--- title: Some say that he sailed away In his marvellous stone canoe, Afar bey… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: Some say that he sailed away In his marvellous stone canoe, Afar beyond the sea, To the country of the East; Some that he went to the West; And ’tis said that in days of old There were men who knew where he dwelt, And, making a pilgrimage Could get from him what they sought. 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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 (Some, Kulóskap, tis, men), 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:pg78673:13:80 # text = Some say that he sailed away In his marvellous stone canoe, Afar beyond the sea, To the country of the East; Some that he went to the West; And ’tis said that in days of old There were men who knew where he dwelt, And, making a pilgrimage Could get from him what they sought. 1 Some some DET DT PronType=Ind 2 nsubj _ _ 2 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 that that SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 sailed sail VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 6 away away ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 7 In in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 9 marvellous marvellous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 10 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 canoe canoe NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 Afar Afar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 appos _ _ 14 beyond beyond ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 To to ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 East East PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 25 Some some DET DT PronType=Ind 28 nsubj _ _ 26 that that SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 West West PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 And and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 34 ’ 's PART POS _ 33 case _ SpaceAfter=No 35 tis tis NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 36 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 37 that that SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 obl:unmarked _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 ccomp _ _ 42 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 43 expl _ _ 43 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ _ 44 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 nsubj _ _ 45 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 46 nsubj _ _ 46 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 acl:relcl _ _ 47 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 49 advmod _ _ 48 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 49 dwelt dwell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 51 And and CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 53 making make VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 57 csubj _ _ 54 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 pilgrimage pilgrimage NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obj _ _ 56 Could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 57 aux _ _ 57 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 46 conj _ _ 58 from from ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 59 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 57 obl _ _ 60 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 62 obj _ _ 61 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 62 nsubj _ _ 62 sought seek VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 57 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 63 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Some | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **sail away** | past | Kulóskap | | | Kulóskap's marvellous stone canoe | | to the country of the East; away *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent to country=Trajectory | | 3 | **go** | past | Some | | | the West | | Kulóskap *nsubj* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to west=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | tis | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is** | past | | | | | day | old *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **know** | past | men | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 7 | **dwell** | past | Kulóskap | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **make** | gerund | | a pilgrimage | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset pilgrimage=Product | | 9 | **get** | could | making | | | | | from Kulóskap | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 10 | **seek** | past | skies *= sky* | | | | | what *obj* | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=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 79](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/13/79/) - next →: [sentence 81](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/13/81/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/13/)