--- title: The Giant Bird replied: “Even from the earliest time, And from the e… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: The Giant Bird replied: “Even from the earliest time, And from the earliest days, Ere aught beside on earth Had ever uttered word, I moved my wings and spoke In Wind unto the World; For mine was the first Voice E’er heard in life or time, Therefore I’ll ever speak, And ever move my wings, At freedom --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/10/70/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Kulóskap the master, and other Algonki…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/) / [Opening, part 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/10/) / 70 # Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 10, sentence 70 The Giant Bird replied: “Even from the earliest time, And from the earliest days, Ere aught beside on earth Had ever uttered word, I moved my wings and spoke In Wind unto the World; For mine was the first Voice E’er heard in life or time, Therefore I’ll ever speak, And ever move my wings, At freedom, as I will.” **Who acts:** Giant Bird, first Voice · **What happens:** reply, utter, move, speak, be, hear · **To what, where:** word, earth, wings, Wind, life, freedom · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems», Opening, part 10. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Giant Bird, first Voice), 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:pg78673:10:70 # text = The Giant Bird replied: “Even from the earliest time, And from the earliest days, Ere aught beside on earth Had ever uttered word, I moved my wings and spoke In Wind unto the World; For mine was the first Voice E’er heard in life or time, Therefore I’ll ever speak, And ever move my wings, At freedom, as I will.” 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 Giant giant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 Bird Bird PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 : : PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 6 “ " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 Even even ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 8 from from ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 earliest early ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 11 amod _ _ 11 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 13 And and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 14 from from ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 earliest early ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 17 amod _ _ 17 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 Ere Ere PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 compound _ _ 20 aught aught PRON NN PronType=Ind 11 appos _ _ 21 beside beside ADP IN _ 26 mark _ _ 22 on on ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 24 Had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 25 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 26 advmod _ _ 26 uttered utter VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 20 acl:relcl _ _ 27 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 moved move VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 31 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 wings wing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obj _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 conj _ _ 35 In in ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 Wind Wind PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 37 unto unto ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 World World PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ; ; PUNCT : _ 48 punct _ _ 41 For for ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 42 mine my PRON PRP Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 43 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 cop _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 45 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 46 amod _ _ 46 Voice Voice PROPN NNP Number=Sing 48 nsubj _ _ 47 E’er E'er PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 flat _ _ 48 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 49 in in ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ _ 51 or or CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 52 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 54 Therefore therefore ADV RB _ 58 advmod _ _ 55 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 58 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 56 ’ll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 58 aux _ _ 57 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 58 advmod _ _ 58 speak speak VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 48 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 59 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 60 And and CCONJ CC _ 62 cc _ _ 61 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 62 advmod _ _ 62 move move VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 48 parataxis _ _ 63 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 64 nmod:poss _ _ 64 wings wing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 62 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 65 , , PUNCT , _ 67 punct _ _ 66 At at ADP IN _ 67 case _ _ 67 freedom freedom NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 68 , , PUNCT , _ 71 punct _ _ 69 as as SCONJ IN _ 71 mark _ _ 70 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 71 nsubj _ _ 71 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 62 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 72 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 73 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | the Giant Bird | | | | time | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **utter** *speech: other* *in a quote* | past · perfect | | word | | earth | ever | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent word=Topic | | 3 | **move** *in a quote* | past | the Giant Bird *= bird* | my wings | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent wing=Theme | | 4 | **speak** *speech: other* *in a quote* | past | the Giant Bird *= bird* *not said here* | | | Wind unto the World | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | past | the Giant Bird *= bird* | | | | | for the first Voice | tree rules | | 6 | **hear** *in a quote* | past | the first Voice | | | life or time | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **speak** *speech: other* *in a quote* | future | the Giant Bird *= bird* | | | | ever | therefore *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **move** *in a quote* | infinitive | | my wings | | freedom | ever | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent wing=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 69](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/10/69/) - next →: [sentence 71](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/10/71/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/10/)