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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 (it, pilgrims, Master), 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:pg78673:7:23 # text = Yet it seemed so far away They thought ’twould be a week Ere they should gain its top, But the Master led them on, And in the afternoon Of the day when they first beheld it, Lo, they were on the summit! 1 Yet yet CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 so so ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 5 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 6 advmod _ _ 6 away away ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 7 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ _ 9 ’ ' PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 twould twould AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 11 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 13 cop _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 week week NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl:unmarked _ _ 14 Ere Ere PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 flat _ _ 15 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 gain gain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 18 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 21 But but CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 Master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 24 led lead VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 25 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 on on ADP RP _ 24 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 28 And and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 29 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 afternoon afternoon NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ _ 32 Of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ _ 35 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 38 advmod _ _ 36 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 38 advmod _ _ 38 beheld behold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 acl:relcl _ _ 39 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 41 Lo lo INTJ UH _ 47 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 43 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 44 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 cop _ _ 45 on on ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 summit summit NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ! ! PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **seem** | past | it | | | | | away *property* | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | past | pilgrims *= pilgrim* | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is a** | | | a week | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **gain** | should | pilgrims *= pilgrim* | belt's top | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent top=Theme | | 5 | **lead on** | past | the Master | pilgrims *= pilgrim* | | | | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 6 | **behold** | past | pilgrims *= pilgrim* | top | | | | first *property* | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | | 7 | **is** | past | pilgrims *= pilgrim* | | | the summit | afternoon | | tree rules | 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 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/7/22/) - next →: [sentence 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/7/24/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/7/)