--- title: She went and sat by the shore; Then rose afar in the water What seem… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: She went and sat by the shore; Then rose afar in the water What seemed to his sight to be A shining flake of ice, But when it came to the shore ’Twas a tall and slender man All clad, as it seemed, in silver. Who acts: She, ice, it, his. 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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 (She, ice, it, his), 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:pg78673:14:4 # text = She went and sat by the shore; Then rose afar in the water What seemed to his sight to be A shining flake of ice, But when it came to the shore ’Twas a tall and slender man All clad, as it seemed, in silver. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 shore shore NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ; ; PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 9 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 10 advmod _ _ 10 rose rise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 11 afar afar ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 xcomp _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 15 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 16 nsubj _ _ 16 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 21 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 24 cop _ _ 22 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 shining shine VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 24 amod _ _ 24 flake flake NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 xcomp _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 ice ice NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 But but CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 29 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 31 advmod _ _ 30 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 32 to to ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 shore shore NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ _ 35 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 Twas twa NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 nsubj _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 38 tall tall ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 slender slender ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 conj _ _ 41 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ _ 42 All all DET DT PronType=Tot 43 advmod _ _ 43 clad clad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 45 as as SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 46 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 47 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 49 in in ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 silver silver NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | She | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **sit** | past | She *not said here* | | | | | by the shore | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by shore=Location | | 3 | **rise** | past | She *not said here* | | | the water | then | afar *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in water=Location | | 4 | **seem** | past | | | | | | to his sight; What *nsubj* | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **shine** | gerund | | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **is a** | to-infinitive | | a shining flake | | | | of ice | tree rules | | 7 | **come** | past | ice | clad to the shore Twas a tall man | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **seem** | past | it | silver | | | | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme silver=Attribute | | 9 | **sight** | | his *= he* | | | | | | nom sight «cognition transitive»: poss=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 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/14/3/) - next →: [sentence 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/14/5/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/14/)