--- title: When The Indian god came in, He sat in silence down; Then gave as we… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: When The Indian god came in, He sat in silence down; Then gave as welcoming A pipe unto his guest; And as they smoked, the host Told stories to the chief-- Tales of the olden time, In the old giant tongue. Who acts: Indian god, god, snow, olden time. 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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 (Indian god, god, snow, olden time), 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:pg78673:13:29 # text = When The Indian god came in, He sat in silence down; Then gave as welcoming A pipe unto his guest; And as they smoked, the host Told stories to the chief-- Tales of the olden time, In the old giant tongue. 1 When when SCONJ WRB _ 5 mark _ _ 2 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 Indian Indian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 god god NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ _ 6 in in ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 8 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 silence silence NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 12 down down ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ; ; PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 15 advmod _ _ 15 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 16 as as SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 17 welcoming welcome VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 15 advcl _ _ 18 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 pipe pipe NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 20 unto unto 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 guest guest NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 24 And and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 25 as as SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 26 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 smoked smoke VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 host host NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj:pass _ _ 31 Told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 conj _ _ 32 stories story NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obj _ _ 33 to to ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 chief chief NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 -- -- PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 37 Tales tale NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 conj _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 olden olden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 43 In in ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 45 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 46 giant giant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 tongue tongue NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come in** | past | the Indian god | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **sit down** | past | god | | | silence | | down *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in silence=Location | | 3 | **give** | past | god *not said here* | | | | then | | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **welcome** | gerund | god *not said here* | a pipe | | | | unto god's guest | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pipe=Theme | | 5 | **smoke** | past | snow | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **tell** *speech: assert* | participle · passive | | the host | | the old giant tongue | | to the chief and Tales of the olden time; stories *obj* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient story=Topic | | 7 | **tell** | | the olden time | | | | | | nom tale «communication intransitive»: of=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 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/13/28/) - next →: [sentence 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/13/30/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/13/)