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title: Then feeling that his power Of magic was returning, He used his migh… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics
description: Then feeling that his power Of magic was returning, He used his mighty will, And the will awoke to might, And before his breath the sorceress Was driven backward lightly, Like a leaf before the wind Till her back was against a tree; Then he said to her, “Remain Ever attached to the bark,” And so ind
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# Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 12, sentence 86

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Then feeling that his power Of magic was returning, He used his mighty will, And the will awoke to might, And before his breath the sorceress Was driven backward lightly, Like a leaf before the wind Till her back was against a tree; Then he said to her, “Remain Ever attached to the bark,” And so indeed she remained, Though not as the Master meant.

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**Who acts:** sorceress, power, mighty, Master · **What happens:** feel, return, use, awoke, drive, be · **To what, where:** sorceress, breath, mighty · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems», Opening, part 12. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (sorceress, power, mighty, Master), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg78673:12:86
# text = Then feeling that his power Of magic was returning, He used his mighty will, And the will awoke to might, And before his breath the sorceress Was driven backward lightly, Like a leaf before the wind Till her back was against a tree; Then he said to her, “Remain Ever attached to the bark,” And so indeed she remained, Though not as the Master meant.
1	Then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	2	advmod	_	_
2	feeling	feel	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	12	advcl	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
6	Of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	magic	magic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	returning	return	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
11	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	used	use	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
13	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	mighty	mighty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
15	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
17	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	20	aux	_	_
20	awoke	awoke	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	12	parataxis	_	_
21	to	to	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	20	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	31	punct	_	_
24	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	31	cc	_	_
25	before	before	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
26	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	27	nmod:poss	_	_
27	breath	breath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	obl	_	_
28	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
29	sorceress	sorceress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	nsubj:pass	_	_
30	Was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	31	aux:pass	_	_
31	driven	drive	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	20	parataxis	_	_
32	backward	backward	ADV	RB	_	33	advmod	_	_
33	lightly	lightly	ADV	RB	_	31	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	37	punct	_	_
35	Like	like	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
36	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	37	det	_	_
37	leaf	leaf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	obl	_	_
38	before	before	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
39	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	40	det	_	_
40	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	obl	_	_
41	Till	till	ADP	IN	_	43	case	_	_
42	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	43	nmod:poss	_	_
43	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	40	nmod	_	_
44	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	47	cop	_	_
45	against	against	ADP	IN	_	47	case	_	_
46	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	47	det	_	_
47	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	51	punct	_	_
49	Then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	51	advmod	_	_
50	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	51	nsubj	_	_
51	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	parataxis	_	_
52	to	to	ADP	IN	_	53	case	_	_
53	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	51	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
54	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	56	punct	_	_
55	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	56	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
56	Remain	remain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	51	ccomp	_	_
57	Ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	58	advmod	_	_
58	attached	attach	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	56	xcomp	_	_
59	to	to	ADP	IN	_	61	case	_	_
60	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	61	det	_	_
61	bark	bark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	58	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
62	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	58	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
63	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	56	punct	_	_
64	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	68	cc	_	_
65	so	so	ADV	RB	_	66	advmod	_	_
66	indeed	indeed	ADV	RB	_	68	advmod	_	_
67	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	68	nsubj	_	_
68	remained	remain	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	51	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
69	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	75	punct	_	_
70	Though	though	SCONJ	IN	_	75	mark	_	_
71	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	75	advmod	_	_
72	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	75	mark	_	_
73	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	74	det	_	_
74	Master	Master	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	75	nsubj	_	_
75	meant	mean	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	68	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
76	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feel** | gerund | sorceress *not said here* |  |  |  | then |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **return** | past · progressive | sorceress's power of magic |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **use** | past | sorceress |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **awoke** | future |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **drive** | past · passive |  | the sorceress |  | sorceress's breath |  | like a leaf; lightly *property* | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme before breath=Destination |
| 6 | **is** | past |  |  |  |  | before the wind till mighty's back | against a tree | tree rules |
| 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | sorceress |  | mighty |  | then |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to she=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 8 | **remain** *in a quote* | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 9 | **attach** *in a quote* | participle |  |  |  |  | ever | to the bark | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent to bark=Co-Patient |
| 10 | **remain** | past | mighty |  |  |  |  | indeed *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 11 | **not** **mean** | past | the Master |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |

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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.

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**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.

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