--- title: In the very olden time Before Kulóskap the Master, The Lord of Beast… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: In the very olden time Before Kulóskap the Master, The Lord of Beasts and Men, Had come into the world, Or man was by him instructed, All lived in wonderful darkness; Men could not even see To slay their enemies; But the Lord brought light unto them, The daybreak and the dawn. 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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 (man, Men, Lord), 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:pg78673:4:134 # text = In the very olden time Before Kulóskap the Master, The Lord of Beasts and Men, Had come into the world, Or man was by him instructed, All lived in wonderful darkness; Men could not even see To slay their enemies; But the Lord brought light unto them, The daybreak and the dawn. 1 In in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 3 very very ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 olden olden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 6 Before before ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 Kulóskap Kulóskap PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 Master Master PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 Lord Lord PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 conj _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 Beasts Beast PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 12 nmod _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 Men Men PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 18 Had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 20 into into ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 24 Or or CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 26 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ _ 27 by by ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nmod _ _ 29 instructed instruct VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 All all DET DT PronType=Tot 32 advmod _ _ 32 lived live VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 conj _ _ 33 in in ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 wonderful wonderful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 darkness darkness NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ; ; PUNCT : _ 41 punct _ _ 37 Men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 nsubj _ _ 38 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 39 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 41 advmod _ _ 40 even even ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 41 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 conj _ _ 42 To to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 43 slay slay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 xcomp _ _ 44 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 enemies enemy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ; ; PUNCT : _ 50 punct _ _ 47 But but CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 Lord Lord PROPN NNP Number=Sing 50 nsubj _ _ 50 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 51 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obj _ _ 52 unto unto ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 53 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 55 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 daybreak daybreak NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 conj _ _ 57 and and CCONJ CC _ 59 cc _ _ 58 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 59 dawn dawn NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 60 . . PUNCT . _ 19 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past · perfect | | | | the world | time | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into world=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **is** | past | | | | | | by Men | tree rules | | 3 | **instruct** *speech: other* | past | man | | | | | | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **live** | past | man *not said here* | | | wonderful darkness | | | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in darkness=Location | | 5 | **not** **see** | could | Men | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 6 | **slay** | to-infinitive | Men *not said here* | Beasts's enemies | | | | | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent enemy=Patient | | 7 | **bring** | past | the Lord | light and the daybreak and the dawn | | | | unto enemies *= enemy* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent light=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 133](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/4/133/) - next →: [sentence 135](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/4/135/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/4/)