--- title: When I fly in the forest And meet in my way a bar of sunshine, I loo… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: When I fly in the forest And meet in my way a bar of sunshine, I look as I enter and leave the shadow Like a red flame which leaps up in darkness, And then falls asleep in the night again. Who acts: I, red flame. 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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 (I, red flame), 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:pg78673:17:42 # text = When I fly in the forest And meet in my way a bar of sunshine, I look as I enter and leave the shadow Like a red flame which leaps up in darkness, And then falls asleep in the night again. 1 When when SCONJ WRB _ 3 mark _ _ 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 fly fly VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 advcl _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 And and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 meet meet VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 bar bar NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 appos _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 sunshine sunshine NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 17 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 look look VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 19 as as SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 20 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 enter enter VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 advcl _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 leave leave VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 shadow shadow NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 26 Like like ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 flame flame NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 30 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 31 nsubj _ _ 31 leaps leap VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 acl:relcl _ _ 32 up up ADP RP _ 31 compound:prt _ _ 33 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 darkness darkness NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 And and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 37 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 38 advmod _ _ 38 falls fall VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 39 asleep asleep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 xcomp _ _ 40 in in ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 43 again again ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fly** | present | I | | | the forest | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent in forest=Location | | 2 | **meet** | present | I *not said here* | | | my way | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **look** | present | I | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 4 | **enter** | present | I | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **leave** | present | I *not said here* | the shadow | | | | like a red flame | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shadow=Theme | | 6 | **leap up** | present | a red flame | | | darkness | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in darkness=Trajectory | | 7 | **fall** | present | I *not said here* | | | | then; again; night | asleep *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/17/41/) - next →: [sentence 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/17/43/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/17/)