--- title: Wuchoʿsen the Giant Eagle, The Bird-Who-Blows-the-Winds, Lives far a… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: Wuchoʿsen the Giant Eagle, The Bird-Who-Blows-the-Winds, Lives far away in the North, Ever sitting on a rock Which is at the end of the sky; Because when he flaps his wings The wind blows over the earth, Men gave him the name of old. Who acts: Winds, rock, WUCHOʿSEN, Men. 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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 (Winds, rock, WUCHOʿSEN, Men), 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:pg78673:10:63 # text = Wuchoʿsen the Giant Eagle, The Bird-Who-Blows-the-Winds, Lives far away in the North, Ever sitting on a rock Which is at the end of the sky; Because when he flaps his wings The wind blows over the earth, Men gave him the name of old. 1 Wuchoʿsen Wuchoʿsen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 nsubj _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 Giant giant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 Eagle Eagle PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Bird Bird PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 8 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 Who who PRON WP PronType=Int 8 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 10 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 Blows Blows PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 12 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ SpaceAfter=No 14 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 Winds wind NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 Lives Life PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 15 conj _ _ 18 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 19 advmod _ _ 19 away away ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 20 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 North North PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 Ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 25 advmod _ _ 25 sitting sit VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 15 acl _ _ 26 on on ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 rock rock NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 29 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 33 nsubj _ _ 30 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 cop _ _ 31 at at ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 acl:relcl _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 sky sky NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ; ; PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 38 Because because SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 39 when when SCONJ WRB _ 41 mark _ _ 40 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 flaps flap VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 advcl _ _ 42 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 wings wing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 obj _ _ 44 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 wind wind NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nsubj _ _ 46 blows blow VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 47 over over ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 51 Men Men PROPN NNP Number=Sing 52 nsubj _ _ 52 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 conj _ _ 53 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 iobj _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obj _ _ 56 of of ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 57 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 55 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 58 . . PUNCT . _ 46 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sit** | gerund | the Winds and Lives in the North *not said here* | | | a rock | ever | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on rock=Location | | 2 | **is** | present | a rock | | | | at the end | of the sky | tree rules | | 3 | **flap** | present | WUCHOʿSEN | WUCHOʿSEN's wings | | | | | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wing=Patient | | 4 | **blow** | present | Wuchoʿsen | | | the earth | | the wind *nsubj* | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **give** | past | Men | the name of old | WUCHOʿSEN | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient name=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 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/10/62/) - next →: [sentence 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/10/64/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/10/)