--- title: And ’tis said that, when the Master Had left Acadia, The bird who mo… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: And ’tis said that, when the Master Had left Acadia, The bird who most had loved him, The great white Snowy Owl Went far into the North, Into the deep dark forest, Where to this day his children Sing to the night “_Kūkuʿskūūs! Who acts: tis, Master, Acadia, children. 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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 (tis, Master, Acadia, children), 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:pg78673:13:67 # text = And ’tis said that, when the Master Had left Acadia, The bird who most had loved him, The great white Snowy Owl Went far into the North, Into the deep dark forest, Where to this day his children Sing to the night “_Kūkuʿskūūs! 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 ’ 's PART POS _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 tis tis NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 7 when when SCONJ WRB _ 11 mark _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 Master Master PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 10 Had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 12 advcl _ _ 12 Acadia Acadia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 appos _ _ 16 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 19 nsubj:pass _ _ 17 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 19 advmod _ _ 18 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 loved love VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 acl:relcl _ _ 20 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 22 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 23 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 24 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 25 Snowy Snowy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 compound _ _ 26 Owl Owl PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 27 Went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 28 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 27 advmod _ _ 29 into into ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 North North PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 33 Into into ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 35 deep deep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 36 dark dark ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 39 Where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 45 advmod _ _ 40 to to ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 42 det _ _ 42 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ _ 43 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 nsubj _ _ 45 Sing sing VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 conj _ _ 46 to to ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ _ 49 “ " PUNCT `` _ 51 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 51 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 Kūkuʿskūūs Kūkuʿskūūs PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 ! ! PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | tis | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **leave** | past · perfect | the Master | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **love** | past · perfect · passive | | the bird | | | | Acadia *obj* | tree rules | | 4 | **go** | past | Acadia | | | the North | | into the deep dark forest; the great white Snowy Owl *nsubj*; far *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme into north=Initial\_Location into forest=Destination | | 5 | **sing** *speech: express* | present | Owl's children | Kūkuʿskūūs | | | day; night | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=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 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/13/66/) - next →: [sentence 68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/13/68/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/13/)