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title: And what was her joy when she reached the mountain And saw from afar… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics
description: And what was her joy when she reached the mountain And saw from afar on the great tree rising A bright Red Leaf which shone in the sunset; Straight was her flight as that of an arrow, Fast as an arrow, when she beheld him. Who acts: Heard, great tree, bright Red Leaf, Straight. A sentence of «Kulósk
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# Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 17, sentence 98

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And what was her joy when she reached the mountain And saw from afar on the great tree rising A bright Red Leaf which shone in the sunset; Straight was her flight as that of an arrow, Fast as an arrow, when she beheld him.

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**Who acts:** Heard, great tree, bright Red Leaf, Straight · **What happens:** be, reach, see, rise, shine, behold · **To what, where:** joy, mountain, bright Red Leaf, flight, Straight

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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 (Heard, great tree, bright Red Leaf, Straight), 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:pg78673:17:98
# text = And what was her joy when she reached the mountain And saw from afar on the great tree rising A bright Red Leaf which shone in the sunset; Straight was her flight as that of an arrow, Fast as an arrow, when she beheld him.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	joy	joy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	8	mark	_	_
7	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	reached	reach	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	mountain	mountain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	conj	_	_
13	from	from	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	afar	afar	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	xcomp	_	_
15	on	on	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
19	rising	rise	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	18	acl	_	_
20	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
21	bright	bright	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	amod	_	_
22	Red	Red	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	23	compound	_	_
23	Leaf	leaf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obj	_	_
24	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	25	nsubj	_	_
25	shone	shine	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	23	acl:relcl	_	_
26	in	in	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
27	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
28	sunset	sunset	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	33	punct	_	_
30	Straight	Straight	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	33	nsubj	_	_
31	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	33	cop	_	_
32	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	33	nmod:poss	_	_
33	flight	flight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
34	as	as	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
35	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	33	nmod	_	_
36	of	of	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
37	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
38	arrow	arrow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	40	punct	_	_
40	Fast	fast	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	33	amod	_	_
41	as	as	ADP	IN	_	43	case	_	_
42	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	43	det	_	_
43	arrow	arrow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	40	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	47	punct	_	_
45	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	47	advmod	_	_
46	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	47	nsubj	_	_
47	beheld	behold	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	33	conj	_	_
48	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	47	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | Heard's joy and Heard's flight |  |  |  | what *nsubj*; Heard *nmod:poss* | tree rules |
| 2 | **reach** | past | Heard | the mountain |  |  |  |  | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent mountain=Theme |
| 3 | **see** | past | Heard *not said here* |  |  |  |  | afar *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 4 | **rise** | gerund | the great tree *not said here* | a bright Red Leaf |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location leaf=Theme |
| 5 | **shine** | past | a bright Red Leaf |  |  |  | sunset |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 6 | **is a** | past | Straight | Heard's flight |  |  |  | as that of a arrow; Heard *nmod:poss* | tree rules |
| 7 | **behold** | past | Heard | Straight |  |  |  |  | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus |

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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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