--- title: When he came there it was night, And, finding Marten alone, He took… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: When he came there it was night, And, finding Marten alone, He took him into the forest, Bidding him seek for game, Putting his belt on the boy; Which gave him such magic power That he killed both moose and bear, And brought all gayly home. Who acts: song, most, That. 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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 (song, most, That), 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:pg78673:12:108 # text = When he came there it was night, And, finding Marten alone, He took him into the forest, Bidding him seek for game, Putting his belt on the boy; Which gave him such magic power That he killed both moose and bear, And brought all gayly home. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 advcl _ _ 4 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 And and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 finding find VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 12 Marten Marten PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 13 alone alone ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 15 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 17 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ 18 into into ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 22 Bidding bid VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 advcl _ _ 23 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ _ 24 seek seek VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 xcomp _ _ 25 for for ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 game game NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 28 Putting put VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 22 conj _ _ 29 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 belt belt NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 31 on on ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ; ; PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 36 nsubj _ _ 36 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 37 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 iobj _ _ 38 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 39 magic magic NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 compound _ _ 40 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 41 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 43 nsubj _ _ 42 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 killed kill VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 parataxis _ _ 44 both both CCONJ CC _ 45 cc:preconj _ _ 45 moose moose NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 bear bear NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 49 And and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 50 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 51 all all ADV RB _ 52 advmod _ _ 52 gayly gayly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 53 amod _ _ 53 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | song | | | there | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is a** | past | most | night | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **find** | gerund | song *not said here* | Marten | | | | alone *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent marten=Topic | | 4 | **take** | past | song | Kulóskap | | the forest | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme into forest=Destination | | 5 | **bid** | gerund | song *not said here* | song | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **seek** | infinitive | song *not said here* | | | | | for game | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent for game=Theme | | 7 | **put** | gerund | song *not said here* | song's belt | | | | on the boy | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent belt=Theme on boy=Destination | | 8 | **give** | past | | such magic power | song | | | Which *nsubj* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient power=Theme | | 9 | **kill** | past | That | moose and bear | | | | song *nsubj* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent moose=Theme | | 10 | **bring** | past | song *not said here* | gayly home | | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent home=Theme | 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 107](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/12/107/) - next →: [Opening, part 13, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/13/1/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/12/)