--- title: He caught fair Summer up, And, by a crafty trick, He kept her as his… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: He caught fair Summer up, And, by a crafty trick, He kept her as his own; For, as he fled away, And as the elves pursued, He let behind him trail A long and slender cord Cut from a moose-hide. Who acts: many, elves. 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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 (many, elves), 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:pg78673:13:37 # text = He caught fair Summer up, And, by a crafty trick, He kept her as his own; For, as he fled away, And as the elves pursued, He let behind him trail A long and slender cord Cut from a moose-hide. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 caught catch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 Summer Summer PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 up up ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 7 And and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 9 by by ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 crafty crafty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 trick trick NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 14 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 16 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ _ 17 as as ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 21 For for SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 as as SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 fled flee VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 26 away away ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 28 And and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 29 as as SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 elves elf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 nsubj _ _ 32 pursued pursue VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 34 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 let let VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 36 behind behind ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obl _ _ 38 trail trail VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 xcomp _ _ 39 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 40 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 slender slender ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 conj _ _ 43 cord cord NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 44 Cut cut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 43 acl _ _ 45 from from ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 46 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 47 moose moose NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 48 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 47 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 hide hide NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **catch up** | past | many | fair Summer | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent summer=Theme | | 2 | **keep** | past | many | queen | | | | by a crafty trick; as many's own | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent she=Theme by trick=Location | | 3 | **flee away** | past | many | | | | | away *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **pursue** | past | the elves | | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **let** | past | many | | | | | behind Homeward | tree rules | | 6 | **trail** | infinitive | many *not said here* | a long cord | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cord=Theme | | 7 | **cut** | participle | | a long cord *not said here* | | a moose hide | | | vn meander-47.7 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from hide=Location | 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 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/13/36/) - next →: [sentence 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/13/38/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/13/)