--- title: But he foreseeing this Had taken as he came Cranberries from a swamp… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: But he foreseeing this Had taken as he came Cranberries from a swamp, And bidding her bend over, He took the imps from her hair, And every one as he took it Turned into a porcupine, Or else a terrible toad. Who acts: sorcerer. 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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 (sorcerer), 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:pg78673:12:5 # text = But he foreseeing this Had taken as he came Cranberries from a swamp, And bidding her bend over, He took the imps from her hair, And every one as he took it Turned into a porcupine, Or else a terrible toad. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 foreseeing foresee VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 22 advcl _ _ 4 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 Had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 xcomp _ _ 7 as as SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ _ 10 Cranberries cranberry NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ _ 11 from from ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 swamp swamp NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 And and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 bidding bid VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 conj _ _ 17 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 bend bend NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 over over ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 21 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 imps imp NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obj _ _ 25 from from ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 29 And and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 30 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 31 det _ _ 31 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 32 as as SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux:pass _ _ 35 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ _ 36 Turned turn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 conj _ _ 37 into into ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 porcupine porcupine NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 41 Or or CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 42 else else ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 terrible terrible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 toad toad NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 22 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **foresee** | gerund | sorcerer | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **take** | past · perfect · passive | | this | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 3 | **come** | past | sorcerer | Cranberries | | a swamp | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location cranberry=Theme | | 4 | **bid over** | gerund | sorcerer *not said here* | waagûkw's bend | | | | over *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **take** | past | sorcerer | the imps | | waagûkw's hair | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent imp=Theme from hair=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **turn** | past · passive | | every one | | | | into a porcupine or a terrible toad *result* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: subject=Theme into porcupine=Result | 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 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/12/4/) - next →: [sentence 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/12/6/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/12/)