--- title: Then in the early morn When he would wend his way, The Sagem of the… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: Then in the early morn When he would wend his way, The Sagem of the Wolves Said to the Wolverine: “Oh Uncle--thou hast yet Before thee three long days All in a land where there Is neither house nor hearth, And thou wilt find it hard To camp without a fire; Now by good luck I have An admirable spell --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/19/9/) [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/) / 9 # Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 19, sentence 9 Then in the early morn When he would wend his way, The Sagem of the Wolves Said to the Wolverine: “Oh Uncle--thou hast yet Before thee three long days All in a land where there Is neither house nor hearth, And thou wilt find it hard To camp without a fire; Now by good luck I have An admirable spell By which thou canst have fires, And only three--yet they Will serve thee to the end-- This is the way ’tis done: Build up a pile of sticks, And then jump over it, Even as children do, And thou wilt see it blaze. **Who acts:** morn, early morn, thou, house, way, three · **What happens:** wend, say, have, be, find, camp · **To what, where:** way, Sagem, Wolverine, admirable spell, fires, thee · **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 (morn, early morn, thou, house), 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:pg78673:19:9 # text = Then in the early morn When he would wend his way, The Sagem of the Wolves Said to the Wolverine: “Oh Uncle--thou hast yet Before thee three long days All in a land where there Is neither house nor hearth, And thou wilt find it hard To camp without a fire; Now by good luck I have An admirable spell By which thou canst have fires, And only three--yet they Will serve thee to the end-- This is the way ’tis done: Build up a pile of sticks, And then jump over it, Even as children do, And thou wilt see it blaze. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 2 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 early early ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 morn morn NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 6 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 9 advmod _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 wend wend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 acl:relcl _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 Sagem Sagem PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 Wolves wolf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obl _ _ 18 Said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 19 to to ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 Wolverine Wolverine PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 : : PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 23 “ " PUNCT `` _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 Oh oh INTJ UH _ 25 discourse _ _ 25 Uncle Uncle PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 -- -- PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 28 nsubj _ _ 28 hast have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 parataxis _ _ 29 yet yet ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 30 Before before ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 28 obl _ _ 32 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 34 nummod _ _ 33 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obl _ _ 35 All all ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 36 in in ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ _ 39 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 41 advmod _ _ 40 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 41 expl _ _ 41 Is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 acl:relcl _ _ 42 neither neither DET DT PronType=Neg 43 det _ _ 43 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 44 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 45 cc _ _ 45 hearth hearth NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 47 And and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 48 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 50 nsubj _ _ 49 wilt will AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 50 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 conj _ _ 51 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 obj _ _ 52 hard hard ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 xcomp _ _ 53 To to PART TO _ 54 mark _ _ 54 camp camp VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 52 xcomp _ _ 55 without without ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 56 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 58 ; ; PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 59 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 64 advmod _ _ 60 by by ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 61 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 62 amod _ _ 62 luck luck NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 obl _ _ 63 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 64 nsubj _ _ 64 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 ccomp _ _ 65 An a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 67 det _ _ 66 admirable admirable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 67 amod _ _ 67 spell spell NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 obj _ _ 68 By by ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 69 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 72 obl _ _ 70 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 72 nsubj _ _ 71 canst can AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 72 aux _ _ 72 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 67 acl:relcl _ _ 73 fires fire NOUN NNS Number=Plur 72 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 74 , , PUNCT , _ 82 punct _ _ 75 And and CCONJ CC _ 82 cc _ _ 76 only only ADV RB _ 77 advmod _ _ 77 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 82 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 78 -- -- PUNCT , _ 82 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 79 yet yet CCONJ CC _ 82 cc _ _ 80 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 82 nsubj _ _ 81 Will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 82 aux _ _ 82 serve serve VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 64 parataxis _ _ 83 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 82 obj _ _ 84 to to ADP IN _ 86 case _ _ 85 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 86 det _ _ 86 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 82 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 87 -- -- PUNCT , _ 93 punct _ _ 88 This this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 93 nsubj _ _ 89 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 93 cop _ _ 90 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 91 det _ _ 91 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 93 nmod:poss _ _ 92 ’ 's PART POS _ 91 case _ SpaceAfter=No 93 tis tis NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 ccomp _ _ 94 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 93 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 95 : : PUNCT : _ 96 punct _ _ 96 Build build VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 ccomp _ _ 97 up up ADP RP _ 96 compound:prt _ _ 98 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 99 det _ _ 99 pile pile NOUN NN Number=Sing 96 obj _ _ 100 of of ADP IN _ 101 case _ _ 101 sticks stick NOUN NNS Number=Plur 99 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 102 , , PUNCT , _ 105 punct _ _ 103 And and CCONJ CC _ 105 cc _ _ 104 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 105 advmod _ _ 105 jump jump VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 96 conj _ _ 106 over over ADP IN _ 107 case _ _ 107 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 105 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 108 , , PUNCT , _ 112 punct _ _ 109 Even even ADV RB _ 112 advmod _ _ 110 as as SCONJ IN _ 112 mark _ _ 111 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 112 nsubj _ _ 112 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 105 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 113 , , PUNCT , _ 117 punct _ _ 114 And and CCONJ CC _ 117 cc _ _ 115 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 117 nsubj _ _ 116 wilt will AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 117 aux _ _ 117 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 96 conj _ _ 118 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 117 obj _ _ 119 blaze blaze VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 117 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 120 . . PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wend** | would | morn | morn's way | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location way=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the early morn | the Sagem | the Wolverine | | | of the Wolves; Uncle *obl* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to wolverine=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **have** *in a quote* | present | thou | | | | before thee; yet; day | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **does** *in a quote* | present | neither house nor hearth | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **find** *in a quote* | future | thou | way | | | | hard *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic | | 6 | **camp** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | way *not said here* | | | | | without a fire | vn odge-46-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **have** *in a quote* | present | the early morn *= morn* | a admirable spell | | | now | by good luck | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spell=Patient | | 8 | **have** *in a quote* | can | thou | fires | | | | by a admirable spell | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fire=Patient | | 9 | **serve** *in a quote* | future | three | thee | the end | | | house *nsubj* | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent thou=Theme to end=Recipient | | 10 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | This | the way's tis | | | | the way *nmod:poss* | tree rules | | 11 | **do** *in a quote* | participle | | the way's tis *not said here* | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 12 | **build up** *in a quote* | infinitive | | a pile of sticks | | | | | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Causer pile=Patient | | 13 | **jump** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | way | then | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over it=Trajectory | | 14 | **do** *in a quote* | present | children | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 15 | **see** *in a quote* | future | thou | pile | | | | | tree rules | | 16 | **blaze** *in a quote* | infinitive | pile *not said here* | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/19/8/) - next →: [sentence 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/19/10/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/19/)