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# Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 19, sentence 108

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Each representative recited the history of his nation, telling all the cruelties, tortures and hardships they had suffered during their wars and stating that the time had now come to think of and take pity on their women and children, their lame and old, all of whom had suffered equally with the strongest and bravest warriors.

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**Who acts:** representative, representatives · **What happens:** recite, tell, suffer, state, come, think · **To what, where:** history, cruelties, pity · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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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 (representative, representatives), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg78673:19:111
# text = Each representative recited the history of his nation, telling all the cruelties, tortures and hardships they had suffered during their wars and stating that the time had now come to think of and take pity on their women and children, their lame and old, all of whom had suffered equally with the strongest and bravest warriors.
1	Each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	representative	representative	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	recited	recite	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	history	history	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	nation	nation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	telling	tell	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
11	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	13	det:predet	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	cruelties	cruelty	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
15	tortures	torture	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	conj	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	hardships	hardship	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	conj	_	_
18	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	nsubj	_	_
19	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	20	aux	_	_
20	suffered	suffer	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	13	acl:relcl	_	_
21	during	during	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	23	nmod:poss	_	_
23	wars	war	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	obl	_	_
24	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	25	cc	_	_
25	stating	state	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	conj	_	_
26	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	31	mark	_	_
27	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
28	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	obl:unmarked	_	_
29	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	31	aux	_	_
30	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	31	advmod	_	_
31	come	come	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	25	ccomp	_	_
32	to	to	PART	TO	_	33	mark	_	_
33	think	think	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	31	xcomp	_	_
34	of	of	ADP	IN	_	33	obl	_	_
35	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	36	cc	_	_
36	take	take	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
37	pity	pity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	obj	_	_
38	on	on	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
39	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	40	nmod:poss	_	_
40	women	woman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	36	obl	_	_
41	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	42	cc	_	_
42	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	40	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	45	punct	_	_
44	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	45	nmod:poss	_	_
45	lame	lame	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	40	conj	_	_
46	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	47	cc	_	_
47	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	45	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	53	punct	_	_
49	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	53	advmod	_	_
50	of	of	ADP	IN	_	51	case	_	_
51	whom	whom	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	53	obl	_	_
52	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	53	aux	_	_
53	suffered	suffer	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	3	conj	_	_
54	equally	equally	ADV	RB	_	53	advmod	_	_
55	with	with	ADP	IN	_	60	case	_	_
56	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	60	det	_	_
57	strongest	strong	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	60	amod	_	_
58	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	59	cc	_	_
59	bravest	brave	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	57	conj	_	_
60	warriors	warrior	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	53	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
61	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **recite** | past | each representative | the history of Oratory's nation |  |  |  |  | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent history=Theme |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | gerund | each representative *not said here* | all cruelties and tortures and hardships |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent cruelty=Recipient |
| 3 | **suffer** | past · perfect | representatives *= representative* | all cruelties and tortures and hardships *not said here* |  |  | during representatives's wars |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cruelty=Stimulus |
| 4 | **state** *speech: other* | gerund | each representative *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 5 | **come** | past · perfect |  |  |  |  | now; time |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **think** *speech: other* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 7 | **take** | present | each representative *not said here* | pity |  |  |  | on representatives's women and children and representatives's lame | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent pity=Theme on woman=Destination |
| 8 | **suffer** | past · perfect | each representative *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with the strongest warriors; whom *obl*; equally *property* | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 9 | **war** |  | representatives *= representative* |  |  |  |  |  | nom war «act intransitive»: poss=agent |

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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.

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**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.

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