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title: When the Lord was on the warpath Seeking the sorcerer Winpe Who had… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics
description: When the Lord was on the warpath Seeking the sorcerer Winpe Who had carried away his household, He came to Ogomkeok Where he found a great birch wigwam, And, in the wigwam seated Bending over a fire, A strange old woman--a horror Of all old hags and ugliest-- Trembling in every limb, As if death sto
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# Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 12, sentence 1

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When the Lord was on the warpath Seeking the sorcerer Winpe Who had carried away his household, He came to Ogomkeok Where he found a great birch wigwam, And, in the wigwam seated Bending over a fire, A strange old woman--a horror Of all old hags and ugliest-- Trembling in every limb, As if death stood at her elbow, Dirty, ragged and loathsome, He never had seen the like.

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**Who acts:** Lord, death · **What happens:** seek, carry away, come, find, seat, bend · **To what, where:** sorcerer, warpath, Ogomkeok, great birch wigwam, wigwam, strange old woman

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This is a sentence of «Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems», Opening, part 12. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Lord, death), 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:pg78673:12:1
# text = When the Lord was on the warpath Seeking the sorcerer Winpe Who had carried away his household, He came to Ogomkeok Where he found a great birch wigwam, And, in the wigwam seated Bending over a fire, A strange old woman--a horror Of all old hags and ugliest-- Trembling in every limb, As if death stood at her elbow, Dirty, ragged and loathsome, He never had seen the like.
1	When	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Lord	Lord	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	warpath	warpath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
8	Seeking	seek	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	20	advcl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	sorcerer	sorcerer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	Winpe	Winpe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	appos	_	_
12	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	14	nsubj:pass	_	_
13	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
14	carried	carry	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl	_	_
15	away	away	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
16	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	household	household	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
19	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	nsubj	_	_
20	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
21	to	to	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	Ogomkeok	Ogomkeok	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	20	obl	_	_
23	Where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	25	advmod	_	_
24	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	25	nsubj	_	_
25	found	find	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	20	advcl	_	_
26	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
27	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	29	amod	_	_
28	birch	birch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	compound	_	_
29	wigwam	wigwam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
31	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	36	cc	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	31	punct	_	_
33	in	in	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
34	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	35	det	_	_
35	wigwam	wigwam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	obl	_	_
36	seated	seat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	20	parataxis	_	_
37	Bending	bend	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	36	xcomp	_	_
38	over	over	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
39	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	40	det	_	_
40	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	45	punct	_	_
42	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	45	det	_	_
43	strange	strange	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	45	amod	_	_
44	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	45	amod	_	_
45	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
46	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	48	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	48	det	_	_
48	horror	horror	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	45	appos	_	_
49	Of	of	ADP	IN	_	52	case	_	_
50	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	52	det	_	_
51	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	52	amod	_	_
52	hags	hag	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	48	nmod	_	_
53	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	54	cc	_	_
54	ugliest	ugly	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	52	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
55	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	56	punct	_	_
56	Trembling	tremble	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	37	conj	_	_
57	in	in	ADP	IN	_	59	case	_	_
58	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	59	det	_	_
59	limb	limb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	56	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
60	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	64	punct	_	_
61	As	as	SCONJ	IN	_	64	mark	_	_
62	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	64	mark	_	_
63	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	64	nsubj	_	_
64	stood	stand	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	36	conj	_	_
65	at	at	ADP	IN	_	67	case	_	_
66	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	67	nmod:poss	_	_
67	elbow	elbow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	64	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
68	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	69	punct	_	_
69	Dirty	dirty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	67	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
70	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	71	punct	_	_
71	ragged	ragged	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	69	conj	_	_
72	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	73	cc	_	_
73	loathsome	loathsome	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	69	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
74	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	78	punct	_	_
75	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	78	nsubj	_	_
76	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	78	advmod	_	_
77	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	78	aux	_	_
78	seen	see	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	64	advcl	_	_
79	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	80	det	_	_
80	like	like	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	78	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
81	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	20	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **seek** | past · progressive | the Lord | the sorcerer |  | the warpath |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent sorcerer=Theme on warpath=Location |
| 2 | **carry away** | past · perfect · passive |  | the sorcerer |  |  |  | Lord's household *obj*; away *property* | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary household=Value |
| 3 | **come** | past | Lord |  |  | Ogomkeok |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to ogomkeok=Initial\_Location |
| 4 | **find** | past | Lord | a great birch wigwam |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wigwam=Topic |
| 5 | **seat** | past |  |  |  | the wigwam |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **bend** | gerund |  | a strange old woman |  | a fire |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent over fire=Location |
| 7 | **tremble** | gerund |  |  |  | every limb |  |  | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in limb=Location |
| 8 | **stand** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | death |  |  | death's elbow |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at elbow=Location |
| 9 | **not** **see** | past · perfect | Lord | the like |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer like=Stimulus |

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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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