--- title: “Grandfather!” said the God, “Thou takest no compassion Upon us Kose… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: “Grandfather!” said the God, “Thou takest no compassion Upon us Kosesak-- That is, ’thy suffering children’-- For thou hast raised this storm. Who acts: Grandfather, Thou, That, thy. 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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 (Grandfather, Thou, That, thy), 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:pg78673:10:67 # text = “Grandfather!” said the God, “Thou takest no compassion Upon us Kosesak-- That is, ’thy suffering children’-- For thou hast raised this storm. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Grandfather grandfather NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ! ! PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 5 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 “ " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 Thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 11 nsubj _ _ 11 takest take VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 12 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 13 det _ _ 13 compassion compassion NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 Upon upon ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 Kosesak Kosesak PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 -- -- PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 18 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 24 nsubj _ _ 19 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 21 ’ ' CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 22 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 suffering suffering NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 compound _ _ 24 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 -- -- PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 For for SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 28 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 30 nsubj:pass _ _ 29 hast have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux:pass _ _ 30 raised raise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 31 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 32 det _ _ 32 storm storm NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Grandfather | | | | | the God *nsubj* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **take** *in a quote* | present | Thou | no compassion | | | | upon Kosesak us | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent compassion=Theme | | 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | That | suffering children | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **raise** *in a quote* | present · passive | | thou | | | | this storm *obj* | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme storm=Destination | | 5 | **suffer** *in a quote* | | thy | | | | | | nom suffering «state intransitive»: 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 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/10/66/) - next →: [sentence 68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/10/68/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/10/)