--- title: The dark and evil demon, The sprite of the night-air, Pʾmûla named b… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: The dark and evil demon, The sprite of the night-air, Pʾmûla named by some, From whom the gift had come, Swooped down from clouds on high, And bore his soul away To the dwelling place of darkness And men heard of him no more. Who acts: gift, dark demon, men. 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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 (gift, dark demon, men), 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:pg78673:5:45 # text = The dark and evil demon, The sprite of the night-air, Pʾmûla named by some, From whom the gift had come, Swooped down from clouds on high, And bore his soul away To the dwelling place of darkness And men heard of him no more. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 2 dark dark ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 evil evil ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 conj _ _ 5 demon demon NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 sprite sprite NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 appos _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 11 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 12 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 Pʾmûla Pʾmûla PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 appos _ _ 16 named name VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 acl _ _ 17 by by ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 20 From from ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 25 obl _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 gift gift NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 24 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 16 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 27 Swooped swoop VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 conj _ _ 28 down down ADP RP _ 27 compound:prt _ _ 29 from from ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 clouds cloud NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obl _ _ 31 on on ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 And and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 bore bear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 36 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 soul soul NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 38 away away ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 39 To to ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 dwelling dwelling NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 compound _ _ 42 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 darkness darkness NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod _ _ 45 And and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 46 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 nsubj _ _ 47 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 conj _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 obl _ _ 50 no no ADV RB _ 51 advmod _ _ 51 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 47 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 35 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **name** | participle | | the night air *not said here* | | | | by some | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **come** | past · perfect | the gift | | | | | whom *obl* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from whom=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **swoop down** | participle | the gift *not said here* | | | clouds on high | | | tree rules | | 4 | **bear away** | past | the dark demon | Kulóskap's soul | | | | to the dwelling place of darkness; away *property* | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent soul=Patient | | 5 | **hear** | past | men | more | | | | of Kulóskap | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer more=Stimulus | 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 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/5/44/) - next →: [sentence 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/5/46/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/5/)