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title: Leaves like men are never contented, When all’s for the best they ne… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics
description: Leaves like men are never contented, When all’s for the best they never know it; So it came to pass that Mĭpis one morning Saw far away in the pleasant sunlight A land of beautiful lakes and mountains, Lovelier far than the place they lived in; And felt in his heart an earnest longing To wander away
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# Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 17, sentence 64

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Leaves like men are never contented, When all’s for the best they never know it; So it came to pass that Mĭpis one morning Saw far away in the pleasant sunlight A land of beautiful lakes and mountains, Lovelier far than the place they lived in; And felt in his heart an earnest longing To wander away.

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**Who acts:** men, wigwam · **What happens:** not content, not know, come, pass, live in, feel · **To what, where:** Leaves, wigwam, place, earnest longing, heart

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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 (men, wigwam), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg78673:17:64
# text = Leaves like men are never contented, When all’s for the best they never know it; So it came to pass that Mĭpis one morning Saw far away in the pleasant sunlight A land of beautiful lakes and mountains, Lovelier far than the place they lived in; And felt in his heart an earnest longing To wander away.
1	Leaves	leaf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	like	like	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
5	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	contented	content	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
8	When	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	10	mark	_	_
9	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	’s	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	10	obj	_	_
14	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
15	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	16	advmod	_	_
16	know	know	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	parataxis	_	_
17	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
19	So	so	ADV	RB	_	21	advmod	_	_
20	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	nsubj	_	_
21	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	parataxis	_	_
22	to	to	PART	TO	_	23	mark	_	_
23	pass	pass	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	21	xcomp	_	_
24	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	30	mark	_	_
25	Mĭpis	Mĭpis	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	30	nsubj	_	_
26	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	27	nummod	_	_
27	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	appos	_	_
28	Saw	Saw	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	25	flat	_	_
29	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	30	advmod	_	_
30	away	away	ADV	RB	_	23	advmod	_	_
31	in	in	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
32	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	34	det	_	_
33	pleasant	pleasant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	34	amod	_	_
34	sunlight	sunlight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	obl	_	_
35	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	36	det	_	_
36	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	nsubj	_	_
37	of	of	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
38	beautiful	beautiful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	39	amod	_	_
39	lakes	lake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	36	nmod	_	_
40	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	41	cc	_	_
41	mountains	mountain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	39	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	43	punct	_	_
43	Lovelier	lovely	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	39	amod	_	_
44	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	47	advmod	_	_
45	than	than	ADP	IN	_	47	case	_	_
46	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	47	det	_	_
47	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	43	obl	_	_
48	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	49	nsubj	_	_
49	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	47	acl:relcl	_	_
50	in	in	ADV	RB	_	49	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	53	punct	_	_
52	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	53	cc	_	_
53	felt	feel	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	21	conj	_	_
54	in	in	ADP	IN	_	56	case	_	_
55	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	56	nmod:poss	_	_
56	heart	heart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	53	obl	_	_
57	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	59	det	_	_
58	earnest	earn	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	59	amod	_	_
59	longing	longing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	53	obj	_	_
60	To	to	PART	TO	_	61	mark	_	_
61	wander	wander	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	53	advcl	_	_
62	away	away	ADV	RB	_	61	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
63	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **content** | present · passive |  | Leaves like men |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer |
| 2 | **not** **know** | present | men *= man* | wigwam |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |
| 3 | **come** | past | wigwam |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **pass** | to-infinitive | wigwam *not said here* |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 5 | **live in** | past | men *= man* | the place *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme place=Location |
| 6 | **feel** | past | wigwam *not said here* | a earnest longing |  | LEAF's heart |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent longing=Theme in heart=Location |
| 7 | **wander away** | to-infinitive | wigwam *not said here* |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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.

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**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.

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