--- title: I need only call the reader’s attention to the very remarkable song… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: I need only call the reader’s attention to the very remarkable song recording the attack of the squirrels on _Lappilatwan_, who dwelt in the birch tree, “ever sitting with his mouth open” (_wechkutonébit_), a song of which Mr. Leland gives a most charming version. 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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 (I, remarkable song, Leland, reader), 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:pg78673:2:38 # text = I need only call the reader’s attention to the very remarkable song recording the attack of the squirrels on _Lappilatwan_, who dwelt in the birch tree, “ever sitting with his mouth open” (_wechkutonébit_), a song of which Mr. Leland gives a most charming version. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 need need AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 only only ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 call call VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 reader reader NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ’s 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 attention attention NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 11 very very ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 remarkable remarkable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 song song NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 14 recording record VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 13 acl _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 attack attack NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 squirrels squirrel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nmod _ _ 20 on on ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 Lappilatwan Lappilatwan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 26 nsubj _ _ 26 dwelt dwell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 27 in in ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 birch birch NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 compound _ _ 30 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 “ " PUNCT `` _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 34 advmod _ _ 34 sitting sit VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 26 ccomp _ _ 35 with with ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 38 open open ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ” " PUNCT '' _ 34 punct _ _ 40 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 wechkutonébit wechkutonébit NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 43 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 46 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 song song NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 conj _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 52 obl _ _ 50 Mr. Mr. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 51 nmod:desc _ _ 51 Leland Leland PROPN NNP Number=Sing 52 nsubj _ _ 52 gives give VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 47 acl:relcl _ _ 53 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 54 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 55 advmod _ _ 55 charming charm VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 56 amod _ _ 56 version version NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **call** *speech: assert* | present | I | the reader's attention | the remarkable song | | | wechkutonébit and a song *parataxis* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent attention=Topic to song=Recipient | | 2 | **record** | gerund | the remarkable song *not said here* | the attack of the squirrels on Lappilatwan | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent attack=Theme | | 3 | **dwell** | past | | | | the birch tree | | who *nsubj* | tree rules | | 4 | **sit** *in a quote* | gerund | | | | | ever | with Lappilatwan's mouth; open *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **give** | present | Leland Mr. | a charming version | | | | of a song | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent version=Theme | | 6 | **charm** | gerund | | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **attend** | | the reader | | | | | | nom attention «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent | | 8 | **attack** | | | the squirrels on Lappilatwan | | | | | nom attack «act transitive»: of=patient | 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 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/2/37/) - next →: [sentence 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/2/39/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/2/)