--- title: Truly he must have spoken Very plainly indeed; For her heart shrunk… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: Truly he must have spoken Very plainly indeed; For her heart shrunk up in anger Until ’twas hard as a flint With sharply cutting edges, And thus she cut in reply: “You may go afar to the North, You may go if you like on your hunt But you never will return The same as when you departed; Remember me w --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/15/128/) [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/) / 128 # Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 15, sentence 128 Truly he must have spoken Very plainly indeed; For her heart shrunk up in anger Until ’twas hard as a flint With sharply cutting edges, And thus she cut in reply: “You may go afar to the North, You may go if you like on your hunt But you never will return The same as when you departed; Remember me when the change Comes over you in the forest.” **Who acts:** spirit, perchance, You, change · **What happens:** speak, shrink up, cut, go, like, not return · **To what, where:** anger, reply, hunt, same, spirit, forest · **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 (spirit, perchance, You, change), 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:pg78673:15:133 # text = Truly he must have spoken Very plainly indeed; For her heart shrunk up in anger Until ’twas hard as a flint With sharply cutting edges, And thus she cut in reply: “You may go afar to the North, You may go if you like on your hunt But you never will return The same as when you departed; Remember me when the change Comes over you in the forest.” 1 Truly truly ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 aux _ _ 5 spoken speak VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 Very very ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 plainly plainly ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 8 indeed indeed ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ; ; PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 For for ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 13 shrunk shrink VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 parataxis _ _ 14 up up ADP RP _ 13 compound:prt _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 anger anger NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 17 Until Until PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nmod:poss _ _ 18 ’ 's PART POS _ 17 case _ SpaceAfter=No 19 twas twa NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 nsubj _ _ 20 hard hard ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 conj _ _ 21 as as ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 flint flint NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 24 With with ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 25 sharply sharply ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 26 cutting cut VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 27 compound _ _ 27 edges edge NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 And and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 30 thus thus ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 31 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 cut cut VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 33 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 reply reply NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 : : PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 36 “ " PUNCT `` _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 conj _ _ 40 afar afar ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 xcomp _ _ 41 to to ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 North North PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 45 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 46 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 47 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 conj _ _ 48 if if SCONJ IN _ 50 mark _ _ 49 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 50 like like VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 47 advcl _ _ 51 on on ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 53 nmod:poss _ _ 53 hunt hunt NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obl _ _ 54 But but CCONJ CC _ 58 cc _ _ 55 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 58 nsubj _ _ 56 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 58 advmod _ _ 57 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 58 aux _ _ 58 return return VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 conj _ _ 59 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 60 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 58 obj _ _ 61 as as SCONJ IN _ 64 mark _ _ 62 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 64 advmod _ _ 63 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 64 nsubj _ _ 64 departed depart VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 60 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 65 ; ; PUNCT : _ 66 punct _ _ 66 Remember remember VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 67 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 66 obj _ _ 68 when when SCONJ WRB _ 71 mark _ _ 69 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 70 det _ _ 70 change change NOUN NN Number=Sing 71 nsubj _ _ 71 Comes come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 66 advcl _ _ 72 over over ADP IN _ 73 case _ _ 73 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 71 obl _ _ 74 in in ADP IN _ 76 case _ _ 75 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 76 det _ _ 76 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 71 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 77 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 78 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | must · perfect | spirit | | | | | indeed, plainly, truly *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **shrink up** | participle | | | | anger | | for perchance's heart | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **cut** | gerund | | | | | | sharply *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **cut** | past | perchance | | | reply | | thus *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **go** *in a quote* | may | You | | | | | afar *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **go** *in a quote* | may | You | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **like** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | you | | | your hunt | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 8 | **not** **return** *in a quote* | future | you | the same | | | | | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent same=Theme | | 9 | **depart** *in a quote* | past | you | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **remember** *in a quote* | infinitive | | spirit | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 11 | **come** *in a quote* | present | the change | | | the forest | | over you | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme over you=Initial\_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 127](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/15/127/) - next →: [sentence 129](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/15/129/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/15/)