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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 2 shrilly | cc |
| 2 | shrilly | shrilly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 3 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 10 hinted | mark |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 wind | det |
| 5 | cold | cold | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 wind | amod |
| 6 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 wind | compound |
| 7 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 6 night | punct |
| 8 | wind | wind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 hinted | nsubj |
| 9 | outside | outside | ADV | _ | 10 hinted | advmod |
| 10 | hinted | hint | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 shrilly | advcl |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 wisdom | det |
| 12 | wisdom | wisdom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 hinted | obj |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 cobbling | case |
| 14 | speedy | speedy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 cobbling | amod |
| 15 | cobbling | cobbling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 wisdom | nmod |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 had | punct |
| 17 | Patricio | Patricio | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 had | nsubj |
| 18 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 hinted | conj |
| 19 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 20 wish | det |
| 20 | wish | wish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 had | obj |
| 21 | to | to | PART | _ | 22 acquire | mark |
| 22 | acquire | acquire | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 20 wish | acl |
| 23 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 24 burro | det |
| 24 | burro | burro | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 tail | nmod:poss |
| 25 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 24 burro | case |
| 26 | tail | tail | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 acquire | obj |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 laying | punct |
| 28 | so | so | ADV | _ | 30 laying | advmod |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 laying | punct |
| 30 | laying | lay | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 shrilly | conj |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 rawhide | det |
| 32 | rawhide | rawhide | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 laying | obj |
| 33 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 34 knife | cc |
| 34 | knife | knife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 rawhide | conj |
| 35 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 37 floor | case |
| 36 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 37 floor | det |
| 37 | floor | floor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 laying | obl |
| 38 | beside | beside | ADP | _ | 39 him | case |
| 39 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 30 laying | obl |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 rolled | punct |
| 41 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 43 rolled | nsubj |
| 42 | deliberately | deliberately | ADV | _ | 43 rolled | advmod |
| 43 | rolled | roll | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 shrilly | parataxis |
| 44 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 46 pinch | det |
| 45 | modest | modest | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 46 pinch | amod |
| 46 | pinch | pinch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 rolled | obj |
| 47 | of | of | ADP | _ | 51 koo | case |
| 48 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 51 koo | det |
| 49 | aromatic | aromatic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 51 koo | amod |
| 50 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 49 aromatic | punct |
| 51 | koo | koo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 pinch | nmod |
| 52 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 55 rée | punct |
| 53 | ah | ah | INTJ | _ | 55 rée | discourse |
| 54 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 55 rée | punct |
| 55 | rée | rée | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 koo | conj |
| 56 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 61 husk | punct |
| 57 | in | in | ADP | _ | 61 husk | case |
| 58 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 61 husk | det |
| 59 | corn | corn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 61 husk | compound |
| 60 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 59 corn | punct |
| 61 | husk | husk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 rolled | obl |
| 62 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 63 lighted | punct |
| 63 | lighted | light | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 61 husk | acl |
| 64 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 63 lighted | obj |
| 65 | at | at | ADP | _ | 67 coals | case |
| 66 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 67 coals | det |
| 67 | coals | coal | NOUN | Number=Plur | 63 lighted | obl |
| 68 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 70 drew | punct |
| 69 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 70 drew | cc |
| 70 | drew | draw | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 43 rolled | parataxis |
| 71 | Benito | Benito | PROPN | Number=Sing | 73 tousled | nsubj |
| 72 | ’s | ' | NOUN | Number=Plur | 73 tousled | nsubj |
| 73 | tousled | tousle | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 70 drew | conj |
| 74 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 73 tousled | obj |
| 75 | to | to | ADP | _ | 77 side | case |
| 76 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 77 side | nmod:poss |
| 77 | side | side | NOUN | Number=Sing | 73 tousled | obl |
| 78 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 shrilly | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hint speech: other | past | the cold night wind | the wisdom of speedy cobbling | outside property | vn say-37.7-1-2 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent wisdom=Topic | |||
| 2 | have | past | Patricio | no wish | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wish=Patient | ||||
| 3 | acquire | to-infinitive | Patricio not said here | that burro's tail | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset tail=Theme | ||||
| 4 | lay | gerund | the rawhide and knife | the floor | beside Patricio | vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent rawhide=Theme upon floor=Destination | |||
| 5 | roll | past | Patricio | a modest pinch of the aromatic koo and rée | a corn husk | deliberately property | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent pinch=Theme in husk=Trajectory | ||
| 6 | light | participle | a corn husk not said here | rawhide | the coals | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Product | |||
| 7 | draw | past | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 8 | tousle | past | Benito | head | to Benito's side; ’s nsubj | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent head=Patient | |||
| 10 | pinch | the aromatic koo and rée | nom 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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