--- title: This He twisted to a withe And with it, to his waist He tied the bea… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: This He twisted to a withe And with it, to his waist He tied the beaver fast; But still it grew apace Till, trailing after him, It tore down all the trees, So that the giant left A clean fair road behind. Who acts: This, Larger, beaver, giant. 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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 (This, Larger, beaver, giant), 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:pg78673:10:48 # text = This He twisted to a withe And with it, to his waist He tied the beaver fast; But still it grew apace Till, trailing after him, It tore down all the trees, So that the giant left A clean fair road behind. 1 This this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 nsubj _ _ 2 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 twisted twist VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 withe withe NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 And and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 with with ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 waist waist NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 14 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 tied tie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 beaver beaver NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 18 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 15 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 20 But but CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 21 still still ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 22 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 24 apace apace ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 Till Till PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 27 trailing trail VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 23 advcl _ _ 28 after after ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 tore tore VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 33 down down ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 34 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 36 det:predet _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 38 So so ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 39 that that SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 giant giant NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 42 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 43 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 44 clean clean ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 45 fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ _ 47 behind behind ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **twist** | past | This | | | a withe with beaver | | Larger *nsubj* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme to withe=Trajectory | | 2 | **tie** | past | Larger | the beaver | | | | to Larger's waist; fast *property* | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent beaver=Patient to waist=Co-Patient | | 3 | **grow** | past | beaver | apace Till | | | still | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location till=Theme | | 4 | **trail** | gerund | beaver *not said here* | | | | after Larger | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent after he=Theme | | 5 | **tore down** | past | beaver | all trees | | | | down *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **leave** | past | the giant | a clean fair road | | | | behind *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent road=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 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/10/47/) - next →: [sentence 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/10/49/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/10/)