--- title: And it was terrible when the wind howled Over the waves which madly… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: And it was terrible when the wind howled Over the waves which madly rose and fell Like great white wolves a-jumping while they run; And the red lightnings flashed, while the great sea Grew dark as if to show their fire the more. Who acts: defiance, wind, great white wolves, wolves. 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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 (defiance, wind, great white wolves, wolves), 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:pg78673:11:22 # text = And it was terrible when the wind howled Over the waves which madly rose and fell Like great white wolves a-jumping while they run; And the red lightnings flashed, while the great sea Grew dark as if to show their fire the more. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 terrible terrible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 wind wind NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 howled howl VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 9 Over over ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 waves wave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 12 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 14 obj _ _ 13 madly madly ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 rose rise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 acl:relcl _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 17 Like like ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 19 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 wolves wolf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obl _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ SpaceAfter=No 22 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 jumping jump VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 20 acl _ _ 24 while while SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 25 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 run run VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 28 And and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 lightnings lightning NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 32 flashed flash VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 34 while while SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 38 Grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ _ 39 dark dark ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 xcomp _ _ 40 as as SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 41 if if SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 43 show show VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 advcl _ _ 44 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 43 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | defiance | | | | | the red lightnings *obl*; terrible *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **howl** | past | the wind | | | the waves | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over wave=Location | | 3 | **rise** | past | | the waves | | | | madly *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location which=Theme | | 4 | **fall** | past | | | | | | like great white wolves | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **jump** | gerund | great white wolves *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **run** | present | wolves *= wolf* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **flash** | participle | | the red lightnings *not said here* | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **grow** | past | the great sea | | | | | dark *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **show** | to-infinitive | the great sea *not said here* | wolves's fire | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent fire=Recipient | | 10 | **fire** | | wolves *= wolf* | | | | | | nom fire «event transitive»: poss=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 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/11/21/) - next →: [sentence 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/11/23/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/11/)