--- title: As they went to battle, Terrible slaughter Followed their onrush; De… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: As they went to battle, Terrible slaughter Followed their onrush; Desperate squirrels Heedless of death Clung to the birch-tree Wingèd warriors By many thousands Swarmed on the foe; Many a horse-fly Beheld no more His wife and children; Many a hornet Sat no more By the fire of his wigwam; The dying --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/16/95/) [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/) / 95 # Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 16, sentence 95 As they went to battle, Terrible slaughter Followed their onrush; Desperate squirrels Heedless of death Clung to the birch-tree Wingèd warriors By many thousands Swarmed on the foe; Many a horse-fly Beheld no more His wife and children; Many a hornet Sat no more By the fire of his wigwam; The dying bumble-bee Chanted his death song. **Who acts:** flies, Terrible slaughter, Many, dying bumble bee, squirrel · **What happens:** go, battle, follow, swarm, behold, sit · **To what, where:** Heedless, onrush, many thousands, foe, horse fly, more 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 (flies, Terrible slaughter, Many, dying bumble bee), 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:pg78673:16:95 # text = As they went to battle, Terrible slaughter Followed their onrush; Desperate squirrels Heedless of death Clung to the birch-tree Wingèd warriors By many thousands Swarmed on the foe; Many a horse-fly Beheld no more His wife and children; Many a hornet Sat no more By the fire of his wigwam; The dying bumble-bee Chanted his death song. 1 As as SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 65 advcl _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 battle battle VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 Terrible terrible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 slaughter slaughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 Followed follow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 10 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 onrush onrush NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ; ; PUNCT : _ 3 punct _ _ 13 Desperate desperate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 squirrels squirrel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nsubj _ _ 15 Heedless Heedless PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 18 Clung Clung PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 flat _ _ 19 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 21 birch birch NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 22 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 compound _ _ 24 Wingèd Wingèd PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 compound _ _ 25 warriors warrior NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 26 By by ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 thousands thousand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 29 Swarmed swarm VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 acl _ _ 30 on on ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 foe foe NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ; ; PUNCT : _ 50 punct _ _ 34 Many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 nsubj _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 36 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 37 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 fly fly NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 appos _ _ 39 Beheld behold VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 38 acl _ _ 40 no no ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 41 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 39 advmod _ _ 42 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl:agent _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ; ; PUNCT : _ 50 punct _ _ 47 Many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 48 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 hornet hornet NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nsubj _ _ 50 Sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 51 no no ADV RB _ 52 advmod _ _ 52 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 50 obj _ _ 53 By by ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obl _ _ 56 of of ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 57 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 58 nmod:poss _ _ 58 wigwam wigwam NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 59 ; ; PUNCT : _ 3 punct _ _ 60 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 64 det _ _ 61 dying die VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 64 amod _ _ 62 bumble bumble NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 63 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 62 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 64 bee bee NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 nsubj _ _ 65 Chanted chant VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 66 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 68 nmod:poss _ _ 67 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 compound _ _ 68 song song NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 69 . . PUNCT . _ 65 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | flies *= fly* | Heedless Desperate squirrels of death | | | | by many thousands; tree Wingèd warriors *obj* | tree rules | | 2 | **battle** | to-infinitive | flies *= fly* *not said here* | | | | | | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **follow** | past | Terrible slaughter | flies's onrush | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent onrush=Theme | | 4 | **swarm** | participle | | many thousands *not said here* | | the foe | | | vn swarm-47.5.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on foe=Location | | 5 | **behold** | participle | | a horse fly *not said here* | | | | squirrel's wife and children *obl:agent* | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **sit** | past | Many | more | | | | by the fire of squirrel's wigwam; a Many hornet *nsubj* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent more=Theme by fire=Location | | 7 | **die** | gerund | | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 8 | **chant** | past | the dying bumble bee | squirrel's death song | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent song=Topic | | 9 | **fire** | | | squirrel's wigwam | | | | | nom fire «event transitive»: of=patient | | 10 | **sing** | | squirrel | | | | | | nom song «communication intransitive»: poss=agent | 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 94](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/16/94/) - next →: [sentence 96](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/16/96/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/16/)