--- title: Again he sang his song, And once again a whale Carried him far away,… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: Again he sang his song, And once again a whale Carried him far away, Away unto the North; And now he found indeed That he had gained his end, Since by the shore he saw A wigwam, and therein His sorrowing grandmother And Marten well-nigh dead; Winpe the sorcerer Had treated them full ill. 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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, whale), 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:pg78673:11:2 # text = Again he sang his song, And once again a whale Carried him far away, Away unto the North; And now he found indeed That he had gained his end, Since by the shore he saw A wigwam, and therein His sorrowing grandmother And Marten well-nigh dead; Winpe the sorcerer Had treated them full ill. 1 Again again ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 sang sing VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 song song NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 7 And and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 8 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 9 advmod _ _ 9 again again ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 whale whale NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 Carried carry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 13 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ _ 14 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 15 advmod _ _ 15 away away ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 Away away ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 18 unto unto ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 North North PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 And and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 23 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 25 advmod _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 26 indeed indeed ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 27 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 30 nsubj:pass _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 gained gain VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 ccomp _ _ 31 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 34 Since since SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 35 by by ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 shore shore NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 40 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 wigwam wigwam NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 44 therein therein ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 45 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 46 sorrowing sorrow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 47 amod _ _ 47 grandmother grandmother NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 48 And and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 49 Marten Marten PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 appos _ _ 50 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 53 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 50 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 nigh nigh ADV RB _ 53 advmod _ _ 53 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 54 ; ; PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 55 Winpe Winpe PROPN NNP Number=Sing 57 compound _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 sorcerer sorcerer NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 nsubj:pass _ _ 58 Had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 59 aux _ _ 59 treated treat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 60 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 59 obj _ _ 61 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 62 amod _ _ 62 ill ill ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 59 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 63 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | past | Lord | Lord's song | | | again | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location song=Theme | | 2 | **carry** | past | a whale | Lord | | | again | away *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 3 | **find** | past | Lord | | | | now | indeed *property* | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 4 | **gain** | past · perfect · passive | | That | | | Lord's end | Lord *nsubj* | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: subject=Beneficiary end=Theme | | 5 | **see** | past | Lord | a wigwam | | | | by the shore; Lord's sorrowing grandmother *obl* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer wigwam=Stimulus | | 6 | **sorrow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **treat** | past · perfect · passive | | the Winpe sorcerer | | | | steps *= step* *obj*; ill *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **sing** | | Lord | | | | | | nom song «communication 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 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/11/1/) - next →: [sentence 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/11/3/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/11/)