--- title: He worked all the night at the basket And then, when the morrow dawn… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: He worked all the night at the basket And then, when the morrow dawned, Presented his work to his uncle Who wept tears of gladness and said: “Dear nephew--how great is thy kindness!” Who acts: uncle, morrow, Dear nephew. 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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 (uncle, morrow, Dear nephew), 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:pg78673:15:93 # text = He worked all the night at the basket And then, when the morrow dawned, Presented his work to his uncle Who wept tears of gladness and said: “Dear nephew--how great is thy kindness!” 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 worked work VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 5 det:predet _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl:unmarked _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 basket basket NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 9 And and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 10 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 15 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 15 advmod _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 morrow morrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 15 dawned dawn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 Presented present VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 conj _ _ 18 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 uncle uncle NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 23 Who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 24 nsubj _ _ 24 wept weep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 acl:relcl _ _ 25 tears tear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obj _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 gladness gladness NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 : : PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 31 “ " PUNCT `` _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 Dear dear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 nephew nephew NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 -- -- PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 36 advmod _ _ 36 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 conj _ _ 37 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 38 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 kindness kindness NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ! ! PUNCT . _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ” " PUNCT '' _ 39 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **work** | past | uncle | | | | night | at the basket | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at basket=Theme | | 2 | **dawn** | participle | the morrow | | | | then | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **present** | participle | the morrow *not said here* | uncle's work | uncle's uncle | | | | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent work=Theme to uncle=Recipient | | 4 | **weep** | past | uncle's uncle | tears of gladness | | | | | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent tear=Theme | | 5 | **say** *speech: express* | past | uncle *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Dear nephew | thy kindness | | | | thy *nmod:poss* | tree rules | | 7 | **work** | | uncle | | | | | | nom work «act intransitive»: 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 87](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/15/87/) - next →: [sentence 89](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/15/89/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/15/)