--- title: Now, it is said, the Lord To gain tremendous power, Or such grand ma… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: Now, it is said, the Lord To gain tremendous power, Or such grand mastery As man had never won, Went to the wilderness, And there for seven years So trained his mighty mind By penance into will, That when the time was o’er He knew that he had won, And that no thing on earth No sorcerer nor fiend, Gi --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/10/103/) [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 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/10/) / 103 # Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 10, sentence 103 Now, it is said, the Lord To gain tremendous power, Or such grand mastery As man had never won, Went to the wilderness, And there for seven years So trained his mighty mind By penance into will, That when the time was o’er He knew that he had won, And that no thing on earth No sorcerer nor fiend, Giant nor devil grim, Could now resist his power. **Who acts:** man, KULÓSKAP, thing · **What happens:** say, gain, not win, go, train, be · **To what, where:** dish, tremendous power, wilderness, mighty mind, time, power · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems», Opening, part 10. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (man, KULÓSKAP, 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:pg78673:10:103 # text = Now, it is said, the Lord To gain tremendous power, Or such grand mastery As man had never won, Went to the wilderness, And there for seven years So trained his mighty mind By penance into will, That when the time was o’er He knew that he had won, And that no thing on earth No sorcerer nor fiend, Giant nor devil grim, Could now resist his power. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 Lord Lord PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 9 To to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 gain gain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 ccomp _ _ 11 tremendous tremendous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 Or or CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 15 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 16 grand grand ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 mastery mastery NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 conj _ _ 18 As as SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 19 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 20 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 21 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 22 advmod _ _ 22 won win VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 17 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 24 Went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 25 to to ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 wilderness wilderness NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 29 And and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 30 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 35 expl _ _ 31 for for ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 33 nummod _ _ 33 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obl _ _ 34 So so ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 35 trained train VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 36 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 37 mighty mighty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 39 By by ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 penance penance NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 41 into into ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 45 nsubj _ _ 45 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 35 parataxis _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ _ 48 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 51 cop _ _ 49 o’er o'er SCONJ IN _ 51 mark _ _ 50 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 51 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 acl:relcl _ _ 52 that that SCONJ IN _ 55 mark _ _ 53 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 55 nsubj _ _ 54 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 55 aux _ _ 55 won win VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 51 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 75 punct _ _ 57 And and CCONJ CC _ 75 cc _ _ 58 that that SCONJ IN _ 75 mark _ _ 59 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 60 det _ _ 60 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 75 nsubj _ _ 61 on on ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 62 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 nmod _ _ 63 No no DET DT PronType=Neg 64 det _ _ 64 sorcerer sorcerer NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 conj _ _ 65 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 66 cc _ _ 66 fiend fiend NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 67 , , PUNCT , _ 68 punct _ _ 68 Giant giant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 64 appos _ _ 69 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 70 cc _ _ 70 devil devil VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 68 conj _ _ 71 grim grim ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 70 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 72 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 73 Could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 75 aux _ _ 74 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 75 advmod _ _ 75 resist resist VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 55 conj _ _ 76 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 77 nmod:poss _ _ 77 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 75 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 78 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · passive | | dish | | | now | the Lord *nsubj* | tree rules | | 2 | **gain** | to-infinitive | | tremendous power or such grand mastery | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent power=Theme | | 3 | **not** **win** | past · perfect | man | | | | | | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **go** | past | | | | the wilderness | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to wilderness=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **train** | past | | KULÓSKAP's mighty mind | | there | year | by penance | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mind=Theme | | 6 | **is** | past | KULÓSKAP *= kulóskap* | the time *not said here* | | | | know *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **win** | past · perfect | KULÓSKAP *= kulóskap* | | | | | | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **devil** | present | no thing on earth and no sorcerer nor fiend *not said here* | | | | | grim *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **resist** | could | no thing on earth and no sorcerer nor fiend | KULÓSKAP's power | | | now | | tree rules | | 10 | **mind** | | KULÓSKAP *= kulóskap* | | | | | | nom mind «cognition 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 102](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/10/102/) - next →: [sentence 104](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/10/104/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/10/)