--- title: But he puffed and puffed away As if he had been on the top Of a moun… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: But he puffed and puffed away As if he had been on the top Of a mountain in a breeze, Till one said: “This is idle, Let us go and play at ball!” Who acts: anger, This, us. 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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 (anger, This, us), 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:pg78673:11:64 # text = But he puffed and puffed away As if he had been on the top Of a mountain in a breeze, Till one said: “This is idle, Let us go and play at ball!” 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 puffed puff VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 puffed puff VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 6 away away ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 7 As as SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 8 if if SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 10 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 11 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 14 cop _ _ 12 on on ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 advcl _ _ 15 Of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 breeze breeze NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 Till till ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 24 obl _ _ 24 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 : : PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 26 “ " PUNCT `` _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 This this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 29 nsubj _ _ 28 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 29 idle idle ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 31 Let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 29 parataxis _ _ 32 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 xcomp _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 play play VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 36 at at ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 ball ball NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ! ! PUNCT . _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **puff** | past | anger | | | | | | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source | | 2 | **puff away** | past | anger *not said here* | | | | | away *property* | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source | | 3 | **is** | past · perfect | anger | | | the top | | of a mountain in a breeze | tree rules | | 4 | **say** *speech: express* | past | anger *not said here* | | | | till one | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | present | This | | | | | idle *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **let** *in a quote* | infinitive | | us | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **go** *in a quote* | infinitive | us *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **play** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | ball | | | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: 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 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/11/63/) - next →: [sentence 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/11/65/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/11/)