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title: Dwelt on the birch-tree; All the birds of the forest, Even the littl… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics
description: Dwelt on the birch-tree; All the birds of the forest, Even the little insects, Even the little worms, Crawled up the great birch To see their good friend. Who acts: little worms. A sentence of «Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems», Opening, part 16, with its dependency tree and the pragmat
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# Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 16, sentence 57

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Dwelt on the birch-tree; All the birds of the forest, Even the little insects, Even the little worms, Crawled up the great birch To see their good friend.

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**Who acts:** little worms · **What happens:** dwell, crawl up, see · **To what, where:** birch tree, great birch, good friend

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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 (little worms), 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:pg78673:16:57
# text = Dwelt on the birch-tree; All the birds of the forest, Even the little insects, Even the little worms, Crawled up the great birch To see their good friend.
1	Dwelt	dwell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	birch	birch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	All	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	10	det:predet	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
15	Even	even	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	insects	insect	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
20	Even	even	ADV	RB	_	23	advmod	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
22	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	amod	_	_
23	worms	worm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
25	Crawled	crawl	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	23	acl	_	_
26	up	up	ADP	RP	_	25	compound:prt	_	_
27	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
28	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	29	amod	_	_
29	birch	birch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	obj	_	_
30	To	to	PART	TO	_	31	mark	_	_
31	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	25	advcl	_	_
32	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	34	nmod:poss	_	_
33	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	34	amod	_	_
34	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dwell** | participle |  |  |  | the birch tree |  | all birds of the forest  the little insects  the little worms *conj* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on tree=Location |
| 2 | **crawl up** | participle | the little worms *not said here* | the great birch |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location birch=Theme |
| 3 | **see** | to-infinitive | the little worms *not said here* | insects's good friend |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer friend=Stimulus |

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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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