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title: So they sailed away down the stream Till they came to mighty cliffs… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics
description: So they sailed away down the stream Till they came to mighty cliffs Which ever grew higher and closer, Till they met in an arch overhead, But the river ran on beneath them, And ever far underground, Deep into earth and deeper, Till it dashed into roaring rapids Among rocks and wild ravines; Then und
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# Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 13, sentence 11

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So they sailed away down the stream Till they came to mighty cliffs Which ever grew higher and closer, Till they met in an arch overhead, But the river ran on beneath them, And ever far underground, Deep into earth and deeper, Till it dashed into roaring rapids Among rocks and wild ravines; Then under cataracts, So horrible that death Seemed to come and go as they darted With every plunge and motion Headlong in their canoe.

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**Who acts:** rabbits, mighty cliffs, river, earth, death · **What happens:** sail away, come, grow, meet, run, dash · **To what, where:** earth, mighty cliffs, arch overhead, rapids

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This is a sentence of «Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems», Opening, part 13. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (rabbits, mighty cliffs, river, earth), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg78673:13:11
# text = So they sailed away down the stream Till they came to mighty cliffs Which ever grew higher and closer, Till they met in an arch overhead, But the river ran on beneath them, And ever far underground, Deep into earth and deeper, Till it dashed into roaring rapids Among rocks and wild ravines; Then under cataracts, So horrible that death Seemed to come and go as they darted With every plunge and motion Headlong in their canoe.
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	sailed	sail	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	away	away	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	down	down	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	stream	stream	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	Till	till	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
9	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	mighty	mighty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	cliffs	cliff	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	_
14	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	16	nsubj	_	_
15	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	16	advmod	_	_
16	grew	grow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	acl:relcl	_	_
17	higher	high	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	16	xcomp	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
19	closer	close	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	17	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
21	Till	till	SCONJ	IN	_	23	mark	_	_
22	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	23	nsubj	_	_
23	met	meet	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	conj	_	_
24	in	in	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
25	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
26	arch	arch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	compound	_	_
27	overhead	overhead	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
29	But	but	CCONJ	CC	_	32	cc	_	_
30	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	31	det	_	_
31	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	nsubj	_	_
32	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
33	on	on	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
34	beneath	beneath	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
35	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	32	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	44	punct	_	_
37	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	44	cc	_	_
38	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	39	advmod	_	_
39	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	40	advmod	_	_
40	underground	underground	ADV	RB	_	44	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	44	punct	_	_
42	Deep	deep	ADV	RB	_	44	advmod	_	_
43	into	into	ADP	IN	_	44	case	_	_
44	earth	earth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
45	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	46	cc	_	_
46	deeper	deep	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	44	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	50	punct	_	_
48	Till	till	SCONJ	IN	_	50	mark	_	_
49	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	50	nsubj	_	_
50	dashed	dash	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
51	into	into	SCONJ	IN	_	52	mark	_	_
52	roaring	roar	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	50	advcl	_	_
53	rapids	rapid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	52	obj	_	_
54	Among	among	ADP	IN	_	55	case	_	_
55	rocks	rock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	52	obl	_	_
56	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	58	cc	_	_
57	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	58	amod	_	_
58	ravines	ravine	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	55	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
59	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	62	punct	_	_
60	Then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	62	advmod	_	_
61	under	under	ADP	IN	_	62	case	_	_
62	cataracts	cataract	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
63	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	65	punct	_	_
64	So	so	ADV	RB	_	65	advmod	_	_
65	horrible	horrible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
66	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	68	mark	_	_
67	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	68	nsubj	_	_
68	Seemed	seem	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	65	ccomp	_	_
69	to	to	PART	TO	_	70	mark	_	_
70	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	68	xcomp	_	_
71	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	72	cc	_	_
72	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	70	conj	_	_
73	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	75	mark	_	_
74	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	75	nsubj	_	_
75	darted	dart	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	72	advcl	_	_
76	With	with	ADP	IN	_	78	case	_	_
77	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	78	det	_	_
78	plunge	plunge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	75	obl	_	_
79	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	80	cc	_	_
80	motion	motion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	78	conj	_	_
81	Headlong	Headlong	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	80	appos	_	_
82	in	in	ADP	IN	_	84	case	_	_
83	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	84	nmod:poss	_	_
84	canoe	canoe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	81	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
85	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sail away** | past | rabbits *= rabbit* |  |  | earth |  | down the stream; under cataracts; away *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent down stream=Trajectory |
| 2 | **come** | past | rabbits *= rabbit* |  |  | mighty cliffs |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to cliff=Initial\_Location |
| 3 | **grow** | past | mighty cliffs |  |  |  | ever | high *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **meet** | past | rabbits *= rabbit* |  |  | a arch overhead |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **run** | past | the river |  |  |  |  | on rabbits *= rabbit* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on they=Trajectory |
| 6 | **dash** | past | earth |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 7 | **roar** | gerund | earth *not said here* | rapids |  |  |  | among rocks and wild ravines | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location rapid=Theme |
| 8 | **seem** | participle | death |  |  |  |  |  | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute |
| 9 | **come** | to-infinitive | death *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 10 | **go** | infinitive | death *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 11 | **dart** | past | river |  |  |  |  | with every plunge and motion | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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.

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**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.

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