--- title: Now the old man, the father Of all these evil sorcerers, Had only on… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: Now the old man, the father Of all these evil sorcerers, Had only one eye, and he Was half gray like a stony mountain; Then the Master made himself Like to the hoary old fellow; There was not between them The difference of a hair. Who acts: father, 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 (father, 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:pg78673:11:44 # text = Now the old man, the father Of all these evil sorcerers, Had only one eye, and he Was half gray like a stony mountain; Then the Master made himself Like to the hoary old fellow; There was not between them The difference of a hair. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 14 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 8 Of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 9 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 12 det:predet _ _ 10 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 12 det _ _ 11 evil evil ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 sorcerers sorcerer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 14 Had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 parataxis _ _ 15 only only ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 16 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 17 nummod _ _ 17 eye eye NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 21 Was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 cop _ _ 22 half half ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 23 amod _ _ 23 gray gray NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 24 like like ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 stony stony ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 29 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 32 advmod _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 Master Master PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 32 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 33 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 32 obj _ _ 34 Like like VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 xcomp _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 37 hoary hoary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 38 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 fellow fellow NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ; ; PUNCT : _ 42 punct _ _ 41 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 42 expl _ _ 42 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 cop _ _ 43 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 45 advmod _ _ 44 between between ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obl _ _ 46 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 difference difference NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 47 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | the father of all evil sorcerers | one eye | | | now | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Patient | | 2 | **is a** | past | father | half gray | | | | like a stony mountain | tree rules | | 3 | **make** | past | the Master | Master | | | then | | tree rules | | 4 | **like** | infinitive | Master *not said here* | | | | | to the hoary old fellow | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 5 | **is a** | past | | the difference | | | | of a hair | tree rules | 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 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/11/43/) - next →: [sentence 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/11/45/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/11/)