The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo Indian folk-stories, The Coyote and the Blackbirds, sentence 38
But when he looked around and saw the sun shining and the ground dry, and not a hailstone anywhere, he knew that the Blackbirds had given him a trick, and he limped home in a terrible rage, vowing that as soon as ever he got well he would follow and eat the Blackbirds as long as he lived.
Who acts: Coyote, sun, Blackbirds · What happens: look around, see, shine, know, give, limp · To what, where: sun, trick, Coyote, terrible rage, Blackbirds · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo Indian folk-stories» by Charles Fletcher Lummis, The Coyote and the Blackbirds. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Coyote, sun, Blackbirds), 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 7 saw | cc |
| 2 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 looked | advmod |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 looked | nsubj |
| 4 | looked | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 saw | conj |
| 5 | around | around | ADV | _ | 4 looked | advmod |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 saw | cc |
| 7 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 sun | det |
| 9 | sun | sun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 saw | obj |
| 10 | shining | shine | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 9 sun | acl |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 ground | cc |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 ground | det |
| 13 | ground | ground | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 sun | conj |
| 14 | dry | dry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 saw | xcomp |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 hailstone | punct |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 hailstone | cc |
| 17 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 19 hailstone | advmod |
| 18 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 19 hailstone | det |
| 19 | hailstone | hailstone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 saw | conj |
| 20 | anywhere | anywhere | ADV | PronType=Ind | 19 hailstone | advmod |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 knew | punct |
| 22 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 23 knew | nsubj |
| 23 | knew | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 saw | parataxis |
| 24 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 28 given | mark |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 Blackbirds | det |
| 26 | Blackbirds | Blackbird | PROPN | Number=Plur | 28 given | nsubj |
| 27 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 28 given | aux |
| 28 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 23 knew | ccomp |
| 29 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 28 given | iobj |
| 30 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 31 trick | det |
| 31 | trick | trick | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 given | obj |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 limped | punct |
| 33 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 35 limped | cc |
| 34 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 35 limped | nsubj |
| 35 | limped | limp | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 saw | conj |
| 36 | home | home | ADV | _ | 35 limped | advmod |
| 37 | in | in | ADP | _ | 40 rage | case |
| 38 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 40 rage | det |
| 39 | terrible | terrible | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 40 rage | amod |
| 40 | rage | rage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 limped | obl |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 vowing | punct |
| 42 | vowing | vow | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 35 limped | advcl |
| 43 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 53 follow | mark |
| 44 | as | as | ADV | _ | 45 soon | advmod |
| 45 | soon | soon | ADV | Degree=Pos | 53 follow | advmod |
| 46 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 49 got | mark |
| 47 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 49 got | advmod |
| 48 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 49 got | nsubj |
| 49 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 53 follow | advcl |
| 50 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 49 got | advmod |
| 51 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 53 follow | nsubj |
| 52 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 53 follow | aux |
| 53 | follow | follow | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 42 vowing | advcl |
| 54 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 55 eat | cc |
| 55 | eat | eat | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 53 follow | conj |
| 56 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 57 Blackbirds | det |
| 57 | Blackbirds | blackbird | NOUN | Number=Plur | 55 eat | obj |
| 58 | as | as | ADV | _ | 59 long | advmod |
| 59 | long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | 55 eat | advmod |
| 60 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 62 lived | mark |
| 61 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 62 lived | nsubj |
| 62 | lived | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 59 long | advcl |
| 63 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 saw | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look around | past | Coyote | around property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | see | past | the sun and the ground | a hailstone conj; dry property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sun=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | shine | gerund | the sun and the ground not said here | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 4 | know | past | Coyote | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 5 | give | past · perfect | the Blackbirds | a trick | Coyote | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient trick=Theme | |||
| 6 | limp | past | Coyote | a terrible rage | home property | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in rage=Trajectory | |||
| 7 | vow | gerund | Coyote not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 8 | get | past | Coyote | ever | well property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | |||
| 9 | follow | would | Coyote | soon property | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 10 | eat | infinitive | Coyote not said here | the Blackbirds | long property | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent blackbird=Patient | |||
| 11 | live | past | Coyote | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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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