--- title: Little they knew of the magic, The new and wonderful magic Of readin… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: Little they knew of the magic, The new and wonderful magic Of reading the thoughts of men, Which the Lord had brought into the land, Unknown to the witches of yore; So as they came wooing round him With smiles and wanton glances, He smiled, as if all he wanted Of them, was to be won! 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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 (entrails, new magic, Lord), 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:pg78673:12:23 # text = Little they knew of the magic, The new and wonderful magic Of reading the thoughts of men, Which the Lord had brought into the land, Unknown to the witches of yore; So as they came wooing round him With smiles and wanton glances, He smiled, as if all he wanted Of them, was to be won! 1 Little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 obl _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 magic magic NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 8 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 9 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 wonderful wonderful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 conj _ _ 12 magic magic NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 parataxis _ _ 13 Of of SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 14 reading read VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 12 acl _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 thoughts thought NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obj _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 20 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 24 nsubj:pass _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 Lord Lord PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 23 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 acl:relcl _ _ 25 into into ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 29 Unknown unknown ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 30 to to ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 witches witch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obl _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 yore yore NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ; ; PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 36 So so ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 37 as as SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 38 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 40 wooing woo VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 39 advcl _ _ 41 round round ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obl _ _ 43 With with ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 smiles smile NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obl _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 46 wanton wanton NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 compound _ _ 47 glances glance NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 49 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 50 smiled smile VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 52 as as ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 if if SCONJ IN _ 54 mark _ _ 54 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 50 obl _ _ 55 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 56 nsubj _ _ 56 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 54 acl:relcl _ _ 57 Of of ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 58 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 56 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 59 , , PUNCT , _ 63 punct _ _ 60 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 63 aux:pass _ _ 61 to to PART TO _ 63 mark _ _ 62 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 63 aux:pass _ _ 63 won win VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 50 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 64 ! ! PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | past | entrails *= entrail* | Little | | | | the magic the new magic *obj* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer magic=Stimulus | | 2 | **read** | gerund | the new magic *not said here* | the thoughts of men | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thought=Topic | | 3 | **bring** | past · perfect · passive | | men | | the land | | the Lord *nsubj* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme into land=Destination | | 4 | **come** | past | entrails *= entrail* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **woo** | gerund | entrails *= entrail* *not said here* | | | | | round Lord; with smiles and wanton glances | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **smile** | past | Lord | | | | | as all | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **want** | past | Lord | | | | | of entrails *= entrail* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 8 | **win** | past · passive | Lord *not said here* | | | | | | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V» | | 9 | **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 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/12/22/) - next →: [sentence 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/12/24/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/12/)