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title: These three magicians wore Each one a collar of wampum Of purple bea… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics
description: These three magicians wore Each one a collar of wampum Of purple beads and white, Wherefore the Chinames Has exactly round its neck Or below its head, the same, Distinctly marked and clear; They were mighty men in their day And great Mteolinwuk, But were tried before they went And that most bitterly
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# Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 11, sentence 76

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These three magicians wore Each one a collar of wampum Of purple beads and white, Wherefore the Chinames Has exactly round its neck Or below its head, the same, Distinctly marked and clear; They were mighty men in their day And great Mteolinwuk, But were tried before they went And that most bitterly.

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**Who acts:** three magicians, Chinames, magicians · **What happens:** wear, have, mark, be, try, go · **To what, where:** one, neck, mighty men

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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 (three magicians, Chinames, magicians), 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:pg78673:11:76
# text = These three magicians wore Each one a collar of wampum Of purple beads and white, Wherefore the Chinames Has exactly round its neck Or below its head, the same, Distinctly marked and clear; They were mighty men in their day And great Mteolinwuk, But were tried before they went And that most bitterly.
1	These	this	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
2	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	magicians	magician	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	wore	wear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	Each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	collar	collar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	wampum	wampum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
11	Of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	purple	purple	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	beads	bead	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
17	Wherefore	wherefore	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	20	advmod	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	Chinames	Chinames	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	20	nsubj	_	_
20	Has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
21	exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	24	advmod	_	_
22	round	round	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
23	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	24	nmod:poss	_	_
24	neck	neck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obj	_	_
25	Or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	28	cc	_	_
26	below	below	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
27	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	28	nmod:poss	_	_
28	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	31	punct	_	_
30	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	31	det	_	_
31	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	24	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	34	punct	_	_
33	Distinctly	distinctly	ADV	RB	_	34	advmod	_	_
34	marked	mark	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	31	conj	_	_
35	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	36	cc	_	_
36	clear	clear	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	34	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	41	punct	_	_
38	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	41	nsubj	_	_
39	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	41	cop	_	_
40	mighty	mighty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	41	amod	_	_
41	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
42	in	in	ADP	IN	_	44	case	_	_
43	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	44	nmod:poss	_	_
44	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	nmod	_	_
45	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	47	cc	_	_
46	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	47	amod	_	_
47	Mteolinwuk	Mteolinwuk	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	44	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	51	punct	_	_
49	But	but	CCONJ	CC	_	51	cc	_	_
50	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	51	aux:pass	_	_
51	tried	try	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
52	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	54	mark	_	_
53	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	54	nsubj	_	_
54	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	51	obl:agent	_	_
55	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	58	cc	_	_
56	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	58	mark	_	_
57	most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	58	nsubj	_	_
58	bitterly	bitterly	ADV	RB	_	54	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
59	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wear** | past | this three magicians | each one |  |  |  | a collar of wampum of purple beads *obj* | tree rules |
| 2 | **have** | present | the Chinames | Chinames's neck or Chinames's head |  |  |  | wherefore *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent neck=Patient |
| 3 | **mark** | participle | the Chinames *not said here* |  |  |  |  | distinctly *property* | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **is a** | past | magicians *= magician* | mighty men |  |  | day |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **try** | past · passive | this three magicians *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 6 | **go** | past | magicians *= magician* |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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