--- title: Now ’tis the greater part Of the Indian art of magic To know what ou… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: Now ’tis the greater part Of the Indian art of magic To know what our foes are planning, Planning and plotting against us, And all their tricks and devices Which they scheme in the darkened paths, The darkened paths of Evil. Who acts: foes. 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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 (foes), 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:pg78673:11:116 # text = Now ’tis the greater part Of the Indian art of magic To know what our foes are planning, Planning and plotting against us, And all their tricks and devices Which they scheme in the darkened paths, The darkened paths of Evil. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ _ 2 ’ ' PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 tis tis ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 greater great ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 6 amod _ _ 6 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 Of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 Indian Indian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 art art NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 magic magic NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 13 To to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 ccomp _ _ 15 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 19 obj _ _ 16 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 foes foe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 nsubj _ _ 18 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 planning plan VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 21 Planning Planning PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 plotting plot VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 19 conj _ _ 24 against against ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 And and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 28 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 30 det:predet _ _ 29 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 tricks trick NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obl _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 devices device NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 conj _ _ 33 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 35 obj _ _ 34 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 scheme scheme VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 acl:relcl _ _ 36 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 darkened darken VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 39 amod _ _ 39 paths path NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 41 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 darkened darkened ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 paths path NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 nmod _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 Evil Evil PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **plan** | present · progressive | our foes | Planning | | | | foes's tricks and devices *obl*; what *obj* | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic | | 3 | **plot** | gerund | our foes *not said here* | | | | | against us | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **scheme** | present | foes *= foe* | foes's tricks and devices | | the darkened paths the darkened paths of Evil | | | tree rules | | 5 | **darken** | participle | | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 7 | **trick** | | foes *= foe* | | | | | | nom trick «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: [sentence 115](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/11/115/) - next →: [sentence 117](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/11/117/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/11/)