--- title: I sit and beat the wizard’s magic drum; And Chibelaʿkwe, night-air s… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: I sit and beat the wizard’s magic drum; And Chibelaʿkwe, night-air spirit, flies To hearken to the mystic sound I make; And old Wuʾchoʿsen, storm-bird of the North, Rests his great pinions, causing calm to reign, To hearken to the mystic sound I make. Who acts: I, Chibelaʿkwe, old Wuʾchoʿsen. 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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 (I, Chibelaʿkwe, old Wuʾchoʿsen), 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:pg78673:13:105 # text = I sit and beat the wizard’s magic drum; And Chibelaʿkwe, night-air spirit, flies To hearken to the mystic sound I make; And old Wuʾchoʿsen, storm-bird of the North, Rests his great pinions, causing calm to reign, To hearken to the mystic sound I make. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 sit sit VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 beat beat VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 wizard wizard NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ’s 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 magic magic NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 drum drum NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ; ; PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 11 And and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 12 Chibelaʿkwe Chibelaʿkwe PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 15 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 compound _ _ 17 spirit spirit NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 19 flies fly VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 20 To to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 hearken hearken VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 xcomp _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 mystic mystic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 26 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 make make VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 29 And and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 30 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 Wuʾchoʿsen Wuʾchoʿsen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 storm storm NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 34 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 appos _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 North North PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 40 Rests rest VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 41 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 42 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 pinions pinion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 45 causing cause VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 40 advcl _ _ 46 calm calm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 xcomp _ _ 47 to to PART TO _ 48 mark _ _ 48 reign reign VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 46 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 50 To to PART TO _ 51 mark _ _ 51 hearken hearken VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 48 conj _ _ 52 to to ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 54 mystic mystic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 55 amod _ _ 55 sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl _ _ 56 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 57 nsubj _ _ 57 make make VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 55 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 58 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sit** | present | I | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **beat** | present | I *not said here* | the wizard's magic drum | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location drum=Theme | | 3 | **fly** | present | Chibelaʿkwe | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **hearken** | to-infinitive | Chibelaʿkwe *not said here* | | | | | to the mystic sound | tree rules | | 5 | **make** | present | I | the mystic sound *not said here* | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sound=Product | | 6 | **rest** | present | old Wuʾchoʿsen | Wuʾchoʿsen's great pinions | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location pinion=Theme | | 7 | **cause** | gerund | old Wuʾchoʿsen *not said here* | | | | | calm *property* | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition | | 8 | **reign** | to-infinitive | old Wuʾchoʿsen *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **hearken** | to-infinitive | old Wuʾchoʿsen *not said here* | | | | | to the mystic sound | tree rules | | 10 | **make** | present | I | the mystic sound *not said here* | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sound=Product | 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 104](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/13/104/) - next →: [sentence 106](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/13/106/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/13/)