--- title: Dire was the slaughter, Full thrice greater Than on the first day; S… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: Dire was the slaughter, Full thrice greater Than on the first day; Still they rushed onward, Fiercer for battle, Giving no heed That the day was ending; Never observing The sun down-sinking, When over the forest Rang loud the summons: “_Lappilatwan Wappilatwan_.” Who acts: Dire, flies, day, Rang. 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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 (Dire, flies, day, Rang), 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:pg78673:16:96 # text = Dire was the slaughter, Full thrice greater Than on the first day; Still they rushed onward, Fiercer for battle, Giving no heed That the day was ending; Never observing The sun down-sinking, When over the forest Rang loud the summons: “_Lappilatwan Wappilatwan_.” 1 Dire Dire PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 slaughter slaughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 Full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 appos _ _ 7 thrice thrice ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 greater great ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 6 parataxis _ _ 9 Than Than PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 10 on on ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 13 amod _ _ 13 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 Still still ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 16 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 rushed rush VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 18 onward onward ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 Fiercer fierce ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 17 conj _ _ 21 for for ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 battle battle NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 24 Giving give VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 20 advcl _ _ 25 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 26 det _ _ 26 heed heed NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 27 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 24 obj _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 30 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 ending end VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 24 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 33 Never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 34 advmod _ _ 34 observing observe VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 conj _ _ 35 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 37 down down ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 sinking sink VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 34 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 41 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 46 advmod _ _ 42 over over ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ _ 45 Rang Rang PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 nsubj _ _ 46 loud lou VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 conj _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 summons summon NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 : : PUNCT : _ 53 punct _ _ 50 “ " PUNCT `` _ 53 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 53 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 Lappilatwan Lappilatwan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 53 compound _ _ 53 Wappilatwan Wappilatwan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 48 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 54 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 53 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 56 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | Dire | the slaughter | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **rush** | past | flies *= fly* | | | | still | onward *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **give** | gerund | flies *= fly* *not said here* | no heed | | | | That *obj* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent heed=Recipient that=Theme | | 4 | **end** | past · progressive | the day | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 5 | **not** **observe** | gerund | Dire *not said here* | the sun | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent sun=Topic | | 6 | **sink** | gerund | Dire *not said here* | | | | | down *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 7 | **lou** | past | Rang | the summons Lappilatwan Wappilatwan | | the forest | | | 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 95](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/16/95/) - next →: [sentence 97](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/16/97/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/16/)