--- title: Then the sorceress who was maddened, As you may well believe, With r… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: Then the sorceress who was maddened, As you may well believe, With rage, pursued the Sable, Even as a starving wolf Chases a rabbit in winter: Nʾmokswes in great fear Cried, “Oh my elder brother!” Who acts: you, rage, starving wolf, Nʾmokswes. 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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 (you, rage, starving wolf, Nʾmokswes), 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:pg78673:12:79 # text = Then the sorceress who was maddened, As you may well believe, With rage, pursued the Sable, Even as a starving wolf Chases a rabbit in winter: Nʾmokswes in great fear Cried, “Oh my elder brother!” 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 sorceress sorceress NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 maddened madden VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 8 As as SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 9 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 10 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 11 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 12 advmod _ _ 12 believe believe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 With with ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 rage rage NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 pursued pursue VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 acl:relcl _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 Sable Sable PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 21 Even even ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 22 as as SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 starving starve VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 25 amod _ _ 25 wolf wolf NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 26 Chases chase VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 rabbit rabbit NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 29 in in ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 winter winter NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 : : PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 32 Nʾmokswes Nʾmokswes PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 33 in in ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 fear fear NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ _ 36 Cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 38 “ " PUNCT `` _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 Oh oh INTJ UH _ 42 discourse _ _ 40 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 41 elder elder ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ! ! PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ” " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **madden** | past · passive | | the sorceress | | | then | who *nsubj* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 2 | **believe** | may | you | rage | | | | well *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer rage=Stimulus | | 3 | **pursue** | past | rage *not said here* | the Sable | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sable=Theme | | 4 | **starve** | gerund | | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **chase** | present | a starving wolf | a rabbit | | | winter | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rabbit=Theme | | 6 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | Nʾmokswes in great fear | my elder brother | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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 78](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/12/78/) - next →: [sentence 80](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/12/80/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/12/)