--- title: And, making a single spring Of many rods to the dam, Took an arrow a… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: And, making a single spring Of many rods to the dam, Took an arrow and bored a hole So that a little water Just trickled out, and then cried: “Up and begone, “Up and begone, “Up and begone!” Who acts: making, little water. 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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 (making, little water), 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:pg78673:9:80 # text = And, making a single spring Of many rods to the dam, Took an arrow and bored a hole So that a little water Just trickled out, and then cried: “Up and begone, “Up and begone, “Up and begone!” 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 making make VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 14 csubj _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 single single ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 spring spring NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 Of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 rods rod NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nmod _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 dam dam NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 14 Took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 arrow arrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 bored bore VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 hole hole NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 21 So so ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 22 that that SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 26 Just just ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 trickled trickle VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 advcl _ _ 28 out out ADP RP _ 27 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 31 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 32 advmod _ _ 32 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 : : PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 34 “ " PUNCT `` _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 Up up ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 begone begone VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 “ " PUNCT `` _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 Up up ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 begone begone VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 44 “ " PUNCT `` _ 47 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 Up up ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 begone begone VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ! ! PUNCT . _ 47 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ” " PUNCT '' _ 37 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | gerund | | | | | spring | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 2 | **take** | past | making | a arrow | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arrow=Theme | | 3 | **bore** | past | making *not said here* | a hole | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus hole=Experiencer | | 4 | **trickle out** | past | a little water | | | | | | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source | | 5 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | making *not said here* | | | | then | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **begone** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **begone** | infinitive | | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **begone** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | | 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 79](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/9/79/) - next →: [sentence 81](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/9/81/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/9/)