--- title: One bright fresh morning, Lively Sexkâtû The flying squirrel Climbed… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: One bright fresh morning, Lively Sexkâtû The flying squirrel Climbed the great birch-tree, And there he found Lappilatwan From a branch hanging, And he thus spoke; “Tell me how long Have you dwelt here?” Who acts: Lively Sexkâtû, Sexkâtû, branch, you. 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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 (Lively Sexkâtû, Sexkâtû, branch, you), 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:pg78673:16:64 # text = One bright fresh morning, Lively Sexkâtû The flying squirrel Climbed the great birch-tree, And there he found Lappilatwan From a branch hanging, And he thus spoke; “Tell me how long Have you dwelt here?” 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 2 bright bright ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 fresh fresh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 Lively lively ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 Sexkâtû Sexkâtû PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 8 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 flying fly VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 10 amod _ _ 10 squirrel squirrel NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 appos _ _ 11 Climbed climb VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 13 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 14 birch birch NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 15 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 And and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 19 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 21 expl _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ _ 22 Lappilatwan Lappilatwan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 23 From from ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 branch branch NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 26 hanging hang VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 25 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 And and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 thus thus ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 31 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 33 “ " PUNCT `` _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 Tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 parataxis _ _ 35 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 iobj _ _ 36 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 37 advmod _ _ 37 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 40 advmod _ _ 38 Have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 39 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 dwelt dwell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 34 ccomp _ _ 41 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 40 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ? ? PUNCT . _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ” " PUNCT '' _ 34 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fly** | gerund | | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **climb** | past | Lively Sexkâtû | the great birch tree | | | morning | | tree rules | | 3 | **find** | past | Sexkâtû | Lappilatwan | | a branch; there | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent lappilatwan=Theme from branch=Source | | 4 | **hang** | gerund | a branch *not said here* | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | Sexkâtû | | | | | thus *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | infinitive | | | me | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent i=Recipient clause=Topic | | 7 | **dwell** *in a quote* | present · perfect | you | | | here | | long *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/16/63/) - next →: [sentence 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/16/65/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/16/)