--- title: For many days, For many moons, Still the sun shone, Still she saw Th… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: For many days, For many moons, Still the sun shone, Still she saw The beautiful country Of mountains and rivers, Until one day Nipon noted That as she followed, The land went onward, And as she travelled, It travelled before her. Who acts: Still sun, sun, one day, NIPON. 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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 (Still sun, sun, one day, NIPON), 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:pg78673:16:124 # text = For many days, For many moons, Still the sun shone, Still she saw The beautiful country Of mountains and rivers, Until one day Nipon noted That as she followed, The land went onward, And as she travelled, It travelled before her. 1 For for ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 For for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 moons moon NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 9 Still Still PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 shone shine VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 Still still ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 15 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 17 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 20 Of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 mountains mountain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 nmod _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 rivers river NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 25 Until until SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 26 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 27 nummod _ _ 27 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 28 Nipon Nipon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 appos _ _ 29 noted note VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 30 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 29 obj _ _ 31 as as SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 32 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 followed follow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 37 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 38 onward onward ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 40 And and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 41 as as SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 42 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 travelled travel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 45 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 travelled travel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 47 before before ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shine** | past | the Still sun | | | | day | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **see** | past | sun | the beautiful country of mountains and rivers | | | still | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer country=Stimulus | | 3 | **note** | past | one day | That | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent that=Topic | | 4 | **follow** | past | NIPON | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **go** | past | the land | | | | | onward *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **travel** | past | NIPON | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **travel** | past | land | | | | before NIPON | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme before she=Trajectory | 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 123](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/16/123/) - next →: [sentence 125](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/16/125/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/16/)