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title: So thirsty was the witch As she from dancing came, So warm that, whe… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics
description: So thirsty was the witch As she from dancing came, So warm that, when the youth Held out to her the cup, She seized and drank it dry All without giving heed As to what hand had held The cool, refreshing draught; Then turning to the one Who was her partner, she Went on into the dance, And then a wond
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# Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 16, sentence 21

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So thirsty was the witch As she from dancing came, So warm that, when the youth Held out to her the cup, She seized and drank it dry All without giving heed As to what hand had held The cool, refreshing draught; Then turning to the one Who was her partner, she Went on into the dance, And then a wondrous thing Was seen by all therein: For lo! at every turn The maiden older grew, One year for every round; Beginning as a girl In all her freshest youth She at the lodge’s end, Seemed fifty years of age, And still, as she danced on, Added unto her age, Till just as she returned Unto the very place Whence she had come, she fell All dead upon the floor, A little dried-up thing, A wrinkled, wizened squaw, A thing of the last old age Or of a hundred years.

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**Who acts:** thirsty witch, youth, one, older · **What happens:** be, come, hold out, seize, drink, give · **To what, where:** thirsty witch, cup, witch, heed, hand, draught

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This is a sentence of «Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems», Opening, part 16. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (thirsty witch, youth, one, older), 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:pg78673:16:21
# text = So thirsty was the witch As she from dancing came, So warm that, when the youth Held out to her the cup, She seized and drank it dry All without giving heed As to what hand had held The cool, refreshing draught; Then turning to the one Who was her partner, she Went on into the dance, And then a wondrous thing Was seen by all therein: For lo! at every turn The maiden older grew, One year for every round; Beginning as a girl In all her freshest youth She at the lodge’s end, Seemed fifty years of age, And still, as she danced on, Added unto her age, Till just as she returned Unto the very place Whence she had come, she fell All dead upon the floor, A little dried-up thing, A wrinkled, wizened squaw, A thing of the last old age Or of a hundred years.
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	thirsty	thirsty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
6	As	as	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
7	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	dancing	dancing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
10	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	So	so	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	xcomp	_	_
14	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	19	mark	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
16	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	19	advmod	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	youth	youth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nsubj	_	_
19	Held	hold	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	advcl	_	_
20	out	out	ADP	RP	_	19	compound:prt	_	_
21	to	to	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	obl	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	cup	cup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
26	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	27	nsubj	_	_
27	seized	seize	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	conj	_	_
28	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	29	cc	_	_
29	drank	drink	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	27	conj	_	_
30	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	29	obj	_	_
31	dry	dry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	32	amod	_	_
32	All	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	29	obl	_	_
33	without	without	SCONJ	IN	_	34	mark	_	_
34	giving	give	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	29	advcl	_	_
35	heed	heed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	obj	_	_
36	As	as	ADP	IN	ExtPos=ADP	38	case	_	_
37	to	to	ADP	IN	_	36	fixed	_	_
38	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	34	obl	_	_
39	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	nsubj:pass	_	_
40	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	41	aux	_	_
41	held	hold	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	38	acl:relcl	_	_
42	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	43	det	_	_
43	cool	cool	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	41	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	45	punct	_	_
45	refreshing	refresh	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	34	conj	_	_
46	draught	draught	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	45	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	49	punct	_	_
48	Then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	49	advmod	_	_
49	turning	turn	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	advcl	_	_
50	to	to	ADP	IN	_	52	case	_	_
51	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	52	det	_	_
52	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	49	obl	_	_
53	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	56	nsubj	_	_
54	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	56	cop	_	_
55	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	56	nmod:poss	_	_
56	partner	partner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	52	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
57	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	59	punct	_	_
58	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	59	nsubj	_	_
59	Went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	conj	_	_
60	on	on	ADV	RB	_	59	advmod	_	_
61	into	into	ADP	IN	_	63	case	_	_
62	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	63	det	_	_
63	dance	dance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	59	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
64	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	71	punct	_	_
65	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	71	cc	_	_
66	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	71	advmod	_	_
67	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	69	det	_	_
68	wondrous	wondrous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	69	amod	_	_
69	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	71	nsubj:pass	_	_
70	Was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	71	aux:pass	_	_
71	seen	see	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	advcl	_	_
72	by	by	ADP	IN	_	73	case	_	_
73	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	71	obl	_	_
74	therein	therein	ADV	RB	_	71	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
75	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	77	punct	_	_
76	For	for	ADP	IN	_	77	case	_	_
77	lo	lo	INTJ	UH	_	10	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
78	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	77	punct	_	_
79	at	at	ADP	IN	_	81	case	_	_
80	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	81	det	_	_
81	turn	turn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	77	nmod	_	_
82	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	83	det	_	_
83	maiden	maiden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	81	conj	_	_
84	older	old	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	85	nsubj	_	_
85	grew	grow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	83	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
86	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	88	punct	_	_
87	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	88	nummod	_	_
88	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	83	appos	_	_
89	for	for	ADP	IN	_	91	case	_	_
90	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	91	det	_	_
91	round	round	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	88	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
92	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	93	punct	_	_
93	Beginning	begin	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	advcl	_	_
94	as	as	ADP	IN	_	96	case	_	_
95	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	96	det	_	_
96	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	93	obl	_	_
97	In	in	ADP	IN	_	101	case	_	_
98	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	101	det:predet	_	_
99	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	101	nmod:poss	_	_
100	freshest	fresh	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	101	amod	_	_
101	youth	youth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	93	obl	_	_
102	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	107	nsubj	_	_
103	at	at	ADP	IN	_	107	case	_	_
104	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	105	det	_	_
105	lodge	lodge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	107	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
106	’s	's	PART	POS	_	105	case	_	_
107	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	101	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
108	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	109	punct	_	_
109	Seemed	seem	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	107	acl	_	_
110	fifty	fifty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	111	nummod	_	_
111	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	109	obl:unmarked	_	_
112	of	of	ADP	IN	_	113	case	_	_
113	age	age	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	111	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
114	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	116	punct	_	_
115	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	116	cc	_	_
116	still	still	ADV	RB	_	109	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
117	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	120	punct	_	_
118	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	120	mark	_	_
119	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	120	nsubj	_	_
120	danced	dance	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	109	parataxis	_	_
121	on	on	ADV	RB	_	120	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
122	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	123	punct	_	_
123	Added	add	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	120	conj	_	_
124	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	126	case	_	_
125	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	126	nmod:poss	_	_
126	age	age	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	123	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
127	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	128	punct	_	_
128	Till	Till	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	126	appos	_	_
129	just	just	ADV	RB	_	132	advmod	_	_
130	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	132	mark	_	_
131	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	132	nsubj	_	_
132	returned	return	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	123	advcl	_	_
133	Unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	136	case	_	_
134	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	136	det	_	_
135	very	very	ADV	RB	_	136	advmod	_	_
136	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	132	obl	_	_
137	Whence	whence	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	140	advmod	_	_
138	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	140	nsubj	_	_
139	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	140	aux	_	_
140	come	come	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	136	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
141	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	143	punct	_	_
142	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	143	nsubj	_	_
143	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	120	conj	_	_
144	All	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	145	det	_	_
145	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	143	obj	_	_
146	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	148	case	_	_
147	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	148	det	_	_
148	floor	floor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	143	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
149	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	155	punct	_	_
150	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	155	det	_	_
151	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	155	amod	_	_
152	dried	dry	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	155	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
153	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	154	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
154	up	up	ADP	RP	_	152	compound:prt	_	_
155	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	143	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
156	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	161	punct	_	_
157	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	161	det	_	_
158	wrinkled	wrinkle	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	161	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
159	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	158	punct	_	_
160	wizened	wizen	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	161	amod	_	_
161	squaw	squaw	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	155	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
162	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	164	punct	_	_
163	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	164	det	_	_
164	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	161	appos	_	_
165	of	of	ADP	IN	_	169	case	_	_
166	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	169	det	_	_
167	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	169	amod	_	_
168	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	169	amod	_	_
169	age	age	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	164	nmod	_	_
170	Or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	174	cc	_	_
171	of	of	ADP	IN	_	174	case	_	_
172	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	173	det	_	_
173	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	174	nummod	_	_
174	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	169	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
175	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the thirsty witch |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **come** | past | the thirsty witch |  |  |  |  | witch *nsubj*; warm *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **hold out** | participle | the youth | the cup | witch |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cup=Theme |
| 4 | **seize** | past | youth |  |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **drink** | past | youth *not said here* | cup |  |  |  | All *obl* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
| 6 | **give** | gerund | youth *not said here* | heed |  |  |  | what *obl* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heed=Theme |
| 7 | **hold** | past · perfect · passive |  | hand |  |  |  | the cool *obl* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 8 | **refresh** | gerund | youth *not said here* | draught |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus draught=Experiencer |
| 9 | **turn** | gerund | the thirsty witch *not said here* |  | the one |  | then |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme to one=Trajectory |
| 10 | **is a** | past | the one | witch's partner |  |  |  | witch *nmod:poss* | tree rules |
| 11 | **go on** | past | youth |  |  | the dance |  |  | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 12 | **see** | past · passive |  | a wondrous thing |  |  | then | by all; therein *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus |
| 13 | **grow** | past | older | the maiden *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location maiden=Theme |
| 14 | **begin** | gerund | the thirsty witch *not said here* |  |  | witch's freshest youth at the lodge's end  youth |  | as a girl | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 15 | **seem** | participle |  | the lodge's end  youth *not said here* |  |  | still; year |  | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme |
| 16 | **dance** | past | youth |  |  |  |  |  | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 17 | **add** *speech: assert* | participle | youth *not said here* |  |  |  | unto witch's age |  | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 18 | **return** | past | youth |  |  |  |  | unto the place | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 19 | **come** | past · perfect | youth |  |  |  |  | whence *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 20 | **fall** | past | youth | all dead |  |  |  | upon the floor; a little dried thing *obl* | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient dead=Result |
| 21 | **dry up** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 22 | **wrinkle** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 23 | **wizen** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=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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