--- title: Ere they had known his power, They had left him alone to die; Now th… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: Ere they had known his power, They had left him alone to die; Now that they knew his power, They feared they should die without him. Who acts: rabbits. A sentence of «Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems», Opening, part 13, with its dependency tree and the pragmatics of every clause. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/13/8/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Kulóskap the master, and other Algonki…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/) / [Opening, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/13/) / 8 # Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 13, sentence 8 Ere they had known his power, They had left him alone to die; Now that they knew his power, They feared they should die without him. **Who acts:** rabbits · **What happens:** know, leave, die, fear · **To what, where:** Ere, Master, power · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (rabbits), 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:pg78673:13:8 # text = Ere they had known his power, They had left him alone to die; Now that they knew his power, They feared they should die without him. 1 Ere Ere PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 parataxis _ _ 11 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 iobj _ _ 12 alone alone ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 die die VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ; ; PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 19 advmod _ _ 17 that that SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 18 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 20 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 feared fear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 25 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 die die VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 ccomp _ _ 28 without without ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | past · perfect · passive | | Ere | | | | rabbits *= rabbit* *nsubj:pass*; Master's power *obj* | tree rules | | 2 | **leave** | past · perfect | rabbits *= rabbit* | | Master | | | alone *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 3 | **die** | to-infinitive | rabbits *= rabbit* *not said here* | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 4 | **know** | past | rabbits *= rabbit* | Master's power | | | now | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer power=Stimulus | | 5 | **fear** | past | rabbits *= rabbit* | | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 6 | **die** | should | rabbits *= rabbit* | | | | | without Master | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | 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 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/13/7/) - next →: [sentence 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/13/9/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/13/)