--- title: He said, “I am Aʿtosis, The King of all the Serpents”; Little she ca… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: He said, “I am Aʿtosis, The King of all the Serpents”; Little she cared for his nature, She talked with him of love, She returned his fond embraces; Every day she came to meet him, And often in the night. Who acts: man, Passion. 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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 (man, Passion), 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:pg78673:13:120 # text = He said, “I am Aʿtosis, The King of all the Serpents”; Little she cared for his nature, She talked with him of love, She returned his fond embraces; Every day she came to meet him, And often in the night. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 4 “ " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 Aʿtosis Aʿtosis PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 appos _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 14 det:predet _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 Serpents serpent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ” " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 Little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 obl _ _ 18 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 cared care VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 20 for for ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 nature nature NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 talked talk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 26 with with ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obl _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 returned return VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 33 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 34 fond fond ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 embraces embrace NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ; ; PUNCT : _ 40 punct _ _ 37 Every every DET DT PronType=Tot 38 det _ _ 38 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl:unmarked _ _ 39 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 41 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 42 meet meet VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 xcomp _ _ 43 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 45 And and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 46 often often ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 47 in in ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | man | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | man | Aʿtosis | | | | the King of all Serpents *appos* | tree rules | | 3 | **care** | past | Passion | Little | | | | for man's nature | vn caring-75.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent for nature=Theme | | 4 | **talk** | past | Passion | | | | | with man; of love | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with he=Co-Agent | | 5 | **return** | past | Passion | man's fond embraces | | | | | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent embrace=Theme | | 6 | **come** | past | Passion | | | | day; night | | tree rules | | 7 | **meet** | to-infinitive | Passion *not said here* | man | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Co-Agent | | 8 | **embrace** | | man | | | | | | nom embrace «act transitive»: poss=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 119](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/13/119/) - next →: [sentence 121](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/13/121/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/13/)