--- title: It was many leagues away, The Beaver deftly dodged it-- Few beasts a… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: It was many leagues away, The Beaver deftly dodged it-- Few beasts are so quick at dodging-- But when another boulder Came after the first one, Kwâbît Ran deep into a mountain From which he came forth no more. Who acts: anger, Beaver, many leagues, boulder. 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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 (anger, Beaver, many leagues, boulder), 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:pg78673:4:75 # text = It was many leagues away, The Beaver deftly dodged it-- Few beasts are so quick at dodging-- But when another boulder Came after the first one, Kwâbît Ran deep into a mountain From which he came forth no more. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 leagues league NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nsubj _ _ 5 away away ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 Beaver Beaver PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 9 deftly deftly ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 dodged dodge VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 -- -- PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 Few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 beasts beast NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 conj _ _ 15 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 16 so so ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 quick quick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 18 at at SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 19 dodging dodge VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 17 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 -- -- PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 21 But but CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 22 when when SCONJ WRB _ 25 mark _ _ 23 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 24 det _ _ 24 boulder boulder NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 25 Came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 advcl _ _ 26 after after ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 29 amod _ _ 29 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 31 Kwâbît Kwâbît PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 compound _ _ 32 Ran Ran PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 conj _ _ 33 deep deep ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 34 into into ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 37 From from ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 40 obl _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 acl:relcl _ _ 41 forth forth ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 42 no no ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 43 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 17 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | anger | many leagues and Few beasts | | | | Few beasts *conj*; away *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **dodge** | past | the Beaver | anger | | | | deftly *property* | vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent it=Location | | 3 | **is** | present | many leagues and Few beasts | | | | | Kwâbît Ran into a mountain *conj*; quick *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **dodge** | gerund | many leagues and Few beasts *not said here* | | | | | | vn avoid-52 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **come** | past | another boulder | | | | after the first one | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **come** | past | Beaver | more | | a mountain | | forth *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from which=Initial\_Location | 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 74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/4/74/) - next →: [sentence 76](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/4/76/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/4/)