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **hold** | past | moon | lake | | | | with moon's finger nails | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 5 | **make** | past | moon | a great jump | | | then | away *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jump=Product | | 6 | **run** | past | moon *not said here* | | | | | hard *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/33/74/) - next →: [sentence 76](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/33/76/) - ↑ back to [The Coyote](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/33/)