--- title: Long, long ago, Far, far away in the mountains An Indian village sto… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: Long, long ago, Far, far away in the mountains An Indian village stood, Little known to other men; All lived therein at their ease, The men did well in their hunting The women worked at home, And all went well--save in _one_ thing And that one thing was this: That the town lay by a brook And except --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/9/65/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Kulóskap the master, and other Algonki…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/) / [Opening, part 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/9/) / 65 # Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 9, sentence 65 Long, long ago, Far, far away in the mountains An Indian village stood, Little known to other men; All lived therein at their ease, The men did well in their hunting The women worked at home, And all went well--save in \_one\_ thing And that one thing was this: That the town lay by a brook And except in the stream there was not A single drop of water In all the country round Save in the puddles of rain. **Who acts:** Indian village, men, women, thing, town · **What happens:** stand, know, live, do, work, go · **To what, where:** mountains, ease, hunting, home, this, single drop This is a sentence of «Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems», Opening, part 9. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Indian village, men, women, thing), 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:pg78673:9:65 # text = Long, long ago, Far, far away in the mountains An Indian village stood, Little known to other men; All lived therein at their ease, The men did well in their hunting The women worked at home, And all went well--save in _one_ thing And that one thing was this: That the town lay by a brook And except in the stream there was not A single drop of water In all the country round Save in the puddles of rain. 1 Long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 4 advmod _ _ 4 ago ago ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 Far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 18 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 9 advmod _ _ 9 away away ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 mountains mountain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ _ 13 An a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 Indian Indian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 village village NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 16 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 18 Little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 24 All all DET DT PronType=Tot 25 advmod _ _ 25 lived live VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 parataxis _ _ 26 therein therein ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 27 at at ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 ease ease NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 nsubj _ _ 33 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 34 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 33 advmod _ _ 35 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 hunting hunting NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 38 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 women woman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 nsubj _ _ 40 worked work VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 acl:relcl _ _ 41 at at ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 44 And and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 45 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 46 advmod _ _ 46 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 47 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 46 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 -- -- PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 save save VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 46 advcl _ _ 50 in in ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 50 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 49 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 54 punct _ _ 54 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 nsubj _ _ 55 And and CCONJ CC _ 58 cc _ _ 56 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 58 det _ _ 57 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 58 nummod _ _ 58 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 conj _ _ 59 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 60 cop _ _ 60 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 52 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 61 : : PUNCT : _ 65 punct _ _ 62 That that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 64 det _ _ 63 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 64 det _ _ 64 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 nsubj _ _ 65 lay lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 parataxis _ _ 66 by by ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 67 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 68 det _ _ 68 brook brook NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 obl _ _ 69 And and CCONJ CC _ 79 cc _ _ 70 except except ADP IN _ 73 case _ _ 71 in in ADP IN _ 73 case _ _ 72 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 73 det _ _ 73 stream stream NOUN NN Number=Sing 79 obl _ _ 74 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 75 expl _ _ 75 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 79 cop _ _ 76 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 79 advmod _ _ 77 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 79 det _ _ 78 single single ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 79 amod _ _ 79 drop drop NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 conj _ _ 80 of of ADP IN _ 81 case _ _ 81 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 79 nmod _ _ 82 In in ADP IN _ 85 case _ _ 83 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 85 det:predet _ _ 84 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 85 det _ _ 85 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 79 nmod _ _ 86 round round ADV RB _ 87 advmod _ _ 87 Save Save PROPN NNP Number=Sing 85 nmod _ _ 88 in in ADP IN _ 90 case _ _ 89 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 90 det _ _ 90 puddles puddle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 87 nmod _ _ 91 of of ADP IN _ 92 case _ _ 92 rain rain NOUN NN Number=Sing 90 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 93 . . PUNCT . _ 19 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** | past | a Indian village | the mountains *not said here* | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer mountain=Stimulus | | 2 | **know** | participle | | | | | | to other men | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **live** | past | | | | men's ease | | therein *property* | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at ease=Location | | 4 | **do** | past | the men | | | men's hunting | | well *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **work** | past | the women | men's hunting *not said here* | | home | | | vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent hunting=Material | | 6 | **go** | past | | | | | | well *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **save** | infinitive | | | | | | in one | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **is a** | past | thing and that one thing | this | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **lie** | past | that town | | | | | by a brook | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by brook=Location | | 10 | **not** **is a** | past | that town *not said here* | a single drop | | all country Save in the puddles of rain | | except the stream; of water | tree rules | | 11 | **hunt** | | men *= man* | | | | | | nom hunting «act 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 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/9/64/) - next →: [sentence 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/9/66/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/9/)