--- title: So the canoe and witch were changed as one To the great evil fish, a… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: So the canoe and witch were changed as one To the great evil fish, and to this day The Indians when they see it, ever cry: “Behold the girl, who in the olden time Was punished by the Master.” Who acts: Indians, Master. 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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 (Indians, Master), 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:pg78673:11:28 # text = So the canoe and witch were changed as one To the great evil fish, and to this day The Indians when they see it, ever cry: “Behold the girl, who in the olden time Was punished by the Master.” 1 So so ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 canoe canoe NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 witch witch NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 6 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 changed change VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 8 as as ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 obl _ _ 10 To to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 12 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 13 evil evil ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 19 det _ _ 19 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 20 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 Indians Indian PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 24 nsubj _ _ 22 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 24 advmod _ _ 23 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 25 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 28 advmod _ _ 28 cry cry VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 24 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 29 : : PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 30 “ " PUNCT `` _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 Behold behold INTJ UH _ 33 discourse _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 35 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 41 nsubj:pass _ _ 36 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 olden olden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 40 Was Be PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 41 nsubj:pass _ _ 41 punished punish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 conj _ _ 42 by by ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 Master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ” " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **change** | past · passive | | the canoe and witch | | | | as one to the great evil fish | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 2 | **see** | present | the Indians | canoe | | | day | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | | 3 | **cry** *speech: express* | infinitive | | | | | ever | the girl *parataxis* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **punish** *in a quote* | participle · passive | the Master | the girl | | | time | Was *nsubj:pass* | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient | 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 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/11/27/) - next →: [sentence 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/11/29/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/11/)