--- title: He lived in sorrow, And when the notes of a bird came ringing Out of… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: He lived in sorrow, And when the notes of a bird came ringing Out of the forest, his grief was greater; His life was gone with the Little Fire, And the fire of his life was all in ashes. Who acts: LEAF, notes, grief, life. 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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 (LEAF, notes, grief, life), 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:pg78673:17:80 # text = He lived in sorrow, And when the notes of a bird came ringing Out of the forest, his grief was greater; His life was gone with the Little Fire, And the fire of his life was all in ashes. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 lived live VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 sorrow sorrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 6 And and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 7 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 13 advmod _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 notes note NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nsubj _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 13 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 14 ringing ring VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 advcl _ _ 15 Out out ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 grief grief NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 22 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 cop _ _ 23 greater great ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 14 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 27 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ _ 28 gone gone ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 parataxis _ _ 29 with with ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 Little Little ADJ NNP Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 Fire Fire PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 34 And and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ _ 40 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 cop _ _ 41 all all ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 42 in in ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 ashes ash NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **live** | past | LEAF | | | sorrow | | | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in sorrow=Location | | 2 | **come** | past | the notes of a bird | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **ring out** | gerund | the notes of a bird *not said here* | the forest | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location forest=Theme | | 4 | **is** | past | LEAF's grief | | | | | great *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **is** | past | LEAF's life | | | | | with the Little Fire; gone *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **is** | past | the fire of LEAF's life | | | ashes | | all *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **note** | | | a bird | | | | | nom note «communication transitive»: of=patient | | 8 | **fire** | | | LEAF's life | | | | | nom fire «event transitive»: of=patient | 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 79](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/17/79/) - next →: [sentence 81](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/17/81/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/17/)