--- title: Deep lay the snow on the earth; Therefore they both wore snow-shoes;… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: Deep lay the snow on the earth; Therefore they both wore snow-shoes; But, when they came to the shore, Kulóskap leaped from the mainland Over the sea between To the island of Grand Manan; And so he escaped from the sorceress; For the shoes which the Master wore Were round and out of the common; Whil --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/11/114/) [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 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/11/) / 114 # Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 11, sentence 114 Deep lay the snow on the earth; Therefore they both wore snow-shoes; But, when they came to the shore, Kulóskap leaped from the mainland Over the sea between To the island of Grand Manan; And so he escaped from the sorceress; For the shoes which the Master wore Were round and out of the common; While those of the witch were long, Long it is said and pointed, And the marks of the two are still To be seen deep pressed in the rocks By the shore to this very day. **Who acts:** you, lightnings, Kulóskap, wind, Master, those · **What happens:** lay, wear, come, leap, escape, be · **To what, where:** snow, earth, snow shoes, shore, mainland, sorceress · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems», Opening, part 11. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (you, lightnings, Kulóskap, wind), 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:pg78673:11:114 # text = Deep lay the snow on the earth; Therefore they both wore snow-shoes; But, when they came to the shore, Kulóskap leaped from the mainland Over the sea between To the island of Grand Manan; And so he escaped from the sorceress; For the shoes which the Master wore Were round and out of the common; While those of the witch were long, Long it is said and pointed, And the marks of the two are still To be seen deep pressed in the rocks By the shore to this very day. 1 Deep deep ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 lay lay VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 snow snow NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ; ; PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 9 Therefore therefore ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 10 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 both both DET DT PronType=Tot 12 nsubj _ _ 12 wore wear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 13 snow snow NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 14 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 shoes shoe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 17 But but CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 21 advmod _ _ 20 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 shore shore NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 Kulóskap Kulóskap PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 27 leaped leap VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 28 from from ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 mainland mainland NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 31 Over over ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 34 between between ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 35 To to ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 island island NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 Grand Grand ADJ NNP Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 Manan Manan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ; ; PUNCT : _ 2 punct _ _ 42 And and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 43 so so ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 44 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 45 escaped escape VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 46 from from ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 sorceress sorceress NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ; ; PUNCT : _ 52 punct _ _ 50 For for ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 shoes shoe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ 53 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 56 obj _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 Master Master PROPN NNP Number=Sing 56 nsubj _ _ 56 wore wear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 52 acl:relcl _ _ 57 Were were ADV RB _ 58 advmod _ _ 58 round round ADV RB _ 56 advmod _ _ 59 and and CCONJ CC _ 63 cc _ _ 60 out out ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 61 of of ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 62 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 63 det _ _ 63 common common ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 58 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 64 ; ; PUNCT , _ 71 punct _ _ 65 While while SCONJ IN _ 71 mark _ _ 66 those that PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 71 nsubj _ _ 67 of of ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 68 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 69 det _ _ 69 witch witch NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 nmod _ _ 70 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 71 cop _ _ 71 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 72 , , PUNCT , _ 73 punct _ _ 73 Long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 71 parataxis _ _ 74 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 76 nsubj _ _ 75 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 76 aux:pass _ _ 76 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 73 conj _ _ 77 and and CCONJ CC _ 78 cc _ _ 78 pointed point VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 76 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 79 , , PUNCT , _ 90 punct _ _ 80 And and CCONJ CC _ 90 cc _ _ 81 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 82 det _ _ 82 marks mark NOUN NNS Number=Plur 90 nsubj:pass _ _ 83 of of ADP IN _ 85 case _ _ 84 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 85 det _ _ 85 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 82 nmod _ _ 86 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 90 aux _ _ 87 still still ADV RB _ 90 advmod _ _ 88 To to PART TO _ 90 mark _ _ 89 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 90 aux:pass _ _ 90 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 advcl _ _ 91 deep deep ADV RB _ 92 advmod _ _ 92 pressed press VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 90 conj _ _ 93 in in ADP IN _ 95 case _ _ 94 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 95 det _ _ 95 rocks rock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 92 obl _ _ 96 By by ADP IN _ 98 case _ _ 97 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 98 det _ _ 98 shore shore NOUN NN Number=Sing 92 obl _ _ 99 to to ADP IN _ 102 case _ _ 100 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 102 det _ _ 101 very very ADV RB _ 102 advmod _ _ 102 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 98 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 103 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lay** | imperative | you *not said here* | the snow | | the earth | | for the shoes; deep *property* | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent snow=Result for shoe=Beneficiary | | 2 | **wear** | past | lightnings *= lightning* | snow shoes | | | | therefore *property* | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent shoe=Theme | | 3 | **come** | past | lightnings *= lightning* | | | the shore | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to shore=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **leap** | past | Kulóskap | | | the mainland | | over the sea; between the island of Grand Manan | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from mainland=Trajectory | | 5 | **escape** | past | wind | | | the sorceress | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from sorceress=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **wear** | past | the Master | the shoes | | | | round *property* | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent which=Source | | 7 | **is** | past | those of the witch | | | | | long *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · passive | | snow | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic | | 9 | **point** | participle | | | | | | | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **see** | present · passive | | the marks of the two | | | still | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | | 11 | **press** | participle | | | | the rocks | | by the shore to this day; deep *property* | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | 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 113](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/11/113/) - next →: [sentence 115](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/11/115/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/11/)