--- title: The old man prayed, and made a _mah-khúr_ hoop; and bidding the Coyo… — The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo I… · tree and pragmatics description: The old man prayed, and made a _mah-khúr_ hoop; and bidding the Coyote stand a little way off and stick his head through the hoop before it should stop rolling, rolled it toward him. Who acts: old man, head. 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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 (old man, head), 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:pg77804:8:72 # text = The old man prayed, and made a _mah-khúr_ hoop; and bidding the Coyote stand a little way off and stick his head through the hoop before it should stop rolling, rolled it toward him. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 prayed pray VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 9 _ _ PUNCT HYPH _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 mah mah NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 11 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 khúr khúr NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 14 punct _ _ 14 hoop hoop NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ; ; PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 bidding bid VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 20 obl _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 Coyote Coyote PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 20 stand stand VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 24 off off ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 stick stick VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 conj _ _ 27 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 29 through through ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 hoop hoop NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 32 before before SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 33 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 advcl _ _ 36 rolling roll VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 35 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 38 rolled roll VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 39 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ _ 40 toward toward ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pray** | past | the old man | | | | | | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **make** | past | the old man *not said here* | a mah khúr | | | | hoop *obl* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset khúr=Product | | 3 | **bid** | gerund | | the Coyote | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **stand** | present | the old man *not said here* | a little way | | | | off *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer way=Stimulus | | 5 | **stick** | infinitive | the old man *not said here* | man's head | | the hoop | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent head=Theme through hoop=Destination | | 6 | **stop** | should | head | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 7 | **roll** | gerund | head *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **roll** | past | | head | | | | toward man | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent it=Theme toward he=Trajectory | 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 70](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/8/70/) - next →: [sentence 72](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/8/72/) - ↑ back to [The First of the Rattlesnakes](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/8/)