--- title: Then the other answering told How he met the man and his wife Who da… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: Then the other answering told How he met the man and his wife Who danced around the tree: Whereat the man of the house Offered to buy the skin At any price at all, And offered the house for it. Who acts: other, skin, wife. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (other, skin, wife), 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:pg78673:18:143 # text = Then the other answering told How he met the man and his wife Who danced around the tree: Whereat the man of the house Offered to buy the skin At any price at all, And offered the house for it. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 nsubj _ _ 4 answering answer VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 nsubj _ _ 5 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 met meet VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 ccomp _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ _ 14 Who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 15 nsubj _ _ 15 danced dance VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 acl:relcl _ _ 16 around around ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 : : PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 20 Whereat whereat ADV WRB PronType=Int 26 advmod _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj:pass _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ _ 26 Offered offer VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 buy buy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 xcomp _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 31 At at ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 33 det _ _ 33 price price NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 34 at at ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 33 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 And and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 offered offer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 41 for for ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **answer** *speech: assert* | gerund | | | | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the other | | | | then | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **meet** | past | skin | the man and skin's wife | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Co-Agent | | 4 | **dance** | past | skin's wife | | | the tree | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme around tree=Location | | 5 | **offer** | participle · passive | | the man of the house | | | | whereat *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **buy** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | the skin | | any price at all | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent skin=Theme at price=Asset | | 7 | **offer** | past | the other *not said here* | the house | | | | for house | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent house=Theme for it=Goal | 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 142](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/18/142/) - next →: [sentence 144](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/18/144/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/18/)