--- title: Straightway the wizard seized and held the bat So close unto the glo… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: Straightway the wizard seized and held the bat So close unto the glowing fiery coals That all his filthy, vermin-reeking hair Was clean consumed--then let him fly away, Feeling that vengeance had been wreaked full well. Who acts: Straightway, Was. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Straightway, Was), 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:pg78673:15:40 # text = Straightway the wizard seized and held the bat So close unto the glowing fiery coals That all his filthy, vermin-reeking hair Was clean consumed--then let him fly away, Feeling that vengeance had been wreaked full well. 1 Straightway Straightway PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 wizard wizard NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 seized seize VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 held hold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 bat bat NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 So so ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 close close ADV RB Degree=Pos 6 advmod _ _ 11 unto unto ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 13 glowing glow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 15 amod _ _ 14 fiery fiery ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 coals coal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ 16 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 18 nsubj _ _ 17 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 18 det:predet _ _ 18 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod _ _ 19 filthy filthy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 vermin vermin NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 22 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 reeking reek VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 19 advcl _ _ 24 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj:pass _ _ 25 Was Was PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 26 clean clean ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 consumed consume VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 28 -- -- PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 30 advmod _ _ 30 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 conj _ _ 31 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 fly fly VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 xcomp _ _ 33 away away ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 35 Feeling feel VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 32 advcl _ _ 36 that that SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 37 vengeance vengeance NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj:pass _ _ 38 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 39 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 40 aux:pass _ _ 40 wreaked wreak VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 ccomp _ _ 41 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 xcomp _ _ 42 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 40 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **seize** | past | Straightway | | | | | the wizard *nsubj* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **hold** | past | Straightway *not said here* | the bat | | | | unto the glowing fiery coals straightway; close *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bat=Theme | | 3 | **glow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **reek** | gerund | Straightway *not said here* | | | | | vermin *compound* | tree rules | | 5 | **consume** | participle · passive | | hair | | | | Was *nsubj* | vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: subject=Asset | | 6 | **let** | infinitive | Straightway *not said here* | Was | | | then | | tree rules | | 7 | **fly away** | infinitive | Was *not said here* | | | | | away *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **feel** | gerund | Was *not said here* | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 9 | **wreak** | past · perfect · passive | | vengeance | | | | full, well *property* | tree rules | 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 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/15/39/) - next →: [sentence 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/15/41/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/15/)