--- title: Taking the Leaf in her little bill, The Red Bird flew over rock and… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: Taking the Leaf in her little bill, The Red Bird flew over rock and river, Till she came to the beautiful country; Again on a tree they built their wigwam, And Squʿtes sat and sang on the branches: The little Indian boy Monimques Never had heard such beautiful singing, Never beheld such wonderful fe --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/17/67/) [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/) / 67 # Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 17, sentence 67 Taking the Leaf in her little bill, The Red Bird flew over rock and river, Till she came to the beautiful country; Again on a tree they built their wigwam, And Squʿtes sat and sang on the branches: The little Indian boy Monimques Never had heard such beautiful singing, Never beheld such wonderful feathers; Amazed he stood for a while and listened, Then bending his bow let fly an arrow. **Who acts:** Red Bird, heart, birds, Squʿtes, Amazed, bow · **What happens:** take, fly, come, build, sit, sing · **To what, where:** Leaf, little bill, rock, tree, wigwam, branches 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 (Red Bird, heart, birds, Squʿtes), 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:pg78673:17:67 # text = Taking the Leaf in her little bill, The Red Bird flew over rock and river, Till she came to the beautiful country; Again on a tree they built their wigwam, And Squʿtes sat and sang on the branches: The little Indian boy Monimques Never had heard such beautiful singing, Never beheld such wonderful feathers; Amazed he stood for a while and listened, Then bending his bow let fly an arrow. 1 Taking take VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 advcl _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Leaf Leaf PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 6 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 bill bill NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 9 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 Red Red PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 flat _ _ 11 Bird Bird PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 over over ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 rock rock NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 Till till SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 19 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 21 to to ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 26 Again again ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 27 on on ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 30 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 built build VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 acl:relcl _ _ 32 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 wigwam wigwam NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 And and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 36 Squʿtes Squʿtes PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 37 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 sang sing VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 conj _ _ 40 on on ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 branches branch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 : : PUNCT : _ 51 punct _ _ 44 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 45 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 46 Indian Indian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 nsubj:pass _ _ 48 Monimques Monimques PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 appos _ _ 49 Never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 51 advmod _ _ 50 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 51 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 conj _ _ 52 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 amod _ _ 53 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 amod _ _ 54 singing singing NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 56 Never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 57 advmod _ _ 57 beheld behold VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 51 conj _ _ 58 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 60 amod _ _ 59 wonderful wonderful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 60 amod _ _ 60 feathers feather NOUN NNS Number=Plur 57 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 61 ; ; PUNCT : _ 64 punct _ _ 62 Amazed amazed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 64 nsubj _ _ 63 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 64 nsubj _ _ 64 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 65 for for ADP IN _ 67 case _ _ 66 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 67 det _ _ 67 while while NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 obl _ _ 68 and and CCONJ CC _ 69 cc _ _ 69 listened listen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 64 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 70 , , PUNCT , _ 72 punct _ _ 71 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 72 advmod _ _ 72 bending bend VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 69 advcl _ _ 73 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 74 nmod:poss _ _ 74 bow bow NOUN NN Number=Sing 75 nsubj _ _ 75 let let VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 72 ccomp _ _ 76 fly fly VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 75 xcomp _ _ 77 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 78 det _ _ 78 arrow arrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 76 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 79 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | gerund | the Red Bird *not said here* | the Leaf | | heart's little bill | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent leaf=Value in bill=Location | | 2 | **fly** | past | the Red Bird | | | rock and river | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent over rock=Location | | 3 | **come** | past | heart | | | a tree | again | to the beautiful country | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to country=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **build** | past | birds *= bird* | birds's wigwam | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset wigwam=Product | | 5 | **sit** | past | Squʿtes | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **sing** *speech: express* | past | Squʿtes *not said here* | | | the branches | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on branch=Location | | 7 | **not** **hear** | past · perfect · passive | | the little Indian boy | | | | such beautiful singing *obj* | tree rules | | 8 | **not** **behold** | participle | | such wonderful feathers | | | | | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer feather=Stimulus | | 9 | **stand** | past | Amazed | | | | while | boy *nsubj* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **listen** | past | Amazed *not said here* | | | | | | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **bend** | gerund | Amazed *not said here* | | | | then | | tree rules | | 12 | **let** | past | boy's bow | | | | | | tree rules | | 13 | **fly** | infinitive | boy's bow *not said here* | a arrow | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location arrow=Theme | | 14 | **bill** | | heart | | | | | | nom bill «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 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/17/66/) - next →: [sentence 68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/17/68/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/17/)