--- title: He said: “I will go among them And find if this be true; If it be so… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: He said: “I will go among them And find if this be true; If it be so, they shall die-- I will not spare one of those Who oppress and devour mankind, I care not who he may be.” Who acts: Master, this, family. 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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 (Master, this, family), 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:pg78673:11:42 # text = He said: “I will go among them And find if this be true; If it be so, they shall die-- I will not spare one of those Who oppress and devour mankind, I care not who he may be.” 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 : : PUNCT : _ 7 punct _ _ 4 “ " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 ccomp _ _ 8 among among ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obl _ _ 10 And and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 12 if if SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 13 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 15 nsubj _ _ 14 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 15 cop _ _ 15 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 17 If if SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 18 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj:outer _ _ 19 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 24 cop _ _ 20 so so ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 die die VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 -- -- PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 26 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 27 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 28 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 29 advmod _ _ 29 spare spare VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 30 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 29 obj _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 those that PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 30 nmod _ _ 33 Who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 34 nsubj _ _ 34 oppress oppress VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 acl:relcl _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 devour devour VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 conj _ _ 37 mankind mankind NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 care care VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ _ 41 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 40 advmod _ _ 42 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 45 obj _ _ 43 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 44 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 be be VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ” " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Master | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **go** *in a quote* | future | Master | | | | | among Indians *= indian* | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme among they=Location | | 3 | **find** *in a quote* | infinitive | Master *not said here* | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | infinitive | this | | | | | true *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | shall · infinitive | family | | | | | Indians *= indian* *nsubj*; die *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **not** **spare** *in a quote* | future | Master | one of those | | | | | vn bill-54.5 «NP V NP NP.asset»: agent=Agent one=Asset | | 7 | **oppress** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | Who *nsubj* | tree rules | | 8 | **devour** *in a quote* | infinitive | | mankind | | | | | vn devour-39.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mankind=Patient | | 9 | **not** **care** *in a quote* | present | Master | | | | | | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 10 | **be** *in a quote* | may | Master | | | | | who *obj* | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot who=Theme | 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 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/11/41/) - next →: [sentence 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/11/43/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/11/)