--- title: But when he had slain Winpe And saw them sitting in silence, Frighte… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: But when he had slain Winpe And saw them sitting in silence, Frightened like so many rabbits Before a hungry wild-cat, He laughed aloud and forgave them; For he was noble and generous, And cared for no small foe. Who acts: Master, them. 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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 (Master, them), 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:pg78673:13:4 # text = But when he had slain Winpe And saw them sitting in silence, Frightened like so many rabbits Before a hungry wild-cat, He laughed aloud and forgave them; For he was noble and generous, And cared for no small foe. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 slain slay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 Winpe Winpe PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 7 And and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 9 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 sitting sit VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 8 xcomp _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 silence silence NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 Frightened frighten VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 acl _ _ 15 like like ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 so so ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 rabbits rabbit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obl _ _ 19 Before before ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 21 hungry hungry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 22 wild wild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 laughed laugh VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 28 aloud aloud ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 forgave forgive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ _ 31 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 33 For for ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 36 noble noble ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 parataxis _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 generous generous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 And and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 cared care VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 conj _ _ 42 for for ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 43 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 45 det _ _ 44 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 foe foe NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **slay** | past · perfect | Master | Winpe | | | | | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent winpe=Patient | | 2 | **see** | past | Master *not said here* | them *= they* | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **sit** | gerund | them *= they* *not said here* | | | silence | before a hungry wild cat | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in silence=Location | | 4 | **frighten** | participle | | silence *not said here* | | | | like many rabbits | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **laugh** | past | Master | | | | | aloud *property* | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **forgive** | past | Master *not said here* | rabbits *= rabbit* | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 7 | **is** | past | Master | | | | | noble *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **be** | | Master *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **care** | past | Master *not said here* | | | | | for no small foe | vn caring-75.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent for foe=Theme | 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 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/13/3/) - next →: [sentence 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/13/5/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/13/)