--- title: From afar o’er the lakes and mountains A wild man heard her cry; He… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: From afar o’er the lakes and mountains A wild man heard her cry; He came to her, she saw him, Saw him and was afraid; She tried to flee away, For he was clothed with the rainbow, Color and light were his garments. Who acts: wild man, man, woman, Color. 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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 (wild man, man, woman, Color), 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:pg78673:18:4 # text = From afar o’er the lakes and mountains A wild man heard her cry; He came to her, she saw him, Saw him and was afraid; She tried to flee away, For he was clothed with the rainbow, Color and light were his garments. 1 From from ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 afar afar ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 o’er o'er NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 lakes lake NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 conj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 mountains mountain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 conj _ _ 8 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 wild wild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 cry cry NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 parataxis _ _ 22 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 24 Saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 25 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 27 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ _ 28 afraid afraid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 tried try VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 flee flee VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 xcomp _ _ 34 away away ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 36 For for SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux:pass _ _ 39 clothed clothe VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 conj _ _ 40 with with ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 rainbow rainbow NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 44 Color Color PROPN NNP Number=Sing 49 nsubj _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 conj _ _ 47 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 cop _ _ 48 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 garments garment NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past | a wild man | woman's cry | | afar o’er and the lakes and mountains | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent cry=Topic from o'er=Source | | 2 | **come** | past | man | | woman | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to she=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **see** | past | woman | man | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | | 4 | **see** | past | woman *not said here* | man | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | | 5 | **is** | past | woman *not said here* | | | | | afraid *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **try** | past | woman | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 7 | **flee away** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | woman *not said here* | | | | | away *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **clothe** | past · passive | | man | | | | with the rainbow | vn dress-41.1.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 9 | **is a** | past | Color and light | man's garments | | | | man *nmod:poss* | tree rules | | 10 | **cry** | | woman | | | | | | nom cry «communication intransitive»: poss=agent | 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 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/18/3/) - next →: [sentence 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/18/5/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/18/)