--- title: But when he looked around and saw the sun shining and the ground dry… — The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo I… · tree and pragmatics description: But when he looked around and saw the sun shining and the ground dry, and not a hailstone anywhere, he knew that the Blackbirds had given him a trick, and he limped home in a terrible rage, vowing that as soon as ever he got well he would follow and eat the Blackbirds as long as he lived. 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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 (Coyote, sun, Blackbirds), 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:pg77804:6:38 # text = But when he looked around and saw the sun shining and the ground dry, and not a hailstone anywhere, he knew that the Blackbirds had given him a trick, and he limped home in a terrible rage, vowing that as soon as ever he got well he would follow and eat the Blackbirds as long as he lived. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 2 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 5 around around ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 shining shine VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 9 acl _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 conj _ _ 14 dry dry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 17 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 19 advmod _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 hailstone hailstone NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ _ 20 anywhere anywhere ADV RB PronType=Ind 19 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 24 that that SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 Blackbirds Blackbird PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 28 nsubj _ _ 27 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 23 ccomp _ _ 29 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 iobj _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 trick trick NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 limped limp VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 36 home home ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 terrible terrible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 rage rage NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 42 vowing vow VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 35 advcl _ _ 43 that that SCONJ IN _ 53 mark _ _ 44 as as ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 45 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 53 advmod _ _ 46 as as SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 47 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 49 advmod _ _ 48 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 49 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 53 advcl _ _ 50 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 49 advmod _ _ 51 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 52 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 53 aux _ _ 53 follow follow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 advcl _ _ 54 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 55 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 53 conj _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 Blackbirds blackbird NOUN NNS Number=Plur 55 obj _ _ 58 as as ADV RB _ 59 advmod _ _ 59 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 55 advmod _ _ 60 as as SCONJ IN _ 62 mark _ _ 61 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 62 nsubj _ _ 62 lived live VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 59 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 63 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look around** | past | Coyote | | | | | around *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **see** | past | | the sun and the ground | | | | a hailstone *conj*; dry *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sun=Stimulus | | 3 | **shine** | gerund | the sun and the ground *not said here* | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **know** | past | Coyote | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 5 | **give** | past · perfect | the Blackbirds | a trick | Coyote | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient trick=Theme | | 6 | **limp** | past | Coyote | | | a terrible rage | | home *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in rage=Trajectory | | 7 | **vow** | gerund | Coyote *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **get** | past | Coyote | | | | ever | well *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 9 | **follow** | would | Coyote | | | | | soon *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **eat** | infinitive | Coyote *not said here* | the Blackbirds | | | | long *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent blackbird=Patient | | 11 | **live** | past | Coyote | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «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 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/6/37/) - next →: [sentence 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/6/39/) - ↑ back to [The Coyote and the Blackbirds](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/6/)