--- title: So first they bound them fast Then pried with cruel sticks Their mou… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: So first they bound them fast Then pried with cruel sticks Their mouths till open wide; Cut off their lower lips, Showing the grinning teeth, Then severing half their ears And half their noses too, They said to them in scorn: “_Kdihleba nda mina Ni nojimigahakw_:” “We warn you now, my friends, Do no --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/15/11/) [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 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/15/) / 11 # Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 15, sentence 11 So first they bound them fast Then pried with cruel sticks Their mouths till open wide; Cut off their lower lips, Showing the grinning teeth, Then severing half their ears And half their noses too, They said to them in scorn: “\_Kdihleba nda mina Ni nojimigahakw\_:” “We warn you now, my friends, Do not attempt again To come against us here.” **Who acts:** Abenakis, We · **What happens:** bound, pry, cut off, show, grin, sever · **To what, where:** heads, lower lips, grinning teeth, ears, scorn · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems», Opening, part 15. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Abenakis, We), 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:pg78673:15:11 # text = So first they bound them fast Then pried with cruel sticks Their mouths till open wide; Cut off their lower lips, Showing the grinning teeth, Then severing half their ears And half their noses too, They said to them in scorn: “_Kdihleba nda mina Ni nojimigahakw_:” “We warn you now, my friends, Do not attempt again To come against us here.” 1 So so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 4 advmod _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 bound bound VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ _ 5 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 4 advmod _ _ 7 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 8 advmod _ _ 8 pried pry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 9 with with ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 cruel cruel ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 sticks stick NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 12 Their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 mouths mouth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obj _ _ 14 till till ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 open open ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 obl _ _ 16 wide wide ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 18 Cut cut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 conj _ _ 19 off off ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 20 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 21 lower low ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 22 amod _ _ 22 lips lip NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 24 Showing show VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 18 advcl _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 grinning grin VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 27 amod _ _ 27 teeth tooth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 30 advmod _ _ 30 severing sever VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 24 conj _ _ 31 half half DET PDT NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac|PronType=Ind 33 det:predet _ _ 32 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 ears ear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obj _ _ 34 And and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 35 half half DET PDT NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac|PronType=Ind 37 det:predet _ _ 36 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 noses nose NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 conj _ _ 38 too too ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 42 to to ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obl _ _ 44 in in ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 scorn scorn NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 : : PUNCT : _ 53 punct _ _ 47 “ " PUNCT `` _ 53 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 51 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 Kdihleba Kdihleba PROPN NNP Number=Sing 51 compound _ _ 50 nda nda NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 compound _ _ 51 mina mina NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 compound _ _ 52 Ni Ni PROPN NNP Number=Sing 53 compound _ _ 53 nojimigahakw nojimigahakw NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 54 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 53 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 55 : : PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 56 ” " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ 57 “ " PUNCT `` _ 59 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 58 We we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 59 nsubj _ _ 59 warn warn VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 60 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 59 obj _ _ 61 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 59 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 62 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 63 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 64 nmod:poss _ _ 64 friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 59 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 65 , , PUNCT , _ 68 punct _ _ 66 Do do AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 68 aux _ _ 67 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 68 advmod _ _ 68 attempt attempt VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 59 parataxis _ _ 69 again again ADV RB _ 68 advmod _ _ 70 To to PART TO _ 71 mark _ _ 71 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 68 xcomp _ _ 72 against against ADP IN _ 73 case _ _ 73 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 71 obl _ _ 74 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 71 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 75 . . PUNCT . _ 59 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 76 ” " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bound** | present | Abenakis *= abenaki* | heads *= head* | | | | fast, first *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location they=Theme | | 2 | **pry** | participle | | | | | till open; then | with cruel sticks Abenakis's mouths; mina Ni nojimigahakw *parataxis*; wide *property* | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **cut off** | participle | | Abenakis's lower lips | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector lip=Eventuality | | 4 | **show** | gerund | | the grinning teeth | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent tooth=Recipient | | 5 | **grin** | gerund | | | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **sever** | gerund | | Abenakis's ears and Abenakis's noses | | | then | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ear=Theme | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Abenakis *= abenaki* | | heads *= head* | scorn | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to they=Recipient | | 8 | **warn** *speech: warn* *in a quote* | present | We | | heads *= head* | | now | my friends *parataxis* | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient | | 9 | **not** **attempt** *in a quote* | infinitive · do-support | | | | | again | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 10 | **not** **come** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | | | here | | against us | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme against we=Location | 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 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/15/10/) - next →: [sentence 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/15/12/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/15/)