--- title: A worm so little That it can pass through the prick of a needle Even… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: A worm so little That it can pass through the prick of a needle Even as a rabbit runs through a valley, Or as a fish swims free up a river, May cut your stem or blight your beauty; Anything living may be your death.” Who acts: worm, rabbit, fish, Anything. 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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 (worm, rabbit, fish, Anything), 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:pg78673:17:45 # text = A worm so little That it can pass through the prick of a needle Even as a rabbit runs through a valley, Or as a fish swims free up a river, May cut your stem or blight your beauty; Anything living may be your death.” 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 worm worm NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 3 so so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 advmod _ _ 5 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 8 nsubj _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 9 through through ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 prick prick NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 needle needle NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 15 Even even ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 16 as as SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 rabbit rabbit NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 19 runs run VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ _ 20 through through ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 valley valley NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 24 Or or CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 25 as as SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 28 swims swim VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 advcl _ _ 29 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 xcomp _ _ 30 up up ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 34 May may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 cut cut VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 advcl _ _ 36 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 stem stem NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 38 or or CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 blight blight VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 conj _ _ 40 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 beauty beauty NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ; ; PUNCT : _ 48 punct _ _ 43 Anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 48 nsubj _ _ 44 living live VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 43 acl _ _ 45 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 46 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 48 cop _ _ 47 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 48 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ” " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pass** | can | a worm | | | the prick of a needle | | That *nsubj* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme through prick=Location | | 2 | **run** | present | a rabbit | | | a valley | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through valley=Trajectory | | 3 | **swim** | present | a fish | | | | | free *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **cut** | may | a worm *not said here* | your stem | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset stem=Product | | 5 | **blight** | infinitive | a worm *not said here* | your beauty | | | | | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent beauty=Patient | | 6 | **live** | gerund | | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **is a** | may | Anything | your death | | | | your *nmod:poss* | tree rules | | 8 | **stem** | | your | | | | | | nom stem «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/17/44/) - next →: [sentence 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/17/46/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/17/)