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title: An unseen power Now drove her onward; Will had departed, Still the m… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics
description: An unseen power Now drove her onward; Will had departed, Still the mountains Went on before her; The green leaves Of her beautiful garment Grew yellow and faded, And were blown away By the grim wind; Her long hair Turned gray and white; The sun grew dim And then shone no more; She was very weak; The
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# Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 16, sentence 129

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An unseen power Now drove her onward; Will had departed, Still the mountains Went on before her; The green leaves Of her beautiful garment Grew yellow and faded, And were blown away By the grim wind; Her long hair Turned gray and white; The sun grew dim And then shone no more; She was very weak; The beautiful mountains Were heaps of snow; The beautiful rivers And lakes were of ice-- All in the North.

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**Who acts:** unseen power, mountains, green leaves, grim wind, long hair, sun · **What happens:** drive, depart, still, go on, grow, fade · **To what, where:** NIPON, unseen power, more, heaps

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This is a sentence of «Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems», Opening, part 16. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (unseen power, mountains, green leaves, grim wind), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg78673:16:129
# text = An unseen power Now drove her onward; Will had departed, Still the mountains Went on before her; The green leaves Of her beautiful garment Grew yellow and faded, And were blown away By the grim wind; Her long hair Turned gray and white; The sun grew dim And then shone no more; She was very weak; The beautiful mountains Were heaps of snow; The beautiful rivers And lakes were of ice-- All in the North.
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	unseen	unseen	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	Now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	5	advmod	_	_
5	drove	drive	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	onward	onward	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
9	Will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	departed	depart	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	Still	still	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	conj	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	mountains	mountain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	nsubj	_	_
16	Went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	ccomp	_	_
17	on	on	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
18	before	before	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	28	punct	_	_
21	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
22	green	green	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	amod	_	_
23	leaves	leaf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	28	nsubj	_	_
24	Of	of	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
25	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	27	nmod:poss	_	_
26	beautiful	beautiful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	27	amod	_	_
27	garment	garment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	nmod	_	_
28	Grew	grow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	conj	_	_
29	yellow	yellow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	28	xcomp	_	_
30	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	31	cc	_	_
31	faded	fade	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	28	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	35	punct	_	_
33	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	35	cc	_	_
34	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	35	aux:pass	_	_
35	blown	blow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	28	conj	_	_
36	away	away	ADV	RB	_	35	advmod	_	_
37	By	by	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
38	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	40	det	_	_
39	grim	grim	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	40	amod	_	_
40	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	45	punct	_	_
42	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	44	nmod:poss	_	_
43	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	44	amod	_	_
44	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	45	nsubj	_	_
45	Turned	turn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	conj	_	_
46	gray	gray	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	45	xcomp	_	_
47	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	48	cc	_	_
48	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	46	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	52	punct	_	_
50	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	51	det	_	_
51	sun	sun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	52	nsubj	_	_
52	grew	grow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	45	conj	_	_
53	dim	dim	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	52	xcomp	_	_
54	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	56	cc	_	_
55	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	56	advmod	_	_
56	shone	shine	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	52	conj	_	_
57	no	no	ADV	RB	_	58	advmod	_	_
58	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	56	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
59	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	63	punct	_	_
60	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	63	nsubj	_	_
61	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	63	cop	_	_
62	very	very	ADV	RB	_	63	advmod	_	_
63	weak	weak	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	56	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
64	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	69	punct	_	_
65	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	67	det	_	_
66	beautiful	beautiful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	67	amod	_	_
67	mountains	mountain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	69	nsubj	_	_
68	Were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	69	cop	_	_
69	heaps	heap	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	conj	_	_
70	of	of	ADP	IN	_	71	case	_	_
71	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	69	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
72	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	75	punct	_	_
73	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	75	det	_	_
74	beautiful	beautiful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	75	amod	_	_
75	rivers	river	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	80	nsubj	_	_
76	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	77	cc	_	_
77	lakes	lake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	75	conj	_	_
78	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	80	cop	_	_
79	of	of	ADP	IN	_	80	case	_	_
80	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	69	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
81	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	82	punct	_	_
82	All	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	80	appos	_	_
83	in	in	ADP	IN	_	85	case	_	_
84	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	85	det	_	_
85	North	North	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	82	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
86	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drive** | past | a unseen power *not said here* | NIPON |  |  | now | onward *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme |
| 2 | **depart** | future · perfect · passive |  | a unseen power |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Initial\_Location |
| 3 | **still** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **go on** | past | the mountains |  |  |  | before NIPON |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme before she=Location |
| 5 | **grow** | past | the green leaves of NIPON's beautiful garment |  |  |  |  | yellow *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 6 | **fade** | past | the green leaves of NIPON's beautiful garment *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 7 | **blow away** | past · passive | the grim wind |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient |
| 8 | **turn** | participle | NIPON's long hair |  |  |  |  | gray *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
| 9 | **grow** | past | the sun |  |  |  |  | dim *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 10 | **shine** | past | the sun *not said here* | more |  |  | then |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent more=Theme |
| 11 | **is** | past | NIPON |  |  |  |  | weak *property* | tree rules |
| 12 | **is a** | past | the beautiful mountains | heaps |  |  |  | of snow | tree rules |
| 13 | **is** | past | the beautiful rivers and lakes |  |  |  |  | of ice | tree rules |

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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.

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**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.

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