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title: The one had set up deadfalls in the paths Where run the timid deer,… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics
description: The one had set up deadfalls in the paths Where run the timid deer, all ignorant Of man, and man’s desire to slaughter them. Who acts: man. A sentence of «Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems», Opening, part 15, with its dependency tree and the pragmatics of every clause.
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# Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 15, sentence 25

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The one had set up deadfalls in the paths Where run the timid deer, all ignorant Of man, and man’s desire to slaughter them.

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**Who acts:** man · **What happens:** set up, run, slaughter, desire · **To what, where:** one, paths, timid deer, deadfalls

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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 (man), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg78673:15:25
# text = The one had set up deadfalls in the paths Where run the timid deer, all ignorant Of man, and man’s desire to slaughter them.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	set	set	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	up	up	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	deadfalls	deadfall	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	paths	path	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
10	Where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	11	advmod	_	_
11	run	run	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	acl:relcl	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	timid	timid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	deer	deer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
16	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	17	det	_	_
17	ignorant	ignorant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	appos	_	_
18	Of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
21	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
22	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	’s	's	PART	POS	_	22	case	_	_
24	desire	desire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
25	to	to	PART	TO	_	26	mark	_	_
26	slaughter	slaughter	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	24	acl	_	_
27	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	26	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **set up** | past · perfect · passive |  | the one |  | the paths |  | deadfalls *obj*; man's desire *conj* | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme deadfall=Destination |
| 2 | **run** | present |  | the timid deer |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme deer=Trajectory |
| 3 | **slaughter** | to-infinitive |  | deadfalls *= deadfall* |  |  |  |  | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |
| 4 | **desire** |  | man |  |  |  |  |  | nom desire «feeling transitive»: poss=agent |

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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.

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**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.

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