--- title: So she went boldly on, Till she beheld below, The bottom of the sea… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: So she went boldly on, Till she beheld below, The bottom of the sea With many shells on it; And then she said in fear: “The land, does it not seem To thee like a bow-string?” Who acts: Marten, land, it. 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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 (Marten, land, it), 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:pg78673:10:112 # text = So she went boldly on, Till she beheld below, The bottom of the sea With many shells on it; And then she said in fear: “The land, does it not seem To thee like a bow-string?” 1 So so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 boldly boldly ADV RB Degree=Pos 5 advmod _ _ 5 on on ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 Till till SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 8 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 beheld behold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 10 below below ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 bottom bottom NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ _ 17 With with ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 shells shell NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ _ 20 on on ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 And and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 24 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 26 advmod _ _ 25 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 27 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 fear fear NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 : : PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 30 “ " PUNCT `` _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 34 does do VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 ccomp _ _ 35 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 37 advmod _ _ 37 seem seem VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 ccomp _ _ 38 To to ADP TO _ 39 case _ _ 39 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 37 obl _ _ 40 like like ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 42 bow bow NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 43 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 string string NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ? ? PUNCT . _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ” " PUNCT '' _ 34 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | Marten | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **behold** | past | Marten | the bottom of the sea | | | | with many shells on sea; below *property* | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **say** *speech: ask* | past | Marten | | | fear | then | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **do** *in a quote* | present | the land | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **not** **seem** *in a quote* | present | it | | | | | to thee; like a bow string | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: 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:** «Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems», Project Gutenberg book 78673 (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 111](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/10/111/) - next →: [sentence 113](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/10/113/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/10/)