--- title: There came one day to the Master A great and evil magician Who sough… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: There came one day to the Master A great and evil magician Who sought to take his life, As the Master at once perceived; For he read the thoughts of men As though they were strings of wampum-- Seeing deep into every heart. Who acts: great magician, Master, thoughts. 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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 (great magician, Master, thoughts), 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:pg78673:11:91 # text = There came one day to the Master A great and evil magician Who sought to take his life, As the Master at once perceived; For he read the thoughts of men As though they were strings of wampum-- Seeing deep into every heart. 1 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 2 expl _ _ 2 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 4 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl:unmarked _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 8 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 9 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 evil evil ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 conj _ _ 12 magician magician NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl:unmarked _ _ 13 Who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 14 nsubj _ _ 14 sought seek VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 acl:relcl _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 xcomp _ _ 17 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 As as ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 Master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 conj _ _ 23 at at SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 24 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 25 advmod _ _ 25 perceived perceive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 27 For for SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 read read VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 thoughts thought NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obj _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 nmod _ _ 34 As as ADP IN ExtPos=ADP 38 case _ _ 35 though though SCONJ IN _ 34 fixed _ _ 36 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 cop _ _ 38 strings string NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obl _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 wampum wampum NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 -- -- PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 42 Seeing see VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 29 advcl _ _ 43 deep deep ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 44 into into ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 46 det _ _ 46 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | | a great magician | | the Master; there | day | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to master=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **seek** | past | a great magician | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **take** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | a great magician *not said here* | Master's life | | | | the Master *conj* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=Theme | | 4 | **perceive** | participle | a great magician *not said here* | | | | | once *property* | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **read** | past | Master | the thoughts of men | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thought=Topic | | 6 | **is** | past | thoughts *= thought* | | | | | as strings; of wampum | tree rules | | 7 | **see** | gerund | Master *not said here* | | | every heart | | deep *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **think** | | | men | | | | | nom thought «cognition transitive»: of=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 90](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/11/90/) - next →: [sentence 92](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/11/92/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/11/)