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title: Lappilatwan High up on the birch-tree Saw the battle rage, But was e… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics
description: Lappilatwan High up on the birch-tree Saw the battle rage, But was ever silent, Silent till sunset; Then his loud song Rang through the forest: “_Lappilatwan Wechkûtonébit_.” Who acts: Lappilatwan. A sentence of «Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems», Opening, part 16, with its dependency t
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# Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 16, sentence 86

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Lappilatwan High up on the birch-tree Saw the battle rage, But was ever silent, Silent till sunset; Then his loud song Rang through the forest: “\_Lappilatwan Wechkûtonébit\_.”

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**Who acts:** Lappilatwan · **What happens:** see, be, sing · **To what, where:** battle rage, birch tree, forest

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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 (Lappilatwan), 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:pg78673:16:86
# text = Lappilatwan High up on the birch-tree Saw the battle rage, But was ever silent, Silent till sunset; Then his loud song Rang through the forest: “_Lappilatwan Wechkûtonébit_.”
1	Lappilatwan	Lappilatwan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
2	High	high	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	3	advmod	_	_
3	up	up	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	birch	birch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
9	Saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	battle	battle	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	rage	rage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
14	But	but	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
15	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
16	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	17	advmod	_	_
17	silent	silent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
19	Silent	silent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	conj	_	_
20	till	till	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	sunset	sunset	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	26	punct	_	_
23	Then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	26	advmod	_	_
24	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	26	nmod:poss	_	_
25	loud	loud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	26	amod	_	_
26	song	song	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
27	Rang	Rang	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	26	appos	_	_
28	through	through	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
29	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
30	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	34	punct	_	_
32	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	34	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	34	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	Lappilatwan	Lappilatwan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	30	appos	_	_
35	Wechkûtonébit	Wechkûtonébit	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	34	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	34	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	34	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	34	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | past | Lappilatwan | the battle rage |  | the birch tree |  | LAPPILATWAN's loud song through the forest *conj* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer rage=Stimulus |
| 2 | **is** | past | Lappilatwan *not said here* |  |  |  | ever; sunset | silent *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **be** |  | Lappilatwan *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **sing** |  | LAPPILATWAN |  |  | the forest |  |  | nom song «communication intransitive»: poss=agent through=place |

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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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