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title: Twice did the mischief-maker do this deed, Till, finally, the injure… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics
description: Twice did the mischief-maker do this deed, Till, finally, the injured man bethought Him that he must consult the secret powers How he should catch and punish well the foe. Who acts: injured man, Till, secret. A sentence of «Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems», Opening, part 15, with its d
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# Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 15, sentence 27

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Twice did the mischief-maker do this deed, Till, finally, the injured man bethought Him that he must consult the secret powers How he should catch and punish well the foe.

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**Who acts:** injured man, Till, secret · **What happens:** do, bethink, consult, power, catch, punish · **To what, where:** mischief maker, deed, Till, foe

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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 (injured man, Till, secret), 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:pg78673:15:27
# text = Twice did the mischief-maker do this deed, Till, finally, the injured man bethought Him that he must consult the secret powers How he should catch and punish well the foe.
1	Twice	twice	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	2	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	mischief	mischief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	maker	maker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	9	det	_	_
9	deed	deed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	Till	Till	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
13	finally	finally	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	injured	injured	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nsubj	_	_
18	bethought	bethink	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
19	Him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	obj	_	_
20	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	23	mark	_	_
21	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	23	nsubj	_	_
22	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	23	aux	_	_
23	consult	consult	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	18	advcl	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	secret	secret	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	nsubj	_	_
26	powers	power	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	23	parataxis	_	_
27	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	30	advmod	_	_
28	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	30	nsubj	_	_
29	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	30	aux	_	_
30	catch	catch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	26	advcl	_	_
31	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	32	cc	_	_
32	punish	punish	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	30	conj	_	_
33	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	32	advmod	_	_
34	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	35	det	_	_
35	foe	foe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
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## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the mischief maker |  |  |  | twice *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent maker=Eventuality |
| 2 | **do** | present |  | this deed |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent deed=Eventuality |
| 3 | **bethink** | past | the injured man | Till |  |  |  | finally *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **consult** | must | Till |  |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **power** | present | the secret |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **catch** | should | secret |  |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 7 | **punish** | infinitive | secret *not said here* | the foe |  |  |  | well *property* | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent foe=Patient |

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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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