--- title: The demon took a piece of yellow metal from his lips And bent himsel… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: The demon took a piece of yellow metal from his lips And bent himself to drink and then, restoring to his mouth The metal, spread his spacious wings and, rising, soared away. Who acts: demon. 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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 (demon), 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:pg78673:14:86 # text = The demon took a piece of yellow metal from his lips And bent himself to drink and then, restoring to his mouth The metal, spread his spacious wings and, rising, soared away. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 demon demon NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 piece piece NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 yellow yellow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 metal metal NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 9 from from ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 lips lip NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 12 And and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 bent bend VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 14 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 13 obj _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 drink drink VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 advcl _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 18 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 20 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 restoring restore VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 conj _ _ 21 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 24 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 metal metal NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 27 spread spread VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 28 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 29 spacious spacious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 wings wing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obj _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 33 rising rise VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 27 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 35 soared soar VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 xcomp _ _ 36 away away ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | the demon | a piece of yellow metal | | DEMON's lips | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent piece=Theme from lip=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **bend** | past | the demon *not said here* | DEMON | | | | | vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent himself=Material | | 3 | **drink** | to-infinitive | the demon *not said here* | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **restore** | gerund | the demon *not said here* | the metal | DEMON's mouth | | then | | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent metal=Theme to mouth=Recipient | | 5 | **spread** | past | | DEMON's spacious wings | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location wing=Theme | | 6 | **rise** | gerund | | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **soar away** | participle | | | | | | away *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | 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 85](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/14/85/) - next →: [sentence 87](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/14/87/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/14/)