--- title: And so the Lord went on, Meeting at every step Adventures wild and s… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: And so the Lord went on, Meeting at every step Adventures wild and strange; Witches and sorcerers Sought to delay his steps, Until at last he came To Uktâkumkuk, or Néwfoundland, where his foes Had been, then fled away. Who acts: Lord, Witches. 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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 (Lord, Witches), 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:pg78673:11:1 # text = And so the Lord went on, Meeting at every step Adventures wild and strange; Witches and sorcerers Sought to delay his steps, Until at last he came To Uktâkumkuk, or Néwfoundland, where his foes Had been, then fled away. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 so so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 Lord Lord PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 on on ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 Meeting meet VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 9 at at ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 12 det _ _ 11 step step NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ _ 12 Adventures adventure NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ _ 13 wild wild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 strange strange ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 17 Witches witch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 nsubj _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 sorcerers sorcerer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 conj _ _ 20 Sought seek VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 delay delay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 xcomp _ _ 23 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 steps step NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 26 Until Until PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 27 at at ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 obl _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 acl:relcl _ _ 31 To to ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 Uktâkumkuk Uktâkumkuk PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 or or CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 Néwfoundland Néwfoundland PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 37 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 41 advmod _ _ 38 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 foes foe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 nsubj _ _ 40 Had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 32 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 44 advmod _ _ 44 fled flee VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 45 away away ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go on** | past | the Lord | | | | | | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **meet** | gerund | the Lord *not said here* | every step Adventures | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent adventure=Co-Agent | | 3 | **seek** | past | Witches and sorcerers | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **delay** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Witches and sorcerers *not said here* | Lord's steps | | last | | Until *obl* | vn delay-53.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent step=Source | | 5 | **come** | past | Lord | | | Uktâkumkuk or Néwfoundland | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to uktâkumkuk=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **flee away** | past | Witches and sorcerers *not said here* | | | | then | away *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **step** | | Lord | | | | | | nom step «act 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: [Opening, part 10, 131](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/10/131/) - next →: [sentence 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/11/2/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/11/)