--- title: I need hardly comment on the first two and the fourth of these wonde… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: I need hardly comment on the first two and the fourth of these wonders, as they are common among all Shamanistic conjurers, but the third phenomenon, the power to sink into hard ground while walking, is, I believe, characteristically American. Who acts: I, comment. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, comment), 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:pg78673:3:47 # text = I need hardly comment on the first two and the fourth of these wonders, as they are common among all Shamanistic conjurers, but the third phenomenon, the power to sink into hard ground while walking, is, I believe, characteristically American. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 need need VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 hardly hardly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 comment comment NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 8 amod _ _ 8 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nmod _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 fourth fourth NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 14 det _ _ 14 wonders wonder NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 as as ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 19 common common ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 conj _ _ 20 among among ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 23 det _ _ 22 Shamanistic shamanistic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 conjurers conjurer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 25 but but CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 third third ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 28 amod _ _ 28 phenomenon phenomenon NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 conj _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 sink sink VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 acl _ _ 34 into into ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 hard hard ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 37 while while SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 38 walking walk VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 33 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 40 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 42 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 believe believe VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 45 characteristically characteristically ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 46 American American ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **need** | present | I | comment and the fourth of this wonders | | the first two | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot comment=Theme | | 2 | **is** | present | comment | | | | | among all Shamanistic conjurers; common *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **sink** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | hard ground | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **walk** | gerund | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **is** | present | I | | | | | the third phenomenon and the power *parataxis*; believe *property* | tree rules | 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 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/3/46/) - next →: [sentence 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/3/48/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/3/)