--- title: But then as time went by, They noted day by day That all the waters… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: But then as time went by, They noted day by day That all the waters grew So stagnant and so foul That even the Master found He could not row his bark; All was so thick and dead, And rottenness and slime Crept into all the world. Who acts: Indians, That, Master, All. 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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 (Indians, That, Master, All), 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:pg78673:10:73 # text = But then as time went by, They noted day by day That all the waters grew So stagnant and so foul That even the Master found He could not row his bark; All was so thick and dead, And rottenness and slime Crept into all the world. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 3 as as ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 5 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 by by ADP IN _ 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 noted note VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 10 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl:unmarked _ _ 11 by by ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 13 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 17 nsubj _ _ 14 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 16 det:predet _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 waters water NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nmod _ _ 17 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 18 So so ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 stagnant stagnant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 xcomp _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 21 so so ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 foul foul VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 conj _ _ 23 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 22 obj _ _ 24 even even ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 Master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 27 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 advcl _ _ 28 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 29 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 30 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 31 advmod _ _ 31 row row VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 ccomp _ _ 32 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 bark bark NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ; ; PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 All all DET DT PronType=Tot 38 nsubj _ _ 36 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 cop _ _ 37 so so ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 38 thick thick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 conj _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 42 And and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 43 rottenness rottenness NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nsubj:pass _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 slime slime NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 conj _ _ 46 Crept creep VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 38 conj _ _ 47 into into ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 48 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 50 det:predet _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go by** | past | | | | | then; time | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **note** | past | Indians *= indian* | | | | day | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **grow** | past | That all waters | | | | day | stagnant *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **foul** | infinitive | That all waters *not said here* | That | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **find** | past | the Master | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 6 | **not** **row** | could | Master | Master's bark | | | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bark=Theme | | 7 | **is** | past | All | | | | | thick *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **be** | | All *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **creep** | participle · passive | | rottenness and slime | | all world | | | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: subject=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 72](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/10/72/) - next →: [sentence 74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/10/74/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/10/)