--- title: Over the hole he laid A mighty log, and began The magic dance round… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: Over the hole he laid A mighty log, and began The magic dance round the den; Then the serpent or great Chipíchkâm, Hearing the call, came forth, Putting out his head from the hole, And weaving it about After the manner of snakes. Who acts: Thunder. 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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 (Thunder), 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:pg78673:5:75 # text = Over the hole he laid A mighty log, and began The magic dance round the den; Then the serpent or great Chipíchkâm, Hearing the call, came forth, Putting out his head from the hole, And weaving it about After the manner of snakes. 1 Over over ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 hole hole NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 laid lay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 mighty mighty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 log log NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 12 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 magic magic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 dance dance NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 15 round round ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 den den NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 19 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 21 advmod _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 serpent serpent NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 22 or or CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 23 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 Chipíchkâm Chipíchkâm PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 26 Hearing hear VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 call call NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 30 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 31 forth forth ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 33 Putting put VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 30 advcl _ _ 34 out out ADP RP _ 33 compound:prt _ _ 35 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 37 from from ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 hole hole NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 And and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 weaving weave VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 33 conj _ _ 43 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ _ 44 about about ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 45 After after ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 manner manner NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 snakes snake NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lay** | past | Thunder | a mighty log | | the hole | | the serpent or great Chipíchkâm *obl* | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent log=Theme over hole=Destination | | 2 | **begin** | past | Thunder *not said here* | the magic dance | | | | round the den | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dance=Eventuality | | 3 | **hear** | gerund | Thunder *not said here* | the call | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer call=Stimulus | | 4 | **come** | past | Thunder *not said here* | | | | | forth *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **put out** | gerund | Thunder *not said here* | Thunder's head | | the hole | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent head=Goal | | 6 | **weave** | gerund | Thunder *not said here* | head | | | after the manner of snakes | about *property* | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Product | 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/pg78673/5/74/) - next →: [sentence 76](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/5/76/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/5/)