--- title: But Lox to himself repeating “All smoke has fire behind it,” Kept br… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: But Lox to himself repeating “All smoke has fire behind it,” Kept bravely at his leaping Until the Indian Devil Of madness and desperation Awoke within his soul, And he swore by it that he ever Would keep straight on with his jumping Till something blazed--or burst! Who acts: Indian Devil, Lox. 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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 (Indian Devil, Lox), 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:pg78673:19:34 # text = But Lox to himself repeating “All smoke has fire behind it,” Kept bravely at his leaping Until the Indian Devil Of madness and desperation Awoke within his soul, And he swore by it that he ever Would keep straight on with his jumping Till something blazed--or burst! 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 2 Lox lox NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 2 nmod _ _ 5 repeating repeat VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 15 mark _ _ 6 “ " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 All all DET DT PronType=Tot 8 det _ _ 8 smoke smoke NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 10 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 11 behind behind ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ” " PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ 15 Kept keep VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 16 bravely bravely ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 17 at at ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 leaping leaping NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 20 Until until SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 Indian Indian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 Devil Devil PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 24 Of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 madness madness NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 desperation desperation NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 conj _ _ 28 Awoke awake VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 advcl _ _ 29 within within ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 soul soul NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 And and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 swore swear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 parataxis _ _ 36 by by ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obl _ _ 38 that that SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 40 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 42 advmod _ _ 41 Would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 advcl _ _ 43 straight straight ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 44 on on ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 45 with with SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 46 his his PRON PRP$ Gender=Masc|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 47 jumping jump VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 42 advcl _ _ 48 Till till ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 47 obl _ _ 50 blazed blaze VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 49 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 -- -- PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 or or CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 53 burst burst NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 54 ! ! PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **repeat** | gerund | | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 2 | **keep** | present · perfect · passive | | Lox to Lox | | Lox's leaping | | bravely *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme at leaping=Location | | 3 | **awake** | past | the Indian Devil of madness and desperation | | | | | within Lox's soul | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **swear** | past | Lox | | | | | by smoke | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **keep** | would | Lox | | | | ever | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **jump** | gerund | Lox | | | | till something burst | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **blaze** | participle | | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «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 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/19/33/) - next →: [sentence 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/19/35/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/19/)