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title: This she was heard to say Ere she went further on Up to the mountain… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics
description: This she was heard to say Ere she went further on Up to the mountain top-- Three years then passed away Ere she was seen again, And then when she returned ’Twas with a charming child, The fairest in the land; Only one thing was strange: His eyebrows were of stone. Who acts: This, Ere, Mount, one thi
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# Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 18, sentence 93

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This she was heard to say Ere she went further on Up to the mountain top-- Three years then passed away Ere she was seen again, And then when she returned ’Twas with a charming child, The fairest in the land; Only one thing was strange: His eyebrows were of stone.

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**Who acts:** This, Ere, Mount, one thing, eyebrows · **What happens:** hear, say, go, pass away, see, return · **To what, where:** This, mountain top, Mount, Twas · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems», Opening, part 18. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (This, Ere, Mount, one thing), 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:pg78673:18:93
# text = This she was heard to say Ere she went further on Up to the mountain top-- Three years then passed away Ere she was seen again, And then when she returned ’Twas with a charming child, The fairest in the land; Only one thing was strange: His eyebrows were of stone.
1	This	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	heard	hear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	Ere	Ere	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	ccomp	_	_
10	further	further	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
11	on	on	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
12	Up	up	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	mountain	mountain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	top	top	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	--	--	PUNCT	:	_	21	punct	_	_
18	Three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	19	nummod	_	_
19	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	21	obl:unmarked	_	_
20	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	21	advmod	_	_
21	passed	pass	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	conj	_	_
22	away	away	ADV	RB	_	21	advmod	_	_
23	Ere	ere	ADV	RB	_	26	advmod	_	_
24	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	26	nsubj	_	_
25	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	26	aux:pass	_	_
26	seen	see	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	21	advcl	_	_
27	again	again	ADV	RB	_	26	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	_	_
29	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	33	cc	_	_
30	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	33	advmod	_	_
31	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	33	advmod	_	_
32	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	33	nsubj	_	_
33	returned	return	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
34	’	'	PUNCT	``	_	35	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	Twas	twa	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	33	obl	_	_
36	with	with	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
37	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	39	det	_	_
38	charming	charming	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	39	amod	_	_
39	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	42	punct	_	_
41	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	42	det	_	_
42	fairest	fair	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	35	appos	_	_
43	in	in	ADP	IN	_	45	case	_	_
44	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	45	det	_	_
45	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
46	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	51	punct	_	_
47	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	48	advmod	_	_
48	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	49	nummod	_	_
49	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	51	nsubj	_	_
50	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	51	cop	_	_
51	strange	strange	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
52	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	57	punct	_	_
53	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	54	nmod:poss	_	_
54	eyebrows	eyebrow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	57	nsubj	_	_
55	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	57	cop	_	_
56	of	of	ADP	IN	_	57	case	_	_
57	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
58	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hear** | past · passive |  | This |  |  |  | Mount *nsubj* | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | This *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **go** | past | Ere |  |  | the mountain top |  | Mount *nsubj*; further *property* | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on top=Location |
| 4 | **pass away** | past | Ere *not said here* |  |  |  | then; year | away *property* | vn die-42.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 5 | **see** | past · passive |  | Mount |  |  | again | ere *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus |
| 6 | **return** | past | Mount | Twas with a charming child |  |  | then |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 7 | **is** | past | one thing |  |  |  |  | strange *property* | tree rules |
| 8 | **is** | past | Ere's eyebrows |  |  |  |  | of stone | tree rules |

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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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