--- title: And so she played all her cajoleries, While he remained as grim as a… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: And so she played all her cajoleries, While he remained as grim as any bear, Replying with a growl to loving words; Till in a rage she changed her melody Into the curse which raises up the storm As if to show defiance of his power. Who acts: passenger, Lord, curse. 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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 (passenger, Lord, curse), 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:pg78673:11:21 # text = And so she played all her cajoleries, While he remained as grim as any bear, Replying with a growl to loving words; Till in a rage she changed her melody Into the curse which raises up the storm As if to show defiance of his power. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 so so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 played play VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 all all ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 6 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 cajoleries cajolery NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 While while SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 remained remain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 12 as as ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 grim grim ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 xcomp _ _ 14 as as ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 16 det _ _ 16 bear bear NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 18 Replying reply VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 advcl _ _ 19 with with ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 growl growl NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 loving loving ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 26 Till Till PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 27 in in ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 rage rage NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 30 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 changed change VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 32 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 melody melody NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 34 Into into ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 curse curse NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 37 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 38 nsubj _ _ 38 raises raise VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 acl:relcl _ _ 39 up up ADP RP _ 38 compound:prt _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 storm storm NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 42 As as SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 43 if if SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 45 show show VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 advcl _ _ 46 defiance defiance NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **play** | past | passenger | passenger's cajoleries | | | | Till *obl* | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cajolery=Theme | | 2 | **remain** | past | Lord | | | | | grim *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **reply** *speech: assert* | gerund | Lord *not said here* | | | | | with a growl; to loving words | vn respond-113 «NP V PP.theme PP.predicate»: agent=Agent with growl=Eventuality to word=Theme | | 4 | **change** | past | passenger | passenger's melody | | a rage | | into the curse *result* | vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP V NP.patient PP.result»: agent=Agent melody=Patient into curse=Result | | 5 | **raise up** | present | the curse | the storm | | | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent storm=Theme | | 6 | **show** | to-infinitive | the curse *not said here* | defiance of Lord's power | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent defiance=Recipient | | 7 | **cajole** | | passenger | | | | | | nom cajolery «communication 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 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/11/20/) - next →: [sentence 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/11/22/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/11/)