--- title: And yet this evil soul Was reckless through it all And jolly, for he… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: And yet this evil soul Was reckless through it all And jolly, for he had With every devilish vice One virtue, as I said, One saving gift, and that Was, that of all the beasts Who in the forest dwelt, Or devils in Hʿlamkîk (That is the Indian hell), He had the hardest heart, Toughest, as all allowed, --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/19/1/) [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 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/19/) / 1 # Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 19, sentence 1 And yet this evil soul Was reckless through it all And jolly, for he had With every devilish vice One virtue, as I said, One saving gift, and that Was, that of all the beasts Who in the forest dwelt, Or devils in Hʿlamkîk (That is the Indian hell), He had the hardest heart, Toughest, as all allowed, And most unconquerable. **Who acts:** evil soul, soul, I, One, beasts, That · **What happens:** be, have, say, save, dwell, allow · **To what, where:** soul, gift, devils, forest, Indian hell, that · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems», Opening, part 19. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (evil soul, soul, I, One), 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:pg78673:19:1 # text = And yet this evil soul Was reckless through it all And jolly, for he had With every devilish vice One virtue, as I said, One saving gift, and that Was, that of all the beasts Who in the forest dwelt, Or devils in Hʿlamkîk (That is the Indian hell), He had the hardest heart, Toughest, as all allowed, And most unconquerable. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 2 yet yet ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 3 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 det _ _ 4 evil evil ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 soul soul NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 6 Was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 7 reckless reckless ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 8 through through ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 10 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 9 det _ _ 11 And and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 jolly jolly ADV RB _ 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 for for ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 17 With with ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 19 det _ _ 19 devilish devilish NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 20 vice vice ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 22 nummod _ _ 22 virtue virtue NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 as as SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 25 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 29 nsubj _ _ 29 saving save VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 26 advcl _ _ 30 gift gift NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 60 cc _ _ 33 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 36 nsubj _ _ 34 Was Be PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 36 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 36 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 60 obl _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 38 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 40 det:predet _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 beasts beast NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 nmod _ _ 41 Who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 45 nsubj _ _ 42 in in ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ _ 45 dwelt dwell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 47 Or or CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 48 devils devil NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 obj _ _ 49 in in ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 Hʿlamkîk Hʿlamkîk PROPN NNP Number=Sing 48 nmod _ _ 51 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 56 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 56 nsubj _ _ 53 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 56 cop _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 55 Indian Indian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 56 amod _ _ 56 hell hell NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 57 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 56 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 58 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 59 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 60 nsubj _ _ 60 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 61 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 63 det _ _ 62 hardest hard ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 63 amod _ _ 63 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 64 , , PUNCT , _ 65 punct _ _ 65 Toughest Toughest PROPN NNP Number=Sing 63 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 66 , , PUNCT , _ 69 punct _ _ 67 as as SCONJ IN _ 69 mark _ _ 68 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 69 nsubj:pass _ _ 69 allowed allow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 60 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 70 , , PUNCT , _ 73 punct _ _ 71 And and CCONJ CC _ 73 cc _ _ 72 most most ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 73 amod _ _ 73 unconquerable unconquerable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 69 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 74 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | this evil soul | | | soul | | reckless *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **have** | past | soul | | | | | with every devilish; vice One virtue; he *nsubj* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | I | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **save** | gerund | One | gift | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gift=Theme | | 5 | **dwell** | past | all beasts | devils | | the forest | | in Hʿlamkîk | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme devil=Location | | 6 | **is a** | present | That | the Indian hell | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **have** | past | Hʿlamkîk | that that Was of all beasts | | | | the hardest heart *obj* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heart=Patient | | 8 | **allow** | participle · passive | | all | | | | | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary | 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: [Opening, part 18, 168](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/18/168/) - next →: [sentence 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/19/2/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/19/)