--- title: Now this evil magician thought, By first amazing the Master Through… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: Now this evil magician thought, By first amazing the Master Through some wonderful trick, to weaken The will which gave him strength; As they say a fish is frightened When he sees that his foe swims faster, And is too much alarmed to fight. Who acts: thoughts, Master, foe. 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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 (thoughts, Master, foe), 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:pg78673:11:92 # text = Now this evil magician thought, By first amazing the Master Through some wonderful trick, to weaken The will which gave him strength; As they say a fish is frightened When he sees that his foe swims faster, And is too much alarmed to fight. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 2 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 nsubj _ _ 3 evil evil ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 4 magician magician NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 thought thought NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 By by ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 9 advmod _ _ 9 amazing amazing ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 Master Master PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 12 Through through ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 15 det _ _ 14 wonderful wonderful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 trick trick NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 weaken weaken VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 19 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 20 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 21 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 22 nsubj _ _ 22 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 ccomp _ _ 23 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 iobj _ _ 24 strength strength NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 26 As as SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 27 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 parataxis _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj:pass _ _ 31 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux:pass _ _ 32 frightened frighten VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 ccomp _ _ 33 When when SCONJ WRB _ 35 mark _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 sees see VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 advcl _ _ 36 that that SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 37 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 foe foe NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 39 swims swim VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 ccomp _ _ 40 faster fast ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 39 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 42 And and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 43 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 aux:pass _ _ 44 too too ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 45 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 nsubj:pass _ _ 46 alarmed alarm VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 conj _ _ 47 to to PART TO _ 48 mark _ _ 48 fight fight VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 46 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **weaken** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **give** | future | | strength | Master | | | which *nsubj* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient strength=Theme | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | thoughts *= thought* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **frighten** | present · passive | | a fish | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 5 | **see** | present | Master | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 6 | **swim** | present | Master's foe | | | | | fast *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **alarm** | present · passive | | much | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **fight** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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 91](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/11/91/) - next →: [sentence 93](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/11/93/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/11/)