--- title: This time, though, when the demon had alighted, he ran forth, And, s… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: This time, though, when the demon had alighted, he ran forth, And, snatching up the yellow charm, said, laughingly: “Ha, ha, My friend, do thou lie there a while, and I will fly about!” Who acts: DEMON, earth. 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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, earth), 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:pg78673:14:89 # text = This time, though, when the demon had alighted, he ran forth, And, snatching up the yellow charm, said, laughingly: “Ha, ha, My friend, do thou lie there a while, and I will fly about!” 1 This this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 det _ _ 2 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 4 though though ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 6 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 10 advmod _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 demon demon NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj:pass _ _ 9 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 alighted alight VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 forth forth ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 16 And and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 18 snatching snatch VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 24 advcl _ _ 19 up up ADP RP _ 18 compound:prt _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 yellow yellow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 charm charm NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 24 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 26 laughingly laughingly ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 : : PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 28 “ " PUNCT `` _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 Ha ha INTJ UH _ 36 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 31 ha ha INTJ UH _ 36 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 36 do do AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 37 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 36 obj _ _ 38 lie lie VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 13 parataxis _ _ 39 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 38 advmod _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 while while NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 44 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 45 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 46 fly fly VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 parataxis _ _ 47 about about ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ! ! PUNCT . _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ” " PUNCT '' _ 38 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **alight** | past · perfect · passive | | the demon | | | | though *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **run** | past | DEMON | | | | time | forth *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **snatch up** | gerund | | the yellow charm | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent charm=Theme | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | DEMON *not said here* | | | | | laughingly *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **lie** *in a quote* | infinitive · do-support | | | | there | while | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **fly** *in a quote* | future | the earth *= earth* | | | | | about *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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/pg78673/14/88/) - next →: [sentence 90](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/14/90/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/14/)