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title: Then he sent messengers forth Inviting all to a feast, The richest e… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics
description: Then he sent messengers forth Inviting all to a feast, The richest ever known By the great Lake Minas shore, On the silver water’s edge; And all the beasts of the wood, The fathers of all the tribes, Came to the feast in state, Came at the call, to revel; But the Lord had little to say. Who acts: Wa
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# Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 13, sentence 60

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Then he sent messengers forth Inviting all to a feast, The richest ever known By the great Lake Minas shore, On the silver water’s edge; And all the beasts of the wood, The fathers of all the tribes, Came to the feast in state, Came at the call, to revel; But the Lord had little to say.

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**Who acts:** Was, Lord, little · **What happens:** send, invite, know, revel, have, say · **To what, where:** messengers, all, little · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems», Opening, part 13. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Was, Lord, little), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg78673:13:60
# text = Then he sent messengers forth Inviting all to a feast, The richest ever known By the great Lake Minas shore, On the silver water’s edge; And all the beasts of the wood, The fathers of all the tribes, Came to the feast in state, Came at the call, to revel; But the Lord had little to say.
1	Then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	advmod	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	sent	send	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	messengers	messenger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	forth	forth	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
6	Inviting	invite	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	obj	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	feast	feast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	richest	rich	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	3	advcl	_	_
14	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	15	advmod	_	_
15	known	know	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	acl	_	_
16	By	by	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
18	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
19	Lake	Lake	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	21	compound	_	_
20	Minas	Minas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	flat	_	_
21	shore	shore	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	_
23	On	on	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
25	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	compound	_	_
26	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	’s	's	PART	POS	_	26	case	_	_
28	edge	edge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	_	_
30	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	33	cc	_	_
31	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	33	det:predet	_	_
32	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
33	beasts	beast	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	parataxis	_	_
34	of	of	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
35	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	36	det	_	_
36	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	39	punct	_	_
38	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	39	det	_	_
39	fathers	father	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	33	conj	_	_
40	of	of	ADP	IN	_	43	case	_	_
41	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	43	det:predet	_	_
42	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	43	det	_	_
43	tribes	tribe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	39	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	45	punct	_	_
45	Came	came	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	43	conj	_	_
46	to	to	ADP	IN	_	48	case	_	_
47	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	48	det	_	_
48	feast	feast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	45	nmod	_	_
49	in	in	ADP	IN	_	50	case	_	_
50	state	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	48	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	52	punct	_	_
52	Came	Came	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	48	appos	_	_
53	at	at	ADP	IN	_	55	case	_	_
54	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	55	det	_	_
55	call	call	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	52	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
56	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	58	punct	_	_
57	to	to	PART	TO	_	58	mark	_	_
58	revel	revel	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	52	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
59	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	63	punct	_	_
60	But	but	CCONJ	CC	_	63	cc	_	_
61	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	62	det	_	_
62	Lord	Lord	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	63	nsubj	_	_
63	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
64	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	63	obj	_	_
65	to	to	PART	TO	_	66	mark	_	_
66	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	64	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
67	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | past | Was | messengers |  |  | then | all beasts of the wood and the fathers of all tribes and Came to the feast in state *parataxis*; forth *property* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent messenger=Theme |
| 2 | **invite** | gerund | Was *not said here* | all |  |  |  | to a feast | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent all=Recipient |
| 3 | **know** | participle |  |  |  |  | ever | by the great Lake shore and the silver water's edge | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 4 | **revel** | to-infinitive | Was *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 5 | **have** | past | the Lord | little |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent little=Patient |
| 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | little *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

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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.

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**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.

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