--- title: “Oh, that is the beauty of our colors,” replied the Coyote, smotheri… — The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo I… · tree and pragmatics description: “Oh, that is the beauty of our colors,” replied the Coyote, smothering his rage; “that they are not always the same--like other people’s--but turn all shades.” Who acts: that, beauty, Coyote, other people. 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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 (that, beauty, Coyote, other people), 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:pg77804:9:32 # text = “Oh, that is the beauty of our colors,” replied the Coyote, smothering his rage; “that they are not always the same--like other people’s--but turn all shades.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Oh oh INTJ UH _ 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 7 nsubj _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 beauty beauty NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 colors color NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ” " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ 13 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 advcl _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 Coyote Coyote PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 smothering smother VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 advcl _ _ 18 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 rage rage NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 21 “ " PUNCT `` _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 that that SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 23 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 24 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ _ 25 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 28 advmod _ _ 26 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 28 advmod _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 29 -- -- PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 like like SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 31 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ’s 's PART POS _ 32 case _ SpaceAfter=No 34 -- -- PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 but but CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 turn turn VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 37 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 38 det _ _ 38 shades shade NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ” " PUNCT '' _ 36 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | that | the beauty | | | | of our colors | tree rules | | 2 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | the beauty | the Coyote | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **smother** | gerund | the beauty *not said here* | beauty's rage | | | | | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme rage=Destination | | 4 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | present | Coyote | | | | | always, same *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **turn** *in a quote* | infinitive | other people | all shades | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent shade=Theme | | 6 | **rage** | | beauty | | | | | | nom rage «feeling intransitive»: poss=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 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/9/31/) - next →: [sentence 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/9/33/) - ↑ back to [The Coyote and the Woodpecker](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/9/)