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title: So, thinking the light of his being Was soon to go out, the old uncl… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics
description: So, thinking the light of his being Was soon to go out, the old uncle Called to his bedside the young man To hear his last words of affection. Who acts: Afar. 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 84

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So, thinking the light of his being Was soon to go out, the old uncle Called to his bedside the young man To hear his last words of affection.

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**Who acts:** Afar · **What happens:** think, be, go out, call, hear, word · **To what, where:** light, old uncle, bedside, last words, affection · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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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 (Afar), 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:pg78673:15:89
# text = So, thinking the light of his being Was soon to go out, the old uncle Called to his bedside the young man To hear his last words of affection.
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	thinking	think	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
8	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	cop	_	_
9	Was	Was	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
10	soon	soon	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	3	advmod	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
13	out	out	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	uncle	uncle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
18	Called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	17	acl	_	_
19	to	to	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	21	nmod:poss	_	_
21	bedside	bedside	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
23	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	24	amod	_	_
24	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	appos	_	_
25	To	to	PART	TO	_	26	mark	_	_
26	hear	hear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	24	acl	_	_
27	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	29	nmod:poss	_	_
28	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	29	amod	_	_
29	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	26	obj	_	_
30	of	of	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
31	affection	affection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | gerund |  | the light |  |  |  | the old uncle *obj*; soon *property* | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent light=Theme uncle=Attribute |
| 2 | **is** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | of Afar's Was; Afar *nmod:poss* | tree rules |
| 3 | **go out** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | out *property* | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **call** | participle |  | the old uncle *not said here* | Afar's bedside |  |  |  | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to bedside=Recipient |
| 5 | **hear** | to-infinitive |  | Afar's last words of affection |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer word=Stimulus |
| 6 | **word** |  | Afar | affection |  |  |  |  | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent of=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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