--- title: And so he went his way, Bearing the magic house Lightly upon his hea… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: And so he went his way, Bearing the magic house Lightly upon his head, Till he came to a hard-wood ridge In which was a bubbling spring; And here he said: “I will live.” Who acts: man. 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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 (man), 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:pg78673:18:148 # text = And so he went his way, Bearing the magic house Lightly upon his head, Till he came to a hard-wood ridge In which was a bubbling spring; And here he said: “I will live.” 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 so so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 Bearing bear VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 magic magic NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 12 Lightly lightly ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 13 upon upon ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 Till till SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 22 hard hard ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 compound _ _ 25 ridge ridge NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 26 In in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 31 obl _ _ 28 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 bubbling bubble VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 31 amod _ _ 31 spring spring NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 33 And and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 36 advmod _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 : : PUNCT : _ 41 punct _ _ 38 “ " PUNCT `` _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 40 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ” " PUNCT '' _ 41 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | man | man's way | | | | | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location way=Theme | | 2 | **bear** | gerund | man *not said here* | the magic house | | | | lightly *property* | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent house=Patient | | 3 | **come** | past | man | | | a wood ridge | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to ridge=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **bubble** | gerund | | | | | | | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source | | 5 | **is a** | past | | a bubbling spring | | a wood ridge | | | tree rules | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | man | | | here | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **live** *in a quote* | future | man | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 147](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/18/147/) - next →: [sentence 149](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/18/149/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/18/)