--- title: “You must go!” said Sexkâtû, Then he gnawed at the branch; There was… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: “You must go!” said Sexkâtû, Then he gnawed at the branch; There was the nest Of the Hamw[´ĕ]sŭk, Of the stinging wasps, Who came swarming out From their little wigwam; More than a hundred, Flew at Sexkâtû Clung to his back Madly they stung him, Till stunned with their stinging Saucy Sexkâtû Fell to --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/16/75/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Kulóskap the master, and other Algonki…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/) / [Opening, part 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/16/) / 75 # Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 16, sentence 75 “You must go!” said Sexkâtû, Then he gnawed at the branch; There was the nest Of the Hamw\[´ĕ\]sŭk, Of the stinging wasps, Who came swarming out From their little wigwam; More than a hundred, Flew at Sexkâtû Clung to his back Madly they stung him, Till stunned with their stinging Saucy Sexkâtû Fell to the ground. **Who acts:** You, Sexkâtû, nest, stinging wasps, wasps, Till · **What happens:** go, say, gnaw, be, sting, come · **To what, where:** hundred, little wigwam, Sexkâtû, Saucy Fell · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (You, Sexkâtû, nest, stinging wasps), 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:pg78673:16:75 # text = “You must go!” said Sexkâtû, Then he gnawed at the branch; There was the nest Of the Hamw[´ĕ]sŭk, Of the stinging wasps, Who came swarming out From their little wigwam; More than a hundred, Flew at Sexkâtû Clung to his back Madly they stung him, Till stunned with their stinging Saucy Sexkâtû Fell to the ground. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ! ! PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 7 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 Sexkâtû Sexkâtû PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 12 advmod _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 gnawed gnaw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 13 at at ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 branch branch NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 17 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 18 expl _ _ 18 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 nest nest NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 21 Of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 23 Hamw Hamw PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 24 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ´ ´ ADP IN _ 26 case _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ĕ ĕ NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 sŭk sŭk NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 Of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 stinging sting VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 33 amod _ _ 33 wasps wasp NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 Who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 36 nsubj _ _ 36 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 parataxis _ _ 37 swarming swarm VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 36 xcomp _ _ 38 out out ADP RP _ 37 compound:prt _ _ 39 From from ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 40 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 41 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 wigwam wigwam NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ; ; PUNCT : _ 47 punct _ _ 44 More more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp|ExtPos=ADV 47 advmod _ _ 45 than than ADP IN _ 44 fixed _ _ 46 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 49 Flew Flew PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 conj _ _ 50 at at ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 Sexkâtû Sexkâtû PROPN NNP Number=Sing 49 nmod _ _ 52 Clung Clung PROPN NNP Number=Sing 51 flat _ _ 53 to to ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 55 nmod:poss _ _ 55 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nmod _ _ 56 Madly madly ADV RB _ 58 advmod _ _ 57 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 58 nsubj _ _ 58 stung sting VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 parataxis _ _ 59 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 58 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 60 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 61 Till Till PROPN NNP Number=Sing 62 nsubj _ _ 62 stunned stun VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 58 conj _ _ 63 with with SCONJ IN _ 65 mark _ _ 64 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 65 nsubj _ _ 65 stinging sting VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 62 advcl _ _ 66 Saucy Saucy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 68 compound _ _ 67 Sexkâtû Sexkâtû PROPN NNP Number=Sing 66 flat _ _ 68 Fell Fell PROPN NNP Number=Sing 65 obj _ _ 69 to to ADP IN _ 71 case _ _ 70 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 71 det _ _ 71 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 72 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** *in a quote* | must | You | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: express* | past | Sexkâtû | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **gnaw** | past | Sexkâtû | | | | then | at the branch | vn chew-39.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent at branch=Patient | | 4 | **be** | past | the nest of the Hamw sŭk | | | there | | the stinging wasps *nsubj* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **sting** | gerund | | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **come** | past | the stinging wasps | a hundred to Sexkâtû's back and Flew at Sexkâtû | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **swarm out** | gerund | the stinging wasps *not said here* | | | wasps's little wigwam | | | vn swarm-47.5.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **sting** | past | wasps *= wasp* | Sexkâtû | | | | madly *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer | | 9 | **stun** | past | Till | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 10 | **sting** | gerund | wasps *= wasp* | Saucy Fell | | | | to the ground | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus fell=Experiencer | 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 74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/16/74/) - next →: [sentence 76](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/16/76/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/16/)