--- title: So, panting, crying for breath, And smothered in love, he died, And… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: So, panting, crying for breath, And smothered in love, he died, And those who came that way Found him a silent corpse, But what became of the witches Kulóskap only can tell! Who acts: whirr, those, way, Kulóskap. 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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 (whirr, those, way, Kulóskap), 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:pg78673:5:41 # text = So, panting, crying for breath, And smothered in love, he died, And those who came that way Found him a silent corpse, But what became of the witches Kulóskap only can tell! 1 So so ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 panting pant VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 15 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 crying cry VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 conj _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 breath breath NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 And and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 smothered smother VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 died die VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 And and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 18 those that PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 20 nsubj _ _ 19 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 20 nsubj _ _ 20 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 parataxis _ _ 21 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 22 det _ _ 22 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 23 Found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 24 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 silent silent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 corpse corpse NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 But but CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 30 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 31 nsubj _ _ 31 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 witches witch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obl _ _ 35 Kulóskap Kulóskap PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 36 only only ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 37 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ! ! PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pant** | gerund | whirr *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **cry** *speech: express* | gerund | whirr *not said here* | | | | | for breath | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S\_INF»: agent=Agent for breath=Recipient | | 3 | **smother** | past | whirr *not said here* | | | | | in love | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent in love=Theme | | 4 | **die** | past | whirr | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 5 | **come** | past | those | | | | | who *nsubj* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **find** | past | that way | whirr | | | | a silent corpse *obj* | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent he=Theme corpse=Attribute | | 7 | **become** | past | | | | | | of the witches; what *nsubj* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 8 | **tell** *speech: assert* | can | Kulóskap | the witches *not said here* | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent witch=Recipient | 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 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/5/40/) - next →: [sentence 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/5/42/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/5/)