--- title: So Lox went trudging on, Away unto the West; And, as he went, he tho… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: So Lox went trudging on, Away unto the West; And, as he went, he thought Of the great gift of the Peculiar pious race, And, wondering to himself If ’twere not all a flam, Since ’twas his nature to Suspect all kinds of deeds, As he had ne’er done one Save to some evil end, And being curious And very --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/19/13/) [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/) / 13 # Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 19, sentence 13 So Lox went trudging on, Away unto the West; And, as he went, he thought Of the great gift of the Peculiar pious race, And, wondering to himself If ’twere not all a flam, Since ’twas his nature to Suspect all kinds of deeds, As he had ne’er done one Save to some evil end, And being curious And very anxious to Behold some strange new thing, He said unto himself: “Tush! **Who acts:** Lox · **What happens:** go, trudge on, think, wonder, suspect, do · **To what, where:** ’, Lox, kinds, one Save, strange new thing, Peculiar pious race · **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 (Lox), 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:pg78673:19:13 # text = So Lox went trudging on, Away unto the West; And, as he went, he thought Of the great gift of the Peculiar pious race, And, wondering to himself If ’twere not all a flam, Since ’twas his nature to Suspect all kinds of deeds, As he had ne’er done one Save to some evil end, And being curious And very anxious to Behold some strange new thing, He said unto himself: “Tush! 1 So so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 Lox Lox PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 trudging trudge VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 xcomp _ _ 5 on on ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 Away away ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 8 unto unto ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 West West PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ; ; PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 12 And and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 14 as as SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 20 Of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 gift gift NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 26 Peculiar Peculiar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 compound _ _ 27 pious pious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 race race NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 And and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 32 wondering wonder VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 19 conj _ _ 33 to to ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 32 obl _ _ 35 If if SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 36 ’ ' X GW _ 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 twere twere X RB _ 36 goeswith _ _ 38 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 39 advmod _ _ 39 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 41 det:predet _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 flam flam NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 43 Since since ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 ’ ' PUNCT HYPH _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 twas twa NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obl _ _ 46 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 nature nature NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nmod _ _ 48 to to PART TO _ 49 mark _ _ 49 Suspect suspect VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 advcl _ _ 50 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 51 det _ _ 51 kinds kind NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 obj _ _ 52 of of ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 53 deeds deed NOUN NNS Number=Plur 51 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 55 As as SCONJ IN _ 59 mark _ _ 56 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 59 nsubj _ _ 57 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 59 aux _ _ 58 ne’er ne'er ADV RB _ 59 advmod _ _ 59 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 49 advcl _ _ 60 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 61 nummod _ _ 61 Save save NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 obj _ _ 62 to to ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 63 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 65 det _ _ 64 evil evil ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 65 amod _ _ 65 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 66 , , PUNCT , _ 69 punct _ _ 67 And and CCONJ CC _ 69 cc _ _ 68 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 69 cop _ _ 69 curious curious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 parataxis _ _ 70 And and CCONJ CC _ 72 cc _ _ 71 very very ADV RB _ 72 advmod _ _ 72 anxious anxious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 69 conj _ _ 73 to to ADP IN _ 74 case _ _ 74 Behold behold VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 72 xcomp _ _ 75 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 78 det _ _ 76 strange strange ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 78 amod _ _ 77 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 78 amod _ _ 78 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 74 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 79 , , PUNCT , _ 81 punct _ _ 80 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 81 nsubj _ _ 81 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 82 unto unto ADP IN _ 83 case _ _ 83 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 81 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 84 : : PUNCT : _ 86 punct _ _ 85 “ " PUNCT `` _ 86 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 86 Tush tush NOUN NN Number=Sing 81 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 87 ! ! PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | Lox | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **trudge on** | gerund | Lox *not said here* | | | | | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **go** | past | Lox | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **think** *speech: other* | past | Lox | | | | | of the great gift of the Peculiar pious race | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **wonder** *speech: ask* | gerund | Lox *not said here* | ’ | Lox | | since twas Lox's nature | | tree rules | | 6 | **suspect** | to-infinitive | Lox *not said here* | all kinds of deeds | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent kind=Attribute | | 7 | **do** | past · perfect | Lox | one Save | | | to some evil end | ne'er *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent save=Eventuality | | 8 | **is** | gerund | | | | | | curious *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **be** | | | | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **behold** | infinitive | | some strange new thing | | | | | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer thing=Stimulus | | 11 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Lox | | | | | unto Lox; Tush *ccomp* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 12 | **gift** | | | the Peculiar pious race | | | | | nom gift «possession transitive»: of=patient | 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 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/19/12/) - next →: [sentence 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/19/14/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/19/)