--- title: My brother told me, many years ago, Some wizards had a quarrel, and… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: My brother told me, many years ago, Some wizards had a quarrel, and they slew One of their number, took his corpse away And ate it on the isle of Grand Manan, Sitting upon a ledge above the sea. Who acts: brother, wizards. 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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 (brother, wizards), 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:pg78673:15:72 # text = My brother told me, many years ago, Some wizards had a quarrel, and they slew One of their number, took his corpse away And ate it on the isle of Grand Manan, Sitting upon a ledge above the sea. 1 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl:unmarked _ _ 8 ago ago ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 Some some DET DT PronType=Ind 11 det _ _ 11 wizards wizard NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nsubj _ _ 12 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 quarrel quarrel NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 17 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 slew slay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 19 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 18 obj _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 24 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 parataxis _ _ 25 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 corpse corpse NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 27 away away ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 28 And and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 ate eat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 30 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 on on ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 isle isle NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 Grand Grand ADJ NNP Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 Manan Manan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 38 Sitting Sitting PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 conj _ _ 39 upon upon ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 ledge ledge NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 42 above above ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | My brother | | me | | year | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Recipient | | 2 | **have** | past | some wizards | a quarrel | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent quarrel=Patient | | 3 | **slay** | past | wizards *= wizard* | One of wizards's number | | | | | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Patient | | 4 | **take away** | past | | brother's corpse | | | | away *property* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent corpse=Theme | | 5 | **eat** | past | | corpse | | the isle of Grand Manan and Sitting | | upon a ledge above the sea | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | 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 67](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/15/67/) - next →: [sentence 69](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/15/69/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/15/)