--- title: Pûjinskwes the witch and devil Was also one of the Black Cats; She w… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: Pûjinskwes the witch and devil Was also one of the Black Cats; She was woman or man as she listed, But in those days she lived as a man; And, because she hated the chieftain, She thought how she might kill him, And take his place in the tribe. Who acts: death. 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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 (death), 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:pg78673:12:48 # text = Pûjinskwes the witch and devil Was also one of the Black Cats; She was woman or man as she listed, But in those days she lived as a man; And, because she hated the chieftain, She thought how she might kill him, And take his place in the tribe. 1 Pûjinskwes Pûjinskwes PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 witch witch NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 devil Devil PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ 6 Was Was PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 7 also also ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 Black Black PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 compound _ _ 12 Cats cat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ; ; PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 14 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 16 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 appos _ _ 17 or or CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 conj _ _ 19 as as SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 20 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 listed list VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 23 But but CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 24 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 those that DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 26 det _ _ 26 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obl _ _ 27 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 lived live VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 29 as as ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 33 And and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 35 because because SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 36 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 hated hate VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 advcl _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 chieftain chieftain NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 41 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 43 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 46 advmod _ _ 44 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 45 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 46 kill kill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 ccomp _ _ 47 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 49 And and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 50 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 ccomp _ _ 51 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 52 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obj _ _ 53 in in ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 tribe tribe NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | death | woman or man | | | | man *conj* | tree rules | | 2 | **list** | past | death | man *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **live** | past | death | | | | day | as a man | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **hate** | past | death | the chieftain | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer chieftain=Stimulus | | 5 | **think** *speech: other* | past | death | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 6 | **kill** | might | death | Was | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 7 | **take** | infinitive | | Was's place | | the tribe | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent place=Value in tribe=Location | 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 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/12/47/) - next →: [sentence 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/12/49/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/12/)