--- title: When she walked among the dry leaves, Her feet were so covered That… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: When she walked among the dry leaves, Her feet were so covered That they could not be seen; She walked in the woods Singing all the time: “I want company: I am lonesome!” Who acts: woman, woods. 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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 (woman, woods), 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:pg78673:18:2 # text = When she walked among the dry leaves, Her feet were so covered That they could not be seen; She walked in the woods Singing all the time: “I want company: I am lonesome!” 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 walked walk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 advcl _ _ 4 among among ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 dry dry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 leaves leaf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 9 Her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nsubj:pass _ _ 11 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux:pass _ _ 12 so so ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 covered cover VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 14 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 19 nsubj _ _ 15 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 16 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 17 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 19 advmod _ _ 18 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 19 aux:pass _ _ 19 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 21 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 walked walk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 woods wood NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obl _ _ 26 Singing sing VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 25 acl _ _ 27 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 29 det:predet _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 : : PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 31 “ " PUNCT `` _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 want want VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 advcl _ _ 34 company company NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 : : PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 36 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 cop _ _ 38 lonesome lonesome NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ! ! PUNCT . _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ” " PUNCT '' _ 38 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **walk** | past | woman | | | the dry leaves | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme among leaf=Trajectory | | 2 | **cover** | past · passive | | woman's feet | | | | | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Destination | | 3 | **not** **see** | could · passive | | That | | | | feet *= foot* *nsubj* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | | 4 | **walk** | past | woman | | | the woods | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in wood=Trajectory | | 5 | **sing** *speech: express* | gerund | the woods *not said here* | | | | time | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **want** *in a quote* | present | the woods *= wood* | company | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot company=Theme | | 7 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | the woods *= wood* | lonesome | | | | | 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 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/18/1/) - next →: [sentence 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/18/3/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/18/)