--- title: “And is that the reason why Ch’ah-rah-ráh-deh always rattles to give… — The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo I… · tree and pragmatics description: “And is that the reason why Ch’ah-rah-ráh-deh always rattles to give warning before he bites?” asked Fat Juan, who is now quite as often called Juan Biscocho (John Biscuit), since I photographed him one day crawling out of the big adobe bake-oven where he had been hiding. 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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 (Ch’ah ráh deh, deh, I, one day), 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:pg77804:8:115 # text = “And is that the reason why Ch’ah-rah-ráh-deh always rattles to give warning before he bites?” asked Fat Juan, who is now quite as often called Juan Biscocho (John Biscuit), since I photographed him one day crawling out of the big adobe bake-oven where he had been hiding. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 And and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 7 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 16 advmod _ _ 8 Ch’ah Ch'ah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 9 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 rah rah NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 list _ SpaceAfter=No 11 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ráh ráh NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 13 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 deh deh NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 15 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 16 advmod _ _ 16 rattles rattle VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 xcomp _ _ 19 warning warning NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 20 before before SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 bites bite VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ? ? PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ” " PUNCT '' _ 16 punct _ _ 25 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 26 Fat Fat PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 iobj _ _ 27 Juan Juan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 29 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 35 nsubj:pass _ _ 30 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux:pass _ _ 31 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 35 advmod _ _ 32 quite quite ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 33 as as ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 often often ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 35 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 acl:relcl _ _ 36 Juan Juan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 xcomp _ _ 37 Biscocho Biscocho PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 flat _ _ 38 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 John John PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 appos _ _ 40 Biscuit Biscuit PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 43 since since SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 44 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 45 photographed photograph VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 46 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 obj _ _ 47 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 48 nummod _ _ 48 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl:unmarked _ _ 49 crawling crawl VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 48 acl _ _ 50 out out ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 51 of of ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 53 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 57 amod _ _ 54 adobe adobe NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 compound _ _ 55 bake bake NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 56 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 55 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 57 oven oven NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ _ 58 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 62 advmod _ _ 59 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 62 nsubj _ _ 60 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 62 aux _ _ 61 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 62 aux _ _ 62 hiding hide VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 57 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 63 . . PUNCT . _ 25 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | | the reason | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **rattle** *in a quote* | present | Ch’ah ráh deh | | | | | always *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **give** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Ch’ah ráh deh *not said here* | warning | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent warning=Theme | | 4 | **bite** *in a quote* | present | deh | | | | | | vn swat-18.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | | | Fat | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent fat=Recipient | | 6 | **call** | present · passive | | Fat | | | now | Juan *xcomp*; often *property* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | | 7 | **photograph** | past | I | Fat | | | day | | vn transcribe-25.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 8 | **crawl** | gerund | one day *not said here* | | | the big adobe bake oven | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme out oven=Trajectory | | 9 | **hide** | past · perfect · progressive | deh | | | | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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 113](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/8/113/) - next →: [sentence 115](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/8/115/) - ↑ back to [The First of the Rattlesnakes](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/8/)