--- title: Now it happened on a time, That Lox, or the Wolverine, Who had many… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: Now it happened on a time, That Lox, or the Wolverine, Who had many a time been killed, And as often rose from the dead By his sheer force of will-- The one great gift he had-- Found himself down in luck, Yea, very deeply down. Who acts: it, Wolverine, one great gift. 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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 (it, Wolverine, one great gift), 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:pg78673:18:167 # text = Now it happened on a time, That Lox, or the Wolverine, Who had many a time been killed, And as often rose from the dead By his sheer force of will-- The one great gift he had-- Found himself down in luck, Yea, very deeply down. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 That that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 9 det _ _ 9 Lox Lox PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 11 or or CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 Wolverine Wolverine PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 Who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 16 nsubj _ _ 16 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 17 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 obj _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj:pass _ _ 20 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 21 aux:pass _ _ 21 killed kill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 And and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 24 as as ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 25 often often ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 26 rose rose VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 27 from from ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 obl _ _ 30 By by ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 32 sheer sheer ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 force force NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 -- -- PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 37 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 38 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 40 nummod _ _ 39 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 gift gift NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 41 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 -- -- PUNCT : _ 44 punct _ _ 44 Found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 42 xcomp _ _ 45 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 44 obj _ _ 46 down down ADP RP _ 44 compound:prt _ _ 47 in in ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 luck luck NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 50 Yea yea INTJ UH _ 54 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 52 very very ADV RB _ 53 advmod _ _ 53 deeply deeply ADV RB _ 54 advmod _ _ 54 down down ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | past | it | that Lox | | | now; time | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **have** | past | the Wolverine | many | | | | Who *nsubj* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent many=Patient | | 3 | **kill** | participle · passive | | a time | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 4 | **rose** | present | the Wolverine *not said here* | | | the dead | | by Wolverine's sheer force; often *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **have** | past | the one great gift | | | | | Wolverine *nsubj* | tree rules | | 6 | **find down** | participle | the one great gift *not said here* | Wolverine | | luck | | down *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Topic | 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 166](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/18/166/) - next →: [sentence 168](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/18/168/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/18/)