--- title: There all was silent and sad, The ashes were cold on the hearths, In… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: There all was silent and sad, The ashes were cold on the hearths, In the deserted homes, In the lonely, silent wigwams; So he followed the tracks of the Indians, And in a day came near them. Who acts: all, ashes, Brother. 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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 (all, ashes, Brother), 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:pg78673:12:68 # text = There all was silent and sad, The ashes were cold on the hearths, In the deserted homes, In the lonely, silent wigwams; So he followed the tracks of the Indians, And in a day came near them. 1 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 2 expl _ _ 2 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 silent silent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 sad sad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 ashes ash NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nsubj _ _ 10 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 11 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ 12 on on ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 hearths hearth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 In in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 deserted desert VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 amod _ _ 19 homes home NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 21 In in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 23 lonely lonely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 25 silent silent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 wigwams wigwam NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 28 So so ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 followed follow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 tracks track NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obj _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 Indians Indian PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 32 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 37 And and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 41 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 conj _ _ 42 near near ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | all There | | | | | silent *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | | all There *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **is** | past | the ashes | | | the hearths and the deserted homes and the lonely silent wigwams | | cold *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **desert** | participle | | | | | | | vn leave-51.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **follow** | past | Brother | the tracks of the Indians | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent track=Theme | | 6 | **come** | past | Brother *not said here* | | | | day | near ashes *= ash* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme near they=Location | 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 67](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/12/67/) - next →: [sentence 69](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/12/69/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/12/)