--- title: All the grass and fields and trees were dry and dead--for Nah-chu-rú… — The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo I… · tree and pragmatics description: All the grass and fields and trees were dry and dead--for Nah-chu-rú-chu was the medicine-man who controlled the clouds, so no rain could fall when he was gone; and the eight days he had been a Coyote were in truth eight years. Who acts: grass, chu rú chu, medicine man, rain. 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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 (grass, chu rú chu, medicine man, rain), 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:pg77804:8:84 # text = All the grass and fields and trees were dry and dead--for Nah-chu-rú-chu was the medicine-man who controlled the clouds, so no rain could fall when he was gone; and the eight days he had been a Coyote were in truth eight years. 1 All all DET PDT PronType=Tot 3 det:predet _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 grass grass NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 fields field NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 conj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 conj _ _ 8 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 9 dry dry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 -- -- PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 for for ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 14 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 20 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 15 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 chu chu NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 17 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 rú rú NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 19 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 chu chu NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 21 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 cop _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 23 medicine medicine NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 24 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 parataxis _ _ 26 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 27 nsubj _ _ 27 controlled control VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 acl:relcl _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 clouds cloud NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 31 so so ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 32 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 33 det _ _ 33 rain rain NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 34 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 fall fall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 parataxis _ _ 36 when when SCONJ WRB _ 39 mark _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 39 gone gone ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ; ; PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 43 eight eight NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 44 nummod _ _ 44 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 nsubj _ _ 45 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 46 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 47 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 49 cop _ _ 48 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 Coyote coyote NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 nsubj _ _ 50 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 52 cop _ _ 51 in in ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 truth truth NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 parataxis _ _ 53 eight eight NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 54 nummod _ _ 54 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 52 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | all grass and fields and trees | | | | | dry *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | | all grass and fields and trees *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **is a** | past | chu rú chu | the medicine man | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **control** | past | the medicine man | the clouds | | | | | vn enforce-63 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cloud=Theme | | 5 | **fall** | could | no rain | | | | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **is** | past | chu | | | | | gone *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **is a** | past · perfect | the eight days | a Coyote | | | | chu *nsubj* | tree rules | | 8 | **is** | past | a Coyote | | | truth | year | | tree rules | 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 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/8/82/) - next →: [sentence 84](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/8/84/) - ↑ back to [The First of the Rattlesnakes](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/8/)