--- title: Then all of a sudden a creature Too awful to tell of was with him, A… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: Then all of a sudden a creature Too awful to tell of was with him, A wizard of hideous presence Who dropped through the smoke-hole a-shrieking: “Give up to me, youth, thine old uncle I wish to devour his lean flesh.” Who acts: all, hideous presence. 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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 (all, hideous presence), 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:pg78673:15:97 # text = Then all of a sudden a creature Too awful to tell of was with him, A wizard of hideous presence Who dropped through the smoke-hole a-shrieking: “Give up to me, youth, thine old uncle I wish to devour his lean flesh.” 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ _ 2 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 15 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 5 sudden sudden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 creature creature NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 8 Too too ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 awful awful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 11 obl _ _ 13 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 14 with with ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 wizard wizard NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 conj _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 hideous hideous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 presence presence NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ _ 22 Who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 23 nsubj _ _ 23 dropped drop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 acl:relcl _ _ 24 through through ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 26 smoke smoke NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 27 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 hole hole NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ SpaceAfter=No 30 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 shrieking shrieking NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 : : PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 33 “ " PUNCT `` _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 Give give VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 35 up up ADP RP _ 34 compound:prt _ _ 36 to to ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 39 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 41 thine thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 43 nmod:poss _ _ 42 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 uncle uncle NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 appos _ _ 44 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 45 wish wish VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 acl:relcl _ _ 46 to to PART TO _ 47 mark _ _ 47 devour devour VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 xcomp _ _ 48 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 50 nmod:poss _ _ 49 lean lean ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 50 flesh flesh NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 ” " PUNCT '' _ 43 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | all of a sudden creature *not said here* | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | past | all of a sudden creature | | | | | with nephew; a wizard of hideous presence *conj* | tree rules | | 3 | **drop** | past | hideous presence | | | the smoke hole a shrieking | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme through hole=Trajectory | | 4 | **give up** *in a quote* | infinitive | all of a sudden creature *not said here* | youth | all of a sudden creature *= all* | | | | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent youth=Theme to i=Recipient | | 5 | **wish** *in a quote* | present | all of a sudden creature *= all* | thine old uncle *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **devour** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | all of a sudden creature *= all* *not said here* | nephew's lean flesh | | | | | vn devour-39.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flesh=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 91](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/15/91/) - next →: [sentence 93](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/15/93/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/15/)