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title: And then the Master was enraged indeed, That a vile witch should dar… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics
description: And then the Master was enraged indeed, That a vile witch should dare to play such tricks With him, the mighty Lord of Beasts and Men; And, driving the canoe unto the beach, He leaped ashore, and giving it a push He sent it headlong out to sea again, And cried: “Sail with the devil if you will, But 
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# Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 11, sentence 23

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And then the Master was enraged indeed, That a vile witch should dare to play such tricks With him, the mighty Lord of Beasts and Men; And, driving the canoe unto the beach, He leaped ashore, and giving it a push He sent it headlong out to sea again, And cried: “Sail with the devil if you will, But ne’er on earth again in human form!”

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**Who acts:** That, Lord · **What happens:** enrage, dare, play, drive, leap, give · **To what, where:** Master, human form, such tricks, canoe, push, Sail

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This is a sentence of «Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems», Opening, part 11. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (That, Lord), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg78673:11:23
# text = And then the Master was enraged indeed, That a vile witch should dare to play such tricks With him, the mighty Lord of Beasts and Men; And, driving the canoe unto the beach, He leaped ashore, and giving it a push He sent it headlong out to sea again, And cried: “Sail with the devil if you will, But ne’er on earth again in human form!”
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
2	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	6	advmod	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Master	Master	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	enraged	enrage	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	indeed	indeed	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
9	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	14	nsubj	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	vile	vile	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
13	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
14	dare	dare	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	conj	_	_
15	to	to	PART	TO	_	16	mark	_	_
16	play	play	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	xcomp	_	_
17	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	tricks	trick	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	obj	_	_
19	With	with	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
23	mighty	mighty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	24	amod	_	_
24	Lord	Lord	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
25	of	of	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
26	Beasts	Beast	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	24	nmod	_	_
27	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	28	cc	_	_
28	Men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	24	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	40	punct	_	_
30	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	40	cc	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	30	punct	_	_
32	driving	drive	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	40	advcl	_	_
33	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	34	det	_	_
34	canoe	canoe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	obj	_	_
35	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
36	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	37	det	_	_
37	beach	beach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
39	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	40	nsubj	_	_
40	leaped	leap	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	parataxis	_	_
41	ashore	ashore	ADV	RB	_	40	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	51	punct	_	_
43	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	51	cc	_	_
44	giving	give	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	51	csubj	_	_
45	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	44	obj	_	_
46	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	47	det	_	_
47	push	push	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	51	nsubj	_	_
48	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	49	nsubj	_	_
49	sent	send	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	47	acl:relcl	_	_
50	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	49	obj	_	_
51	headlong	headlong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	40	conj	_	_
52	out	out	ADV	RB	_	51	advmod	_	_
53	to	to	ADP	IN	_	54	case	_	_
54	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	51	obl	_	_
55	again	again	ADV	RB	_	51	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
56	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	58	punct	_	_
57	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	58	cc	_	_
58	cried	cry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	40	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
59	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	61	punct	_	_
60	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	61	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
61	Sail	sail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	58	obl	_	_
62	with	with	ADP	IN	_	64	case	_	_
63	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	64	det	_	_
64	devil	devil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	61	nmod	_	_
65	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	67	mark	_	_
66	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	67	nsubj	_	_
67	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	58	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
68	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	70	punct	_	_
69	But	but	CCONJ	CC	_	70	cc	_	_
70	ne’er	ne'er	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
71	on	on	ADP	IN	_	72	case	_	_
72	earth	earth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	70	nmod	_	_
73	again	again	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
74	in	in	ADP	IN	_	76	case	_	_
75	human	human	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	76	amod	_	_
76	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
77	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
78	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **enrage** | past · passive |  | the Master |  | human form | then; again | ne’er on earth *conj*; indeed *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer |
| 2 | **dare** | should | That |  |  |  |  | a vile witch *nsubj* | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **play** | to-infinitive | That *not said here* | such tricks |  |  |  | with Master; the mighty Lord of Beasts and Men *obl* | vn play-114.2-1 «NP V NP PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent trick=Theme with he=Co-Agent |
| 4 | **drive** | gerund | Lord *not said here* | the canoe |  |  |  | unto the beach | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme canoe=Trajectory |
| 5 | **leap** | past | Lord |  |  |  |  | ashore *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 6 | **give** | gerund |  | canoe |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 7 | **send** | past | Lord | push |  |  |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 8 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | Lord *not said here* | Sail with the devil |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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.

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**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.

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