---
title: And the other understood That by his magic power The Lord would brin… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics
description: And the other understood That by his magic power The Lord would bring a frost And make it cold indeed; So he made the Marten bring All the wood that lay without, With the fresh oil of a porpoise Which he multiplied ten times By sorcery; and then They sat them down and smoked, And sang old songs and 
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/10/34/)

<!-- crumbs -->
[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/) / 34

# Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 10, sentence 34

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
And the other understood That by his magic power The Lord would bring a frost And make it cold indeed; So he made the Marten bring All the wood that lay without, With the fresh oil of a porpoise Which he multiplied ten times By sorcery; and then They sat them down and smoked, And sang old songs and told Tales of the early time.

<!-- .vintro -->
**Who acts:** other, Lord, Said, Marten, wood, porpoise · **What happens:** understand, bring, make, lie, multiply, sit down · **To what, where:** That, frost, wood, whales, old songs, Tales · **Speech:** someone speaks here

<!-- .vabout -->
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 (other, Lord, Said, Marten), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

<!-- .note-en -->
**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg78673:10:34
# text = And the other understood That by his magic power The Lord would bring a frost And make it cold indeed; So he made the Marten bring All the wood that lay without, With the fresh oil of a porpoise Which he multiplied ten times By sorcery; and then They sat them down and smoked, And sang old songs and told Tales of the early time.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	nsubj	_	_
4	understood	understand	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	obj	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
8	magic	magic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
10	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Lord	Lord	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
12	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	bring	bring	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	parataxis	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	frost	frost	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
16	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	conj	_	_
18	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	obj	_	_
19	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	xcomp	_	_
20	indeed	indeed	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
22	So	so	ADV	RB	_	24	advmod	_	_
23	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	24	nsubj	_	_
24	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	Marten	Marten	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	27	nsubj	_	_
27	bring	bring	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	24	xcomp	_	_
28	All	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	30	det:predet	_	_
29	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
30	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	obj	_	_
31	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	32	nsubj	_	_
32	lay	lie	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	30	acl:relcl	_	_
33	without	without	ADP	IN	_	32	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	38	punct	_	_
35	With	with	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
36	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
37	fresh	fresh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	38	amod	_	_
38	oil	oil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	obl	_	_
39	of	of	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
40	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	41	det	_	_
41	porpoise	porpoise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	nmod	_	_
42	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	44	nsubj	_	_
43	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	44	nsubj	_	_
44	multiplied	multiply	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	41	acl:relcl	_	_
45	ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	46	nummod	_	_
46	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	44	obl:unmarked	_	_
47	By	by	ADP	IN	_	48	case	_	_
48	sorcery	sorcery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	44	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	53	punct	_	_
50	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	53	cc	_	_
51	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	53	advmod	_	_
52	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	53	nsubj	_	_
53	sat	sit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
54	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	53	obj	_	_
55	down	down	ADP	RP	_	53	compound:prt	_	_
56	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	57	cc	_	_
57	smoked	smoke	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	53	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
58	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	60	punct	_	_
59	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	60	cc	_	_
60	sang	sing	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
61	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	62	amod	_	_
62	songs	song	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	60	obj	_	_
63	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	64	cc	_	_
64	told	tell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	60	conj	_	_
65	Tales	tale	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	64	obj	_	_
66	of	of	ADP	IN	_	69	case	_	_
67	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	69	det	_	_
68	early	early	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	69	amod	_	_
69	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	65	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
70	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **understand** | past | the other | That |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer that=Stimulus |
| 2 | **bring** | would | the Lord | a frost |  |  |  | by Said's magic power | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent frost=Theme |
| 3 | **make** | infinitive | the Lord *not said here* | frost |  |  |  | cold *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product |
| 4 | **make** | past | Said |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **bring** | infinitive | the Marten | all wood |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent wood=Theme |
| 6 | **lie** | past | all wood |  |  |  |  | with the fresh oil of a porpoise | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 7 | **multiply** | past | a porpoise |  |  |  | time | by sorcery; Said *nsubj* | vn multiply-108-1 «NP V NP PP.co-theme»: agent=Agent by sorcery=Co-Theme |
| 8 | **sit down** | past | Lord | whales *= whale* |  |  | then |  | tree rules |
| 9 | **smoke** | participle | Lord *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 10 | **sing** *speech: express* | past |  | old songs |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location song=Theme |
| 11 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past |  | Tales of the early time |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent tale=Recipient |
| 12 | **tell** |  | the early time |  |  |  |  |  | nom tale «communication intransitive»: of=agent |

<!-- .note -->
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.

<!-- div src -->

**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.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [sentence 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/10/33/)
- next →: [sentence 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/10/35/)
- ↑ back to [Opening, part 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/10/)