--- title: As the head of Monimques drooped on his shoulder And as the pipe ste… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: As the head of Monimques drooped on his shoulder And as the pipe stem dropped from his fingers And as the little Wʾnagʾmeswuk The tiny fairies who tap the eyelids, Soothed him into deepest slumber, Softly the Red Bird rose and taking A birchen bucket, filled it with water. 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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 (head, pipe stem, tiny fairies, Softly), 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:pg78673:17:94 # text = As the head of Monimques drooped on his shoulder And as the pipe stem dropped from his fingers And as the little Wʾnagʾmeswuk The tiny fairies who tap the eyelids, Soothed him into deepest slumber, Softly the Red Bird rose and taking A birchen bucket, filled it with water. 1 As as SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Monimques Monimques PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 6 drooped droop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 advcl _ _ 7 on on ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 shoulder shoulder NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 And and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 11 as as SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 pipe pipe NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 compound _ _ 14 stem stem NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 15 dropped drop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 16 from from ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 fingers finger NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obl _ _ 19 And and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 20 as as ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 Wʾnagʾmeswuk Wʾnagʾmeswuk PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 conj _ _ 24 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 tiny tiny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 fairies fairy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 nmod _ _ 27 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 28 nsubj _ _ 28 tap tap VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 acl:relcl _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 eyelids eyelid NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 32 Soothed soothe VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 33 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ _ 34 into into ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 deepest deep ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 36 amod _ _ 36 slumber slumber NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 38 Softly Softly PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 Red Red PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 flat _ _ 41 Bird Bird PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 acl:relcl _ _ 42 rose rise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 taking take VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 42 conj _ _ 45 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 46 birchen birchen ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 bucket bucket NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 49 filled fill VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 conj _ _ 50 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 obj _ _ 51 with with ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 32 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **droop** | past | the head of Monimques | | | Monimques's shoulder | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on shoulder=Location | | 2 | **drop** | past | the pipe stem | | | Monimques's fingers and the little Wʾnagʾmeswuk the tiny fairies | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme from finger=Trajectory | | 3 | **tap** | present | the tiny fairies | the eyelids | | | | | vn investigate-35.4 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent eyelid=Location | | 4 | **soothe** | past | | stem | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer | | 5 | **rise** | past | Softly the Red Bird | | | deepest slumber | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into slumber=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **take** | gerund | Softly the Red Bird *not said here* | a birchen bucket | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bucket=Theme | | 7 | **fill** | past | Softly the Red Bird *not said here* | bucket | | | | with water | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent it=Patient with water=Instrument | 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 93](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/17/93/) - next →: [sentence 95](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/17/95/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/17/)