--- title: And, what was worst of all, She was an awful witch, Seven witches in… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: And, what was worst of all, She was an awful witch, Seven witches in one, Like seven devils united But this she hid from all; Only the Wʾnagʾmeswuk, The singular silent spirits, Who are ever flitting around us, Knew of this terrible secret. Who acts: worst awful witch, perchance, this, singular sile --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/15/126/) [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/) / 126 # Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 15, sentence 126 And, what was worst of all, She was an awful witch, Seven witches in one, Like seven devils united But this she hid from all; Only the Wʾnagʾmeswuk, The singular silent spirits, Who are ever flitting around us, Knew of this terrible secret. **Who acts:** worst awful witch, perchance, this, singular silent spirits · **What happens:** be, hide, flit · **To what, where:** worst awful witch, all 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 (worst awful witch, perchance, this, singular silent spirits), 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:pg78673:15:131 # text = And, what was worst of all, She was an awful witch, Seven witches in one, Like seven devils united But this she hid from all; Only the Wʾnagʾmeswuk, The singular silent spirits, Who are ever flitting around us, Knew of this terrible secret. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 worst bad ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 13 amod _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 9 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 11 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 awful awful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 witch witch NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 Seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 16 nummod _ _ 16 witches witch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 conj _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 20 Like like ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 22 nummod _ _ 22 devils devil NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nmod _ _ 23 united united ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 24 But but CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 25 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 27 nsubj _ _ 26 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 hid hide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 28 from from ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ; ; PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 31 Only only ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 Wʾnagʾmeswuk Wʾnagʾmeswuk PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 36 singular singular ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 37 silent silent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 spirits spirit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 40 Who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 43 nsubj _ _ 41 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 42 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 43 advmod _ _ 43 flitting flit VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 38 acl _ _ 44 around around ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 47 Knew Knew PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 conj _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 49 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 51 det _ _ 50 terrible terrible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 amod _ _ 51 secret secret NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | a worst awful witch and Seven witches in one like seven devils | | | | | of all; bad *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** | past | perchance | a worst awful witch and Seven witches in one like seven devils | | | | Seven witches in one like seven devils *conj*; the Wʾnagʾmeswuk the singular silent spirits and Knew of this terrible secret *appos* | tree rules | | 3 | **hide** | past | this | | | all | | perchance *nsubj* | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent from all=Beneficiary | | 4 | **flit** | present · progressive | the singular silent spirits | | | | ever | around us | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme around we=Trajectory | 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 125](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/15/125/) - next →: [sentence 127](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/15/127/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/15/)