--- title: While you are here you are always in safety: But when away from it,… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: While you are here you are always in safety: But when away from it, ever in danger From one who is ever seeking to kill you: The little Indian boy Monimques, Who, armed with a terrible bow and arrows, Shoots all the little birds of the forest, And carries them home to old Monimques, Who roasts them --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/17/57/) [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 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/17/) / 57 # Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 17, sentence 57 While you are here you are always in safety: But when away from it, ever in danger From one who is ever seeking to kill you: The little Indian boy Monimques, Who, armed with a terrible bow and arrows, Shoots all the little birds of the forest, And carries them home to old Monimques, Who roasts them all in the fire and eats them. **Who acts:** you, one, old Monimques · **What happens:** be, seek, kill, carry, roast, eat · **To what, where:** safety, you, birds, old Monimques This is a sentence of «Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems», Opening, part 17. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (you, one, old Monimques), 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:pg78673:17:57 # text = While you are here you are always in safety: But when away from it, ever in danger From one who is ever seeking to kill you: The little Indian boy Monimques, Who, armed with a terrible bow and arrows, Shoots all the little birds of the forest, And carries them home to old Monimques, Who roasts them all in the fire and eats them. 1 While while SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 0 root _ _ 5 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 6 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 7 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 9 advmod _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 safety safety NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 10 : : PUNCT : _ 4 punct _ _ 11 But but CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 12 when when SCONJ WRB _ 13 mark _ _ 13 away away ADV RB _ 4 conj _ _ 14 from from ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 19 advmod _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 danger danger NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 appos _ _ 20 From from SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 21 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 25 nsubj _ _ 22 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 25 nsubj _ _ 23 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 24 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 25 advmod _ _ 25 seeking seek VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 19 acl _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 kill kill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 xcomp _ _ 28 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 : : PUNCT : _ 4 punct _ _ 30 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 31 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 32 Indian Indian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 34 Monimques Monimques PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 Who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 38 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 38 armed armed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 39 with with ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 terrible terrible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 bow bow NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 arrows arrow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 46 Shoots shoot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 conj _ _ 47 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 50 det:predet _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 49 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 50 birds bird NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 51 of of ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 55 And and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 56 carries carry VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 57 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 56 obj _ _ 58 home home ADV RB _ 56 advmod _ _ 59 to to ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 60 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 61 amod _ _ 61 Monimques Monimques PROPN NNP Number=Sing 56 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 62 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 63 Who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 64 nsubj _ _ 64 roasts roast VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 61 acl:relcl _ _ 65 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 64 obj _ _ 66 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 65 nmod:unmarked _ _ 67 in in ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 68 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 69 det _ _ 69 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 obl _ _ 70 and and CCONJ CC _ 71 cc _ _ 71 eats eat VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 64 conj _ _ 72 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 71 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 73 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | you | | | | | danger *appos*; the little Indian boy *nsubj*; all little birds of the forest *nsubj*; here *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | present | you | | | safety | | always *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **seek** | present · progressive | one | | | | ever | danger *nsubj* | tree rules | | 4 | **kill** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | one *not said here* | you | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme | | 5 | **carry** | present | you *not said here* | birds *= bird* | old Monimques | | | home *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme to monimques=Destination | | 6 | **roast** | present | old Monimques | birds *= bird* | | | | in the fire | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent they=Patient in fire=Instrument | | 7 | **eat** | present | old Monimques *not said here* | birds *= bird* | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=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 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/17/56/) - next →: [sentence 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/17/58/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/17/)