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title: “That is very good,” said the Coyote, “and I would like to do so, to… — The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo I… · tree and pragmatics
description: “That is very good,” said the Coyote, “and I would like to do so, too, if you will let me join you.” Who acts: That, Coyote, you. A sentence of «The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo Indian folk-stories» by Charles Fletcher Lummis, The Coyote and the Blackbirds, with its dependency tree and
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# The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo Indian folk-stories, The Coyote and the Blackbirds, sentence 11

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“That is very good,” said the Coyote, “and I would like to do so, too, if you will let me join you.”

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**Who acts:** That, Coyote, you · **What happens:** be, say, like, do, let, join · **To what, where:** Coyote, you · **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 and the Blackbirds. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (That, Coyote, you), 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:pg77804:6:11
# text = “That is very good,” said the Coyote, “and I would like to do so, too, if you will let me join you.”
1	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	very	very	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
8	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	Coyote	Coyote	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
12	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
14	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
15	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
16	like	like	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	ccomp	_	_
17	to	to	PART	TO	_	18	mark	_	_
18	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	xcomp	_	_
19	so	so	ADV	RB	_	21	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
21	too	too	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
23	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	26	mark	_	_
24	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	26	nsubj	_	_
25	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	26	aux	_	_
26	let	let	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	conj	_	_
27	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	26	obj	_	_
28	join	join	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	26	xcomp	_	_
29	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	28	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	16	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | That |  |  |  |  | good *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the Coyote |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **like** *in a quote* | would | the Coyote *= coyote* |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 4 | **do** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | the Coyote *= coyote* *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **let** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | future | you | the Coyote *= coyote* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **join** *in a quote* | infinitive | the Coyote *= coyote* *not said here* | you |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=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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