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The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo Indian folk-stories, The First of the Rattlesnakes, sentence 5

But shrilly as the cold night-wind outside hinted the wisdom of speedy cobbling, Patricio had no wish to acquire that burro’s tail, so, laying the rawhide and knife upon the floor beside him, he deliberately rolled a modest pinch of the aromatic _koo-ah-rée_ in a corn-husk, lighted it at the coals, and drew Benito’s tousled head to his side.

Who acts: cold night wind, Patricio, corn husk, Benito · What happens: hint, have, acquire, lay, roll, light · To what, where: wisdom, wish, tail, rawhide, floor, modest pinch

This is a sentence of «The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo Indian folk-stories» by Charles Fletcher Lummis, The First of the Rattlesnakes. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (cold night wind, Patricio, corn husk, Benito), 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

ccmarkdetamodcompoundpunctnsubjadvmodadvcldetobjcaseamodnmodpunctnsubjconjdetobjmarkacldetnmod:posscaseobjpunctadvmodpunctconjdetobjccconjcasedetoblcaseoblpunctnsubjadvmodparataxisdetamodobjcasedetamodpunctnmodpunctdiscoursepunctconjpunctcasedetcompoundpunctoblpunctaclobjcasedetoblpunctccparataxisnsubjnsubjconjobjcasenmod:possoblpunctrootButCCONJshrillyADJasSCONJtheDETcoldADJnightNOUN-PUNCTwindNOUNoutsideADVhintedVERBtheDETwisdomNOUNofADPspeedyADJcobblingNOUN,PUNCTPatricioPROPNhadVERBnoDETwishNOUNtoPARTacquireVERBthatDETburroNOUN’sPARTtailNOUN,PUNCTsoADV,PUNCTlayingVERBtheDETrawhideNOUNandCCONJknifeNOUNuponADPtheDETfloorNOUNbesideADPhimPRON,PUNCThePRONdeliberatelyADVrolledVERBaDETmodestADJpinchNOUNofADPtheDETaromaticADJ_PUNCTkooNOUN-PUNCTahINTJ-PUNCTréeNOUN_PUNCTinADPaDETcornNOUN-PUNCThuskNOUN,PUNCTlightedVERBitPRONatADPtheDETcoalsNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJdrewVERBBenitoPROPN’sNOUNtousledVERBheadNOUNtoADPhisPRONsideNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ButbutCCONJ_2 shrillycc
2shrillyshrillyADJDegree=Posrootroot
3asasSCONJ_10 hintedmark
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art8 winddet
5coldcoldADJDegree=Pos8 windamod
6nightnightNOUNNumber=Sing8 windcompound
7--PUNCT_6 nightpunct
8windwindNOUNNumber=Sing10 hintednsubj
9outsideoutsideADV_10 hintedadvmod
10hintedhintVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin2 shrillyadvcl
11thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art12 wisdomdet
12wisdomwisdomNOUNNumber=Sing10 hintedobj
13ofofADP_15 cobblingcase
14speedyspeedyADJDegree=Pos15 cobblingamod
15cobblingcobblingNOUNNumber=Sing12 wisdomnmod
16,,PUNCT_18 hadpunct
17PatricioPatricioPROPNNumber=Sing18 hadnsubj
18hadhaveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin10 hintedconj
19nonoDETPronType=Neg20 wishdet
20wishwishNOUNNumber=Sing18 hadobj
21totoPART_22 acquiremark
22acquireacquireVERBVerbForm=Inf20 wishacl
23thatthatDETNumber=Sing PronType=Dem24 burrodet
24burroburroNOUNNumber=Sing26 tailnmod:poss
25’s'sPART_24 burrocase
26tailtailNOUNNumber=Sing22 acquireobj
27,,PUNCT_30 layingpunct
28sosoADV_30 layingadvmod
29,,PUNCT_30 layingpunct
30layinglayVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part2 shrillyconj
31thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art32 rawhidedet
32rawhiderawhideNOUNNumber=Sing30 layingobj
33andandCCONJ_34 knifecc
34knifeknifeNOUNNumber=Sing32 rawhideconj
35uponuponADP_37 floorcase
36thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art37 floordet
37floorfloorNOUNNumber=Sing30 layingobl
38besidebesideADP_39 himcase
39himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs30 layingobl
40,,PUNCT_43 rolledpunct
41hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs43 rollednsubj
42deliberatelydeliberatelyADV_43 rolledadvmod
43rolledrollVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin2 shrillyparataxis
44aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art46 pinchdet
45modestmodestADJDegree=Pos46 pinchamod
46pinchpinchNOUNNumber=Sing43 rolledobj
47ofofADP_51 koocase
48thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art51 koodet
49aromaticaromaticADJDegree=Pos51 kooamod
50__PUNCT_49 aromaticpunct
51kookooNOUNNumber=Sing46 pinchnmod
52--PUNCT_55 réepunct
53ahahINTJ_55 réediscourse
54--PUNCT_55 réepunct
55réeréeNOUNNumber=Sing51 kooconj
56__PUNCT_61 huskpunct
57ininADP_61 huskcase
58aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art61 huskdet
59corncornNOUNNumber=Sing61 huskcompound
60--PUNCT_59 cornpunct
61huskhuskNOUNNumber=Sing43 rolledobl
62,,PUNCT_63 lightedpunct
63lightedlightVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass61 huskacl
64ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs63 lightedobj
65atatADP_67 coalscase
66thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art67 coalsdet
67coalscoalNOUNNumber=Plur63 lightedobl
68,,PUNCT_70 drewpunct
69andandCCONJ_70 drewcc
70drewdrawVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin43 rolledparataxis
71BenitoBenitoPROPNNumber=Sing73 touslednsubj
72’s'NOUNNumber=Plur73 touslednsubj
73tousledtousleVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin70 drewconj
74headheadNOUNNumber=Sing73 tousledobj
75totoADP_77 sidecase
76hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs77 sidenmod:poss
77sidesideNOUNNumber=Sing73 tousledobl
78..PUNCT_2 shrillypunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1hint speech: otherpastthe cold night windthe wisdom of speedy cobblingoutside propertyvn say-37.7-1-2 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent wisdom=Topic
2havepastPatriciono wishvn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wish=Patient
3acquireto-infinitivePatricio not said herethat burro's tailvn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset tail=Theme
4laygerundthe rawhide and knifethe floorbeside Patriciovn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent rawhide=Theme upon floor=Destination
5rollpastPatricioa modest pinch of the aromatic koo and réea corn huskdeliberately propertyvn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent pinch=Theme in husk=Trajectory
6lightparticiplea corn husk not said hererawhidethe coalsvn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Product
7drawpastvn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
8touslepastBenitoheadto Benito's side; ’s nsubjvn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent head=Patient
10pinchthe aromatic koo and réenom pinch «state transitive»: of=patient

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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