--- title: And so it was with these Indians; For the first became a leech, The… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: And so it was with these Indians; For the first became a leech, The second a spotted frog, The third a crab which is washed Up and down with the tide, And the fourth a fish which swims A-drinking ever more. Who acts: water, Indians, second, third. 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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 (water, Indians, second, third), 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:pg78673:10:6 # text = And so it was with these Indians; For the first became a leech, The second a spotted frog, The third a crab which is washed Up and down with the tide, And the fourth a fish which swims A-drinking ever more. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 2 so so ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 7 det _ _ 7 Indians Indian PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 12 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ; ; PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 9 For for ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 7 conj _ _ 12 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 leech leech NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 16 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 second second ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 20 nsubj _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 spotted spot VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 amod _ _ 20 frog frog NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 third third ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 25 nsubj _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 crab crab NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 appos _ _ 26 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 28 nsubj:pass _ _ 27 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux:pass _ _ 28 washed wash VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 acl:relcl _ _ 29 Up up ADP RP _ 28 compound:prt _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 down down ADV RB _ 28 conj _ _ 32 with with ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 tide tide NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 And and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 fourth fourth NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 xcomp _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 appos _ _ 41 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 42 nsubj _ _ 42 swims swim VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 acl:relcl _ _ 43 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ SpaceAfter=No 44 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 drinking drinking NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ _ 46 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 47 advmod _ _ 47 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 42 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | water | | | | | with this Indians | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | | water *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **become** | past | this Indians | a leech and a spotted frog | | | | the fourth *xcomp* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **spot** | participle | | | | | | | vn weather-57 «It V PP.theme» | | 5 | **frog** | | the second | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **crab** | | the third | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **wash up** | present · passive | | a crab | | | | with the tide | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with tide=Instrument | | 8 | **swim** | present | a fish | a drinking | | | ever | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme drinking=Trajectory | 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 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/10/5/) - next →: [sentence 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/10/7/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/10/)