--- title: As she drew near The clouds grew thicker; Rain-winds were blowing, R… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: As she drew near The clouds grew thicker; Rain-winds were blowing, Rain-drops falling, Showers pelting, Torrents pouring, Thunder roaring round: Still she went on, Her path lit By wild lightning, Till in the midst Where the clouds were darkest She found the wigwam And entered the door. 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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 (Nipon, clouds, Rain winds, Rain drops), 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:pg78673:17:19 # text = As she drew near The clouds grew thicker; Rain-winds were blowing, Rain-drops falling, Showers pelting, Torrents pouring, Thunder roaring round: Still she went on, Her path lit By wild lightning, Till in the midst Where the clouds were darkest She found the wigwam And entered the door. 1 As as SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 drew draw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 near near ADP IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 clouds cloud NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 7 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 8 thicker thick ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 7 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ; ; PUNCT : _ 14 punct _ _ 10 Rain Rain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 11 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 winds wind NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nsubj _ _ 13 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 blowing blow VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 Rain rain NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 17 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 drops drop NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 nsubj _ _ 19 falling fall VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 Showers shower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 compound _ _ 22 pelting pelting NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 24 Torrents torrent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obl _ _ 25 pouring pour VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 27 Thunder Thunder PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 roaring roar VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 25 advcl _ _ 29 round round ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 : : PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 31 Still still ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 32 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 34 on on ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 Her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 path path NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 38 lit lit VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 37 acl _ _ 39 By by ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 wild wild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 lightning lightning NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl:agent _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 43 Till Till PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 appos _ _ 44 in in ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 midst midst NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 47 Where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 51 advmod _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 clouds cloud NOUN NNS Number=Plur 51 nsubj _ _ 50 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 51 cop _ _ 51 darkest dark ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 46 acl:relcl _ _ 52 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 53 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 51 parataxis _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 wigwam wigwam NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obj _ _ 56 And and CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 57 entered enter VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 53 conj _ _ 58 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 59 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 60 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **draw** | past | Nipon | | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **grow** | past | the clouds | | | | | thick *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **blow** | past · progressive | Rain winds | Torrents | | | | | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **fall** | gerund | Rain drops | Showers pelting | | | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **pour** | gerund | Rain winds *not said here* | Thunder | | | | | vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thunder=Patient | | 6 | **roar** | gerund | Rain winds *not said here* | | | | | round *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **go on** | past | Nipon | Nipon's path | | the midst | still | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in midst=Location | | 8 | **lit** | participle | | Nipon's path *not said here* | | | | wild lightning *obl:agent* | tree rules | | 9 | **is** | past | the clouds | | | | | dark *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **find** | past | Nipon | the wigwam | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wigwam=Topic | | 11 | **enter** | past | Nipon *not said here* | the door | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme door=Destination | 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 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/17/18/) - next →: [sentence 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/17/20/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/17/)