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title: Now, as of all the rogues, Rowdies and rascal roughs, The Wolves are… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics
description: Now, as of all the rogues, Rowdies and rascal roughs, The Wolves are just the worst, You may right well believe That ’twas with wondrous joy Lox heard, as night came on, Afar a long sad howl, Betokening the presence Of a pack of these pleasant folk; It was music to the ears Of the Indian Devil, Lox.
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# Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 19, sentence 3

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Now, as of all the rogues, Rowdies and rascal roughs, The Wolves are just the worst, You may right well believe That ’twas with wondrous joy Lox heard, as night came on, Afar a long sad howl, Betokening the presence Of a pack of these pleasant folk; It was music to the ears Of the Indian Devil, Lox.

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**Who acts:** Wolves, You, twas, night, presence · **What happens:** be, believe, hear, come on, betoken · **To what, where:** That, Afar, presence, music

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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 (Wolves, You, twas, night), 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:pg78673:19:3
# text = Now, as of all the rogues, Rowdies and rascal roughs, The Wolves are just the worst, You may right well believe That ’twas with wondrous joy Lox heard, as night came on, Afar a long sad howl, Betokening the presence Of a pack of these pleasant folk; It was music to the ears Of the Indian Devil, Lox.
1	Now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	19	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	as	as	ADP	IN	ExtPos=ADP	7	case	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	3	fixed	_	_
5	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	7	det:predet	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	rogues	rogue	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	Rowdies	rowdy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	rascal	rascal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	roughs	rough	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
14	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	Wolves	wolf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	nsubj	_	_
16	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	cop	_	_
17	just	just	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	worst	bad	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
21	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	25	nsubj	_	_
22	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	25	aux	_	_
23	right	right	ADV	RB	_	25	advmod	_	_
24	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	25	advmod	_	_
25	believe	believe	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	19	parataxis	_	_
26	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	25	obj	_	_
27	’	'	PUNCT	''	_	25	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	twas	twa	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	33	nsubj	_	_
29	with	with	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
30	wondrous	wondrous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	32	amod	_	_
31	joy	joy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	compound	_	_
32	Lox	lox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	nmod	_	_
33	heard	hear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	25	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	37	punct	_	_
35	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	37	mark	_	_
36	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	nsubj	_	_
37	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	33	conj	_	_
38	on	on	ADV	RB	_	37	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	40	punct	_	_
40	Afar	Afar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	33	obl	_	_
41	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	44	det	_	_
42	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	44	amod	_	_
43	sad	sad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	44	amod	_	_
44	howl	howl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	46	punct	_	_
46	Betokening	betoken	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	33	advcl	_	_
47	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	48	det	_	_
48	presence	presence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	46	obj	_	_
49	Of	of	ADP	IN	_	51	case	_	_
50	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	51	det	_	_
51	pack	pack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	48	nmod	_	_
52	of	of	ADP	IN	_	55	case	_	_
53	these	this	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	55	det	_	_
54	pleasant	pleasant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	55	amod	_	_
55	folk	folk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	51	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
56	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	59	punct	_	_
57	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	59	nsubj	_	_
58	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	59	cop	_	_
59	music	music	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	parataxis	_	_
60	to	to	ADP	IN	_	62	case	_	_
61	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	62	det	_	_
62	ears	ear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	59	nmod	_	_
63	Of	of	ADP	IN	_	66	case	_	_
64	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	66	det	_	_
65	Indian	Indian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	66	amod	_	_
66	Devil	Devil	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	62	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
67	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	68	punct	_	_
68	Lox	Lox	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	66	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
69	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	19	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the Wolves |  |  |  | now | bad *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **believe** | may | You | That |  |  |  | right, well *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer that=Stimulus |
| 3 | **hear** | past | twas with wondrous joy Lox | Afar |  |  |  | a long sad howl *obl:unmarked* | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer |
| 4 | **come on** | past | night |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 5 | **betoken** | gerund | twas with wondrous joy Lox *not said here* | the presence of a pack of this pleasant folk |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **is a** | past | presence | music |  |  |  | to the ears of the Indian Devil | tree rules |

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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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