--- title: That is beyond my ken, All I have heard is this: That the world will… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: That is beyond my ken, All I have heard is this: That the world will pass away In roaring fire and flame, While all the sea will rise Hot boiling into mist, And that the good with it Will rise on high to heaven; It may perhaps be so; I’ve only heard it told, Just heard it--and no more. 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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 (That, I, All, world), 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:pg78673:13:89 # text = That is beyond my ken, All I have heard is this: That the world will pass away In roaring fire and flame, While all the sea will rise Hot boiling into mist, And that the good with it Will rise on high to heaven; It may perhaps be so; I’ve only heard it told, Just heard it--and no more. 1 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 beyond beyond ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 ken ken NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 7 All all DET DT PronType=Tot 12 nsubj _ _ 8 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 acl:relcl _ _ 11 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 12 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 : : PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 14 That that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 16 det _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 17 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 parataxis _ _ 19 away away ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 20 In in SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 21 roaring roar VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 18 advcl _ _ 22 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 flame flame NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 26 While while SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 27 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 29 det:predet _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 30 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 rise rise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 conj _ _ 32 Hot hot ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 xcomp _ _ 33 boiling boil VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 31 xcomp _ _ 34 into into ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 mist mist NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 37 And and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 38 that that SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 parataxis _ _ 41 with with SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 42 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 43 Will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 rise rise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 csubj _ _ 45 on on ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 obl _ _ 47 to to ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 heaven heaven NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ; ; PUNCT : _ 59 punct _ _ 50 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 59 nsubj _ _ 51 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 59 aux _ _ 52 perhaps perhaps ADV RB _ 54 advmod _ _ 53 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 54 cop _ _ 54 so so ADV RB _ 59 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 55 ; ; PUNCT : _ 59 punct _ _ 56 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 59 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 57 ’ve have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 59 aux _ _ 58 only only ADV RB _ 59 advmod _ _ 59 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 parataxis _ _ 60 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 61 nsubj _ _ 61 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 59 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 62 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 63 Just just ADV RB _ 64 advmod _ _ 64 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 61 ccomp _ _ 65 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 64 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 66 -- -- PUNCT , _ 69 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 67 and and CCONJ CC _ 69 cc _ _ 68 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 69 det _ _ 69 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 64 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 70 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | That | | | | | beyond my ken; my *nmod:poss* | tree rules | | 2 | **hear** | present · perfect | I | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **is a** | present | All | this | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **pass away** | future | that world | | | | | away *property* | vn die-42.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **roar** | gerund | that world *not said here* | fire and flame | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location fire=Theme | | 6 | **rise** | future | all sea | | | | | hot *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **boil** | gerund | all sea *not said here* | | | | | into mist *result* | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Patient into mist=Result | | 8 | **rise** | future | sea | | | high | | to heaven | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on high=Location | | 9 | **is** | infinitive | | | | | | perhaps, so *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **hear** | may · perfect | sea | | | | | I *nsubj* | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer | | 11 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | sea | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 12 | **hear** | past | | sea | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | 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 88](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/13/88/) - next →: [sentence 90](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/13/90/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/13/)