--- title: They were far, far away Beyond the distant hills; Then, waiting, all… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: They were far, far away Beyond the distant hills; Then, waiting, all sat still, Till long before the noon Chain-lightning came again; He showed no weariness, Nor was he out of breath, Yet had gone through the world. Who acts: Lights, Chain lightning, lightning, Nor. 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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 (Lights, Chain lightning, lightning, Nor), 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:pg78673:6:13 # text = They were far, far away Beyond the distant hills; Then, waiting, all sat still, Till long before the noon Chain-lightning came again; He showed no weariness, Nor was he out of breath, Yet had gone through the world. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 3 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 6 advmod _ _ 6 away away ADV RB _ 0 root _ _ 7 Beyond beyond ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 distant distant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 hills hill NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ; ; PUNCT : _ 14 punct _ _ 12 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 14 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 waiting wait VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 17 advmod _ _ 17 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 parataxis _ _ 18 still still ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 Till till ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 17 advmod _ _ 22 before before ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 noon noon NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 25 Chain Chain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 26 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 lightning lightning NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 28 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 acl:relcl _ _ 29 again again ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ; ; PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 showed show VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 33 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 34 det _ _ 34 weariness weariness NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 36 Nor Nor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 37 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 39 out out ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 breath breath NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 43 Yet yet CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 44 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 14 advcl _ _ 46 through through ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | Lights *= light* | | | | | beyond the distant hills; away, far *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **wait** | gerund | Lights *= light* *not said here* | | | | then | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **sit** | past | | | | | still | long *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **come** | past | Chain lightning | the noon *not said here* | | | again | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location noon=Theme | | 5 | **show** | past | lightning | no weariness | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent weariness=Recipient | | 6 | **is** | past | Nor | | | breath | | lightning *nsubj* | tree rules | | 7 | **go** | past · perfect | Lights *= light* *not said here* | | | the world | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme through world=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 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/6/12/) - next →: [sentence 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/6/14/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/6/)