--- title: And when the dam was cut From where it joined the shore, There was a… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: And when the dam was cut From where it joined the shore, There was a mighty rush, And the roar of many waters, So that the beaver dam, Which was made of giant trees Deftly fastened together, Swung full around to the westward; And yet it did not break Away from the other shore. 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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 (dam, mighty rush, many waters), 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:pg78673:7:96 # text = And when the dam was cut From where it joined the shore, There was a mighty rush, And the roar of many waters, So that the beaver dam, Which was made of giant trees Deftly fastened together, Swung full around to the westward; And yet it did not break Away from the other shore. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 2 when when SCONJ WRB _ 6 mark _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 dam dam NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 cut cut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 From from SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 8 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 10 advmod _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 joined join VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 advcl _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 shore shore NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 14 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 15 expl _ _ 15 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 mighty mighty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 rush rush NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 And and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 roar roar NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 parataxis _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 waters water NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 27 So so ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 28 that that SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 beaver beaver NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 compound _ _ 31 dam dam NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 35 nsubj:pass _ _ 34 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux:pass _ _ 35 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 acl:relcl _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 giant giant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obl _ _ 39 Deftly deftly ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 40 fastened fasten VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 advcl _ _ 41 together together ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 43 Swung swing VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 conj _ _ 44 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 xcomp _ _ 45 around around ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 46 to to ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 westward westward NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ; ; PUNCT : _ 55 punct _ _ 50 And and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 51 yet yet ADV RB _ 55 advmod _ _ 52 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 55 nsubj _ _ 53 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 55 aux _ _ 54 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 55 advmod _ _ 55 break break VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 conj _ _ 56 Away away ADV RB _ 55 advmod _ _ 57 from from ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 58 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 59 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 60 amod _ _ 60 shore shore NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 61 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cut** | past · passive | | the dam | | | | the roar of many waters and the beaver dam *parataxis* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | | 2 | **join** | past | dam | the shore | | | | | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shore=Patient | | 3 | **be** | past | a mighty rush | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **make** | past · passive | | the beaver dam | | | | of giant trees | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | | 5 | **fasten** | past | | | | | | deftly, together *property* | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 6 | **swing around** | participle | | | | the westward | | around, full *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme to westward=Trajectory | | 7 | **not** **break away** | past · do-support | dam | | | | yet | away *property* | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 8 | **roar** | | many waters | | | | | | nom roar «event intransitive»: of=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 95](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/7/95/) - next →: [sentence 97](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/7/97/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/7/)