--- title: As the old Monimques heard her singing: His heart at the words grew… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: As the old Monimques heard her singing: His heart at the words grew weak with fear: “Truly it was a bad beginning That ever my grandson shot this singer, And truly, ’twould have a woful ending, If the Mountain should learn she is here! Who acts: old Monimques, heart, word, grandson. 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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 (old Monimques, heart, word, grandson), 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:pg78673:17:90 # text = As the old Monimques heard her singing: His heart at the words grew weak with fear: “Truly it was a bad beginning That ever my grandson shot this singer, And truly, ’twould have a woful ending, If the Mountain should learn she is here! 1 As as SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 Monimques Monimques PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 singing sing VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 : : PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 9 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 11 at at ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nmod _ _ 14 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 ccomp _ _ 15 weak weak ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 xcomp _ _ 16 with with ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 fear fear NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 : : PUNCT : _ 5 punct _ _ 19 “ " PUNCT `` _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 Truly truly ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 21 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 22 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 cop _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 beginning beginning NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 parataxis _ _ 26 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 30 obl _ _ 27 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 29 advmod _ _ 28 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 grandson grandson NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 30 shot shoot VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 parataxis _ _ 31 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 32 det _ _ 32 singer singer NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 34 And and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 35 truly truly ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 37 ’ ' PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 twould twould AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 parataxis _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 woful woful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 ending ending NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 44 If if SCONJ IN _ 48 mark _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 Mountain Mountain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 48 nsubj _ _ 47 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 48 learn learn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 conj _ _ 49 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 50 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 51 cop _ _ 51 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 48 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 52 ! ! PUNCT . _ 25 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past | the old Monimques | warrior | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **sing** *speech: express* | gerund | the old Monimques *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **grow** | past | Monimques's heart at the words | | | | | weak *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | word | a bad beginning | | | | truly *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **shoot** *in a quote* | past | my grandson | That | | | | this singer *obj* | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent singer=Theme | | 6 | **have** *in a quote* | | ’ | a woful ending | | | | truly *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ending=Patient | | 7 | **learn** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | should | the Mountain | | | | | | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **is** *in a quote* | present | grandson | | | | | here *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 89](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/17/89/) - next →: [sentence 91](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/17/91/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/17/)