--- title: Straight at his dogs they flew; He did but touch the dogs, And speak… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: Straight at his dogs they flew; He did but touch the dogs, And speak a word of power, When up they grew to size Stupendous, so they seized The beasts e’en as the wolf Seizes a rabbit. Who acts: beasts, wolverine. 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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 (beasts, wolverine), 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:pg78673:12:15 # text = Straight at his dogs they flew; He did but touch the dogs, And speak a word of power, When up they grew to size Stupendous, so they seized The beasts e’en as the wolf Seizes a rabbit. 1 Straight straight ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 2 at at ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 dogs dog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ 5 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ; ; PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 10 but but CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 touch touch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 dogs dog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 And and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 speak speak VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 25 advmod _ _ 23 up up ADP IN _ 25 mark _ _ 24 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 26 to to ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 size size NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 28 Stupendous Stupendous PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 so so ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 31 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 seized seize VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 33 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 beasts beast NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obj _ _ 35 e’en e'en X FW Foreign=Yes 34 flat:foreign _ _ 36 as as ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 wolf wolf NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 39 Seizes Seize PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 32 obl _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 rabbit rabbit NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fly** | past | beasts *= beast* | | | | | at wolverine's dogs; straight *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at dog=Location | | 2 | **do** | past | wolverine | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **touch** | infinitive | wolverine *not said here* | the dogs | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme dog=Co-Theme | | 4 | **speak** *speech: other* | infinitive | beasts *= beast* *not said here* | a word of power | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **grow** | past | beasts *= beast* | | | | | to size | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **seize** | past | beasts *= beast* | the beasts | | | | as Seizes the wolf; a rabbit *obj* | tree rules | | 7 | **word** | | | power | | | | | nom word «communication 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 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/12/14/) - next →: [sentence 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/12/16/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/12/)