--- title: Many moons passed, Still she travelled; The sun grew warmer, Days an… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: Many moons passed, Still she travelled; The sun grew warmer, Days and shadows Were ever longer; The air was softer; Greener and greener Grew the mountains; Freer from ice Rivers were rushing; Lakes were shining In the sunlight; Flowers were unfolding To the warm breezes. 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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 (Weary, sun, air, Greener), 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:pg78673:17:15 # text = Many moons passed, Still she travelled; The sun grew warmer, Days and shadows Were ever longer; The air was softer; Greener and greener Grew the mountains; Freer from ice Rivers were rushing; Lakes were shining In the sunlight; Flowers were unfolding To the warm breezes. 1 Many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 moons moon NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 passed pass VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 Still still ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 6 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 travelled travel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ; ; PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 9 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 12 warmer warm ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 11 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 Days Day PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 11 obl _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 shadows shadow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 conj _ _ 17 Were Were PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 18 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 19 advmod _ _ 19 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 16 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 21 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 23 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 cop _ _ 24 softer soft ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 26 Greener Greener PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 28 greener green ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 29 amod _ _ 29 Grew Grew PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 conj _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 mountains mountain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 33 Freer Freer PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 34 from from ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 ice ice NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 36 Rivers Rivers PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 37 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 rushing rush VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 35 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ; ; PUNCT : _ 42 punct _ _ 40 Lakes lake NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 nsubj _ _ 41 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 shining shine VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 conj _ _ 43 In in ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 sunlight sunlight NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ; ; PUNCT : _ 49 punct _ _ 47 Flowers Flower PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 49 nsubj _ _ 48 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 49 unfolding unfold VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 50 To to ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 52 warm warm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 53 amod _ _ 53 breezes breeze NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pass** | participle · passive | | Many moons | | ice | | Freer *obl* | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: subject=Theme from ice=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **travel** | past | Weary | | | | still | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **grow** | past | the sun | Days and shadows | | | | warm *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **is** | past | the air | | | | | soft *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **mountain** | | Greener and greener Grew | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **rush** | past · progressive | Rivers | ice *not said here* | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme ice=Trajectory | | 7 | **shine** | past · progressive | Lakes | | | the sunlight | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in sunlight=Location | | 8 | **unfold** | past · progressive | Flowers | | | | | to the warm breezes *result* | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent to breeze=Result | 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 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/17/14/) - next →: [sentence 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/17/16/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/17/)