--- title: Then on the following day, he brought his bow and arrows sharp And h… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: Then on the following day, he brought his bow and arrows sharp And heard the voice command him: “Do thou shoot at yonder tree,” He shot, and saw his arrow pass straight through the doomèd tree. Who acts: liver, arrow. 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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 (liver, arrow), 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:pg78673:14:46 # text = Then on the following day, he brought his bow and arrows sharp And heard the voice command him: “Do thou shoot at yonder tree,” He shot, and saw his arrow pass straight through the doomèd tree. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 8 advmod _ _ 2 on on ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 following follow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 amod _ _ 5 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 bow bow NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 arrows arrow VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 13 sharp sharp ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 xcomp _ _ 14 And and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 compound _ _ 18 command command NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 19 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 : : PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 21 “ " PUNCT `` _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 Do do VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 15 parataxis _ _ 23 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 22 obj _ _ 24 shoot shoot VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 xcomp _ _ 25 at at ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 yonder yonder ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ” " PUNCT '' _ 31 punct _ _ 30 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 shot shoot VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 35 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 arrow arrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 37 pass pass VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 ccomp _ _ 38 straight straight ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 39 through through ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 doomèd doomèd NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 compound _ _ 42 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **follow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **bring** | past | liver | liver's bow | | | then; day | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent bow=Theme | | 3 | **arrow** | present | liver *not said here* | | | | | sharp *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **hear** | past | liver *not said here* | the voice command | | | | liver *obj* | tree rules | | 5 | **do** *in a quote* | infinitive | | thou | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **shoot** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | tree | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent at tree=Destination | | 7 | **shoot** | past | liver | | | | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **see** | past | liver *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 9 | **pass** | present | liver's arrow | | | the doomèd tree | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme through tree=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 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/14/45/) - next →: [sentence 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/14/47/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/14/)