--- title: Last night in dreaming This was revealed to me: If in the battle One… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: Last night in dreaming This was revealed to me: If in the battle One of your warriors Can touch for an instant Lappilatwan Ever so lightly, Before he sings us The summons to sleep, Then we shall conquer; Failing to touch him Ere we hear ringing ‘_Lappilatwan Wappilatwan_’ We are defeated. 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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 (Last night, LAPPILATWAN, we), 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:pg78673:16:92 # text = Last night in dreaming This was revealed to me: If in the battle One of your warriors Can touch for an instant Lappilatwan Ever so lightly, Before he sings us The summons to sleep, Then we shall conquer; Failing to touch him Ere we hear ringing ‘_Lappilatwan Wappilatwan_’ We are defeated. 1 Last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 in in SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 4 dreaming dream VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 acl _ _ 5 This this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 obj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 revealed reveal VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 : : PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 11 If if SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 battle battle NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 15 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 14 flat _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 warriors warrior NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nmod _ _ 19 Can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 touch touch VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 21 for for ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 instant instant NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 24 Lappilatwan Lappilatwan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 appos _ _ 25 Ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 20 advmod _ _ 26 so so ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 lightly lightly ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 Before before SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 sings sing VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 32 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 summons summon NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obj _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 sleep sleep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 38 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 41 advmod _ _ 39 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 40 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 conquer conquer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ; ; PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 43 Failing fail VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 49 advcl _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 45 touch touch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 xcomp _ _ 46 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 obj _ _ 47 Ere ere ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 48 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 49 hear hear VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 50 ringing ring VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 49 xcomp _ _ 51 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 50 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 53 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 Lappilatwan Lappilatwan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 50 obj _ _ 54 Wappilatwan Wappilatwan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 53 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 55 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 53 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 56 ’ ' SCONJ IN _ 59 mark _ _ 57 We we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 59 nsubj _ _ 58 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 59 aux:pass _ _ 59 defeated defeat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 50 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 60 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **dream** | gerund | Last night *not said here* | This | | | | | vn cognize-85 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent this=Topic | | 2 | **reveal** | past · passive | | Last night | me | | | | vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Topic to i=Recipient | | 3 | **touch** *a condition, not said to happen* | can | | | | the battle | ever | for a instant; lightly *property* | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **sing** *speech: express* | present | LAPPILATWAN | the summons | us | | | | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent we=Beneficiary summon=Theme | | 5 | **sleep** | to-infinitive | LAPPILATWAN *not said here* | | | | | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **conquer** | shall | we | | | | then | | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **fail** | gerund | we *not said here* | | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 8 | **not** **touch** | to-infinitive | we *not said here* | LAPPILATWAN | | | | ere *property* | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme he=Co-Theme | | 9 | **hear** | present | we | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 10 | **ring** | gerund | we *not said here* | Lappilatwan | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location lappilatwan=Theme | | 11 | **defeat** | present · passive | | We | | | | | tree rules | 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 91](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/16/91/) - next →: [sentence 93](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/16/93/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/16/)