--- title: The old man then lay in the basket And to him came a vision of dread… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: The old man then lay in the basket And to him came a vision of dread; He stretched forth his hand to his nephew, A gesture to draw his attention, And then told the youth of his vision. Who acts: old man, vision, uncle. 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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 (old man, vision, uncle), 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:pg78673:15:94 # text = The old man then lay in the basket And to him came a vision of dread; He stretched forth his hand to his nephew, A gesture to draw his attention, And then told the youth of his vision. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 5 lay lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 basket basket NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 And and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obl _ _ 12 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 vision vision NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 dread dread NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 18 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 stretched stretch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 20 forth forth ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 21 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 23 to to ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 nephew nephew NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 gesture gesture NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 conj _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 draw draw VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 19 advcl _ _ 31 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 attention attention NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 And and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 35 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 36 advmod _ _ 36 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 vision vision NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lie** | past | the old man | | | the basket | then | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in basket=Location | | 2 | **come** | past | a vision of dread | | uncle | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to he=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **stretch** | past | uncle | uncle's hand | | | | to uncle's nephew and a gesture *result*; forth *property* | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent hand=Patient to nephew=Result | | 4 | **draw** | to-infinitive | uncle *not said here* | uncle's attention | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent attention=Theme | | 5 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | uncle *not said here* | the youth of uncle's vision | | | then | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent youth=Recipient | | 6 | **attend** | | uncle | | | | | | nom attention «cognition 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 88](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/15/88/) - next →: [sentence 90](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/15/90/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/15/)