--- title: And so to her he said: “Declare unto thy folk That they shall never… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: And so to her he said: “Declare unto thy folk That they shall never ask Of thee, who was the sire Of this brave lad, our son; They’ll know it all right well If they but see his face, And thou shalt not be teased By questions and by talk From fools who fain would know The by-ways of a god.” Who acts: --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/18/100/) [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 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/18/) / 100 # Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 18, sentence 100 And so to her he said: “Declare unto thy folk That they shall never ask Of thee, who was the sire Of this brave lad, our son; They’ll know it all right well If they but see his face, And thou shalt not be teased By questions and by talk From fools who fain would know The by-ways of a god.” **Who acts:** Katahdin, That, tribes, questions, fools · **What happens:** say, declare, not ask, be, know, see · **To what, where:** girl, sire, lad, face, thou, The · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems», Opening, part 18. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Katahdin, That, tribes, questions), 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:pg78673:18:100 # text = And so to her he said: “Declare unto thy folk That they shall never ask Of thee, who was the sire Of this brave lad, our son; They’ll know it all right well If they but see his face, And thou shalt not be teased By questions and by talk From fools who fain would know The by-ways of a god.” 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 2 so so ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obl _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 : : PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 8 “ " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 Declare declare VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 ccomp _ _ 10 unto unto ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 folk folk NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 13 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 17 nsubj _ _ 14 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 15 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 16 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 17 advmod _ _ 17 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ _ 18 Of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 21 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 24 nsubj _ _ 22 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 cop _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 sire sire NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 25 Of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 26 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 28 det _ _ 27 brave brave ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 lad lad NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT : _ 35 punct _ _ 33 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ’ll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 ccomp _ _ 36 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obj _ _ 37 all all ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 38 right right ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 39 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 35 advmod _ _ 40 If if SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 41 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 42 but but CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 advcl _ _ 44 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 47 And and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 48 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 52 nsubj:pass _ _ 49 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 52 aux _ _ 50 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 52 advmod _ _ 51 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 52 aux:pass _ _ 52 teased tease VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 parataxis _ _ 53 By by ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 54 questions question NOUN NNS Number=Plur 52 obl _ _ 55 and and CCONJ CC _ 63 cc _ _ 56 by by ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 57 talk talk NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 obl _ _ 58 From from ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 59 fools fool NOUN NNS Number=Plur 57 nmod _ _ 60 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 61 nsubj _ _ 61 fain fain VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 59 acl:relcl _ _ 62 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 63 aux _ _ 63 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 52 conj _ _ 64 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 63 obj _ _ 65 by by ADP IN _ 67 case _ SpaceAfter=No 66 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 65 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 67 ways way NOUN NNS Number=Plur 63 obl _ _ 68 of of ADP IN _ 70 case _ _ 69 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 70 det _ _ 70 god god NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 71 . . PUNCT . _ 52 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 72 ” " PUNCT '' _ 35 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Katahdin | | girl | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to she=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **declare** *speech: other* *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | unto thy folk; our son *vocative* | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **not** **ask** *speech: ask* *in a quote* | shall | That | | | | | of thee; tribes *= tribe* *nsubj* | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V PP.recipient how S»: agent=Agent of thou=Recipient | | 4 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | | the sire | | | | of this brave lad; who *nsubj* | tree rules | | 5 | **know** *in a quote* | future | tribes *= tribe* | lad | | | | well *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | | 6 | **see** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | infinitive | tribes *= tribe* | Katahdin's face | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer face=Stimulus | | 7 | **not** **tease** *in a quote* | shall · passive | questions | thou | | | | | vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient | | 8 | **fain** *in a quote* | present | fools | | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **know** *in a quote* | would | questions *not said here* | The | | | | by talk from fools; by ways of a god | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer the=Stimulus | 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 99](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/18/99/) - next →: [sentence 101](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/18/101/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/18/)