--- title: As Mĭpis listened To the melodious trill, he melted; For the sweet t… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: As Mĭpis listened To the melodious trill, he melted; For the sweet tune filled all the forest, Every leaf on the tree was listening, Branches were waving in keeping cadence, Even the busy ants stopped running, The butterfly sat on a flower to hear; And as the music grew tender and stronger, And as i --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/17/48/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Kulóskap the master, and other Algonki…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/) / [Opening, part 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/17/) / 48 # Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 17, sentence 48 As Mĭpis listened To the melodious trill, he melted; For the sweet tune filled all the forest, Every leaf on the tree was listening, Branches were waving in keeping cadence, Even the busy ants stopped running, The butterfly sat on a flower to hear; And as the music grew tender and stronger, And as in one long soft note it ended, Little Leaf said to her: “Be my own!” **Who acts:** Mĭpis, sweet tune, leaf, Branches, busy ants, butterfly · **What happens:** listen, melt, fill, wave, keep, stop · **To what, where:** forest, cadence, flower, Squʿtes · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems», Opening, part 17. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Mĭpis, sweet tune, leaf, Branches), 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:pg78673:17:48 # text = As Mĭpis listened To the melodious trill, he melted; For the sweet tune filled all the forest, Every leaf on the tree was listening, Branches were waving in keeping cadence, Even the busy ants stopped running, The butterfly sat on a flower to hear; And as the music grew tender and stronger, And as in one long soft note it ended, Little Leaf said to her: “Be my own!” 1 As as SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 Mĭpis Mĭpis PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 listened listen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 advcl _ _ 4 To to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 melodious melodious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 trill trill NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 melted melt VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ; ; PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 12 For for ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 sweet sweet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 tune tune NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 16 filled fill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 acl _ _ 17 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 19 det:predet _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 Every every DET DT PronType=Tot 22 det _ _ 22 leaf leaf NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 conj _ _ 23 on on ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 26 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 listening listen VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 22 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 Branches branch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 nsubj _ _ 30 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 waving wave VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 15 conj _ _ 32 in in SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 33 keeping keep VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 31 advcl _ _ 34 cadence cadence NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 36 Even even ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 busy busy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 ants ant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 nsubj _ _ 40 stopped stop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 parataxis _ _ 41 running run VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 40 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 43 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 butterfly butterfly NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ _ 45 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 conj _ _ 46 on on ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 flower flower NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ _ 49 to to PART TO _ 50 mark _ _ 50 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ; ; PUNCT : _ 56 punct _ _ 52 And and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 53 as as SCONJ IN _ 56 mark _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 music music NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 nsubj _ _ 56 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 57 tender tender ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 56 xcomp _ _ 58 and and CCONJ CC _ 59 cc _ _ 59 stronger strong ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 57 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 60 , , PUNCT , _ 69 punct _ _ 61 And and CCONJ CC _ 69 cc _ _ 62 as as SCONJ IN _ 67 mark _ _ 63 in in ADP IN _ 67 case _ _ 64 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 67 nummod _ _ 65 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 67 amod _ _ 66 soft soft ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 67 amod _ _ 67 note note NOUN NN Number=Sing 69 advcl _ _ 68 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 69 nsubj _ _ 69 ended end VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 56 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 70 , , PUNCT , _ 73 punct _ _ 71 Little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 72 amod _ _ 72 Leaf Leaf PROPN NNP Number=Sing 73 nsubj _ _ 73 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 56 conj _ _ 74 to to ADP IN _ 75 case _ _ 75 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 73 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 76 : : PUNCT : _ 80 punct _ _ 77 “ " PUNCT `` _ 80 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 78 Be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 80 cop _ _ 79 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 80 nmod:poss _ _ 80 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 73 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 81 ! ! PUNCT . _ 80 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 82 ” " PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **listen** | past | Mĭpis | | | | | to the melodious trill | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to trill=Theme | | 2 | **melt** | past | Mĭpis | | | | | for the sweet tune and every leaf | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **fill** | participle | the sweet tune and every leaf *not said here* | all forest | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent forest=Patient | | 4 | **listen** | past · progressive | every leaf *not said here* | | | | | on the tree | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on tree=Theme | | 5 | **wave** | past · progressive | Branches | | | | | | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **keep** | gerund | Branches *not said here* | cadence | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cadence=Theme | | 7 | **stop** | past | the busy ants | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 8 | **run** | gerund | the busy ants *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **sit** | past | the butterfly | | | a flower | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on flower=Location | | 10 | **hear** | to-infinitive | the butterfly *not said here* | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer | | 11 | **grow** | past | the music | | | | | tender *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 12 | **end** | past | cadence | | | | | one long soft note *advcl* | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 13 | **say** *speech: express* | past | Little Leaf | | Squʿtes | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to she=Recipient | | 14 | **is** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | my *nmod:poss*; own *property* | 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 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/17/47/) - next →: [sentence 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/17/49/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/17/)