--- title: He is always trying To blow the leaves away from the branches, And d… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: He is always trying To blow the leaves away from the branches, And drives them headlong, in flocks together, To his grandfather the terrible Tempest, The great wild Whirlwind who kills them all.” Who acts: boy. 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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 (boy), 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:pg78673:17:59 # text = He is always trying To blow the leaves away from the branches, And drives them headlong, in flocks together, To his grandfather the terrible Tempest, The great wild Whirlwind who kills them all.” 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 4 advmod _ _ 4 trying try VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 To to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 blow blow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 leaves leaf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ 9 away away ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 10 from from ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 branches branch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 And and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 drives drive VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 16 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ _ 17 headlong headlong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 flocks flock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obl _ _ 21 together together ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 To to ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 grandfather grandfather NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 terrible terrible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 Tempest Tempest PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 wild wild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 33 Whirlwind whirlwind SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 34 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 35 nsubj _ _ 35 kills kill VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 advcl _ _ 36 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obj _ _ 37 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 36 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 38 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **try** | present · progressive | boy | | | | | always *property* | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **blow** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | boy *not said here* | the leaves | | | | away *property* | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent leaf=Patient | | 3 | **drive** | present | boy *not said here* | branches *= branch* | | flocks | | to boy's grandfather the terrible Tempest; headlong, together *property* | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme in flock=Destination to grandfather=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **kill** | present | | branches *= branch* | | | | who *nsubj* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=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 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/17/58/) - next →: [sentence 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/17/60/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/17/)