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title: And the loons who had been his huntsmen, Go up and down by the water… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics
description: And the loons who had been his huntsmen, Go up and down by the waters, Over the snow-topped mountains, Across the rushing rivers, Through dale and wood and valley, Seeking in vain for their master, The Lord whom they cannot meet; Ever wailing, wailing sadly, Because they find him not. Who acts: loon
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# Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 13, sentence 69

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And the loons who had been his huntsmen, Go up and down by the waters, Over the snow-topped mountains, Across the rushing rivers, Through dale and wood and valley, Seeking in vain for their master, The Lord whom they cannot meet; Ever wailing, wailing sadly, Because they find him not.

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**Who acts:** loons · **What happens:** be, go up, top, rush, seek, not meet · **To what, where:** huntsmen, rushing rivers, vain, Lord, Master

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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 (loons), 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:pg78673:13:69
# text = And the loons who had been his huntsmen, Go up and down by the waters, Over the snow-topped mountains, Across the rushing rivers, Through dale and wood and valley, Seeking in vain for their master, The Lord whom they cannot meet; Ever wailing, wailing sadly, Because they find him not.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	loons	loon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
5	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
6	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	8	cop	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	huntsmen	huntsman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
10	Go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	up	up	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	down	down	ADV	RB	_	11	conj	_	_
14	by	by	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	waters	water	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
18	Over	over	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
20	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	20	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	topped	top	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	23	amod	_	_
23	mountains	mountain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	_
25	Across	across	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
27	rushing	rush	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	28	amod	_	_
28	rivers	river	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	31	punct	_	_
30	Through	through	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
31	dale	dale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	conj	_	_
32	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	33	cc	_	_
33	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	conj	_	_
34	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	35	cc	_	_
35	valley	valley	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	37	punct	_	_
37	Seeking	seek	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	parataxis	_	_
38	in	in	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
39	vain	vain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	37	obl	_	_
40	for	for	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
41	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	42	nmod:poss	_	_
42	master	master	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	45	punct	_	_
44	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	45	det	_	_
45	Lord	Lord	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	42	appos	_	_
46	whom	whom	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	50	obj	_	_
47	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	50	nsubj	_	_
48	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	50	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	50	advmod	_	_
50	meet	meet	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	45	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	53	punct	_	_
52	Ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	53	advmod	_	_
53	wailing	wail	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
54	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	55	punct	_	_
55	wailing	wail	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	53	conj	_	_
56	sadly	sadly	ADV	RB	_	55	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
57	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	60	punct	_	_
58	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	60	mark	_	_
59	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	60	nsubj	_	_
60	find	find	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	53	conj	_	_
61	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	60	obj	_	_
62	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	60	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
63	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past · perfect | the loons | Owl's huntsmen |  |  |  | Owl *nmod:poss* | tree rules |
| 2 | **go up** | infinitive | the loons |  |  | the rushing rivers and dale and wood and valley |  | by the waters and the topped mountains | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 3 | **top** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | snow *compound* | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **rush** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 5 | **seek** | gerund |  |  |  | vain |  | for loons's master | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent in vain=Location for master=Theme |
| 6 | **not** **meet** | can | loons *= loon* | the Lord |  |  |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whom=Co-Agent |
| 7 | **wail** | gerund | the loons *not said here* |  |  |  | ever |  | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 8 | **wail** | gerund | the loons *not said here* |  |  |  |  | sadly *property* | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 9 | **not** **find** | present | loons *= loon* | Master |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Topic |

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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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