--- title: And ever they sailed on Over the silver sea, O’er blue and dancing w… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: And ever they sailed on Over the silver sea, O’er blue and dancing waves, Till home they came with joy, And at the landing place They saw the Master stand; And his first words were, “Well! Who acts: tempests, Thrice. 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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 (tempests, Thrice), 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:pg78673:6:35 # text = And ever they sailed on Over the silver sea, O’er blue and dancing waves, Till home they came with joy, And at the landing place They saw the Master stand; And his first words were, “Well! 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 4 advmod _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 sailed sail VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 6 Over over ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 silver silver ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 O’er O'er PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 compound _ _ 12 blue blue ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 advcl _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 dancing dance VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 conj _ _ 15 waves wave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 Till till ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 19 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 21 with with ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 joy joy NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 24 And and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 25 at at ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 landing landing NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 compound _ _ 28 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 29 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 Master Master PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 compound _ _ 33 stand stand NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ; ; PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 35 And and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 36 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 37 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 38 amod _ _ 38 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 39 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 “ " PUNCT `` _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 Well well INTJ UH _ 38 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ! ! PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sail** | past | tempests *= tempest* | Thrice's first words | | the silver sea | ever | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme word=Trajectory | | 2 | **dance** | gerund | tempests *= tempest* *not said here* | waves | | | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location wave=Theme | | 3 | **come** | past | tempests *= tempest* | | | | till home | with joy | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **see** | past | tempests *= tempest* | the Master stand | | the landing place | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer stand=Stimulus | | 5 | **word** | | Thrice | | | | | | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/6/34/) - next →: [sentence 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/6/36/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/6/)