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title: But after a time they saw That the brook was running low, Not only i… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics
description: But after a time they saw That the brook was running low, Not only in summer time, But in autumn after the rains; And as the water fell Their spirits, too, sank low; But day by day it grew less, Until its bed was as dry As a dead bone is, which lies In the ashes of a fire. Who acts: women, brook, wa
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# Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 9, sentence 68

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But after a time they saw That the brook was running low, Not only in summer time, But in autumn after the rains; And as the water fell Their spirits, too, sank low; But day by day it grew less, Until its bed was as dry As a dead bone is, which lies In the ashes of a fire.

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**Who acts:** women, brook, water, bed · **What happens:** see, run, fall, sink, grow, be · **To what, where:** That, spirits, ashes · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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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 (women, brook, water, bed), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg78673:9:68
# text = But after a time they saw That the brook was running low, Not only in summer time, But in autumn after the rains; And as the water fell Their spirits, too, sank low; But day by day it grew less, Until its bed was as dry As a dead bone is, which lies In the ashes of a fire.
1	But	but	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
2	after	after	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
5	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	6	obj	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	brook	brook	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
10	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	running	run	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	ccomp	_	_
12	low	low	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	11	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
14	Not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	18	advmod	_	_
15	only	only	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	summer	summer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	compound	_	_
18	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
20	But	but	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
21	in	in	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	autumn	autumn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
23	after	after	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	rains	rain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	22	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	31	punct	_	_
27	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	31	cc	_	_
28	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	31	mark	_	_
29	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
30	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	nsubj	_	_
31	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
32	Their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	33	nmod:poss	_	_
33	spirits	spirit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	31	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	35	punct	_	_
35	too	too	ADV	RB	_	31	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	37	punct	_	_
37	sank	sink	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	31	advcl	_	_
38	low	low	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	37	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	45	punct	_	_
40	But	but	CCONJ	CC	_	45	cc	_	_
41	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	45	obl:unmarked	_	_
42	by	by	ADP	IN	_	43	case	_	_
43	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	nmod	_	_
44	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	45	nsubj	_	_
45	grew	grow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
46	less	less	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	45	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	53	punct	_	_
48	Until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	53	mark	_	_
49	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	50	nmod:poss	_	_
50	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	53	nsubj	_	_
51	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	53	cop	_	_
52	as	as	ADV	RB	_	53	advmod	_	_
53	dry	dry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	45	parataxis	_	_
54	As	as	ADP	IN	_	57	case	_	_
55	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	57	det	_	_
56	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	57	amod	_	_
57	bone	bone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	53	obl	_	_
58	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	53	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
59	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	61	punct	_	_
60	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	61	nsubj	_	_
61	lies	lie	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	53	conj	_	_
62	In	in	ADP	IN	_	64	case	_	_
63	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	64	det	_	_
64	ashes	ash	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	61	obl	_	_
65	of	of	ADP	IN	_	67	case	_	_
66	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	67	det	_	_
67	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	64	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
68	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | past | women *= woman* | That |  |  | time |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **run** | past · progressive | the brook |  |  |  | autumn; time | low *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **fall** | past | the water | women's spirits |  |  |  |  | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient spirit=Result |
| 4 | **sink** | past | the water *not said here* |  |  |  |  | low *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 5 | **grow** | past | brook |  |  |  | day | less *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 6 | **is** | past | brook's bed |  |  |  |  | as a dead bone; dry *property* | tree rules |
| 7 | **lie** | present |  |  |  | the ashes of a fire |  | which *nsubj* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in ash=Location |

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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.

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**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.

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