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The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo Indian folk-stories, The Man Who Married the Moon, sentence 55

Drawing back her little dimpled hand, she threw the meal gently against the pearl _omate_, and so fine was it ground that every tiniest bit of it clung to the polished shell, and not a particle fell to the ground.

Who acts: Moon, meal, fine ground, particle · What happens: draw back, dimple, throw, be, cling, polish · To what, where: little dimpled hand, meal, pearl, fine ground, tiniest bit

This is a sentence of «The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo Indian folk-stories» by Charles Fletcher Lummis, The Man Who Married the Moon. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Moon, meal, fine ground, particle), 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

advcladvmodnmod:possamodamodobjpunctnsubjdetobjadvmodcasedetoblpunctconjpunctpunctccadvmodamodcopnsubjoblnsubjdetamodobl:unmarkedcasenmodacl:relclcasedetamodoblpunctccadvmoddetnsubjconjcasedetoblpunctrootDrawingVERBbackADVherPRONlittleADJdimpledVERBhandNOUN,PUNCTshePRONthrewVERBtheDETmealNOUNgentlyADVagainstADPtheDETpearlNOUN_PUNCTomateADJ_PUNCT,PUNCTandCCONJsoADVfineADJwasAUXitPRONgroundNOUNthatPRONeveryDETtiniestADJbitNOUNofADPitPRONclungVERBtoADPtheDETpolishedVERBshellNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJnotPARTaDETparticleNOUNfellVERBtoADPtheDETgroundNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1DrawingdrawVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part9 threwadvcl
2backbackADV_1 Drawingadvmod
3herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs6 handnmod:poss
4littlelittleADJDegree=Pos6 handamod
5dimpleddimpleVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass6 handamod
6handhandNOUNNumber=Sing1 Drawingobj
7,,PUNCT_1 Drawingpunct
8sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs9 threwnsubj
9threwthrowVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
10thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art11 mealdet
11mealmealNOUNNumber=Sing9 threwobj
12gentlygentlyADV_9 threwadvmod
13againstagainstADP_15 pearlcase
14thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art15 pearldet
15pearlpearlNOUNNumber=Sing9 threwobl
16__PUNCT_17 omatepunct
17omateomateADJDegree=Pos9 threwconj
18__PUNCT_17 omatepunct
19,,PUNCT_25 groundpunct
20andandCCONJ_25 groundcc
21sosoADV_22 fineadvmod
22finefineADJDegree=Pos25 groundamod
23wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin25 groundcop
24ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs25 groundnsubj
25groundgroundNOUNNumber=Sing9 threwobl
26thatthatPRONPronType=Rel32 clungnsubj
27everyeveryDETPronType=Tot29 bitdet
28tiniesttinyADJDegree=Sup29 bitamod
29bitbitNOUNNumber=Sing32 clungobl:unmarked
30ofofADP_31 itcase
31ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs29 bitnmod
32clungclingVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass25 groundacl:relcl
33totoADP_36 shellcase
34thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art36 shelldet
35polishedpolishVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass36 shellamod
36shellshellNOUNNumber=Sing32 clungobl
37,,PUNCT_42 fellpunct
38andandCCONJ_42 fellcc
39notnotPARTPolarity=Neg42 felladvmod
40aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art41 particledet
41particleparticleNOUNNumber=Sing42 fellnsubj
42fellfallVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin9 threwconj
43totoADP_45 groundcase
44thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art45 grounddet
45groundgroundNOUNNumber=Sing42 fellobl
46..PUNCT_9 threwpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1draw backgerundMoon not said hereMoon's little dimpled handvn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme
2dimpleparticipletree rules
3throwpastMoonthe mealthe pearlgently propertyvn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent meal=Theme against pearl=Destination
4is apastmealfine groundtree rules
5clingparticiplefine groundevery tiniest bit of mealto the polished shellvn cling-22.5 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme to shell=Co-Theme
6polishparticiplevn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent
7not fallpasta particleto the groundvn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to ground=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.

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