--- title: But when the Beaver asked For wings, that he might fly Even as pigeo… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: But when the Beaver asked For wings, that he might fly Even as pigeons do, Malsum replied in scorn, And laughing from his heart: “Thou with a sorry tail Like any rugged rasp, What need hast _thou_ of wings! Who acts: Beaver, pigeons, Malsum. 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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 (Beaver, pigeons, Malsum), 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:pg78673:4:22 # text = But when the Beaver asked For wings, that he might fly Even as pigeons do, Malsum replied in scorn, And laughing from his heart: “Thou with a sorry tail Like any rugged rasp, What need hast _thou_ of wings! 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 2 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 Beaver Beaver PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 advcl _ _ 6 For for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 wings wing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 that that SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 fly fly VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 ccomp _ _ 13 Even even ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 14 as as SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 15 pigeons pigeon NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nsubj _ _ 16 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 Malsum Malsum PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 19 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 acl:relcl _ _ 20 in in ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 scorn scorn NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 And and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 laughing laugh VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 advcl _ _ 25 from from ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 : : PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 29 “ " PUNCT `` _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 Thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 34 nsubj _ _ 31 with with ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 sorry sorry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 35 Like like ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 38 det _ _ 37 rugged rugged ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 rasp rasp NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 What what DET WDT PronType=Int 41 nsubj _ _ 41 need need VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 ccomp _ _ 42 hast have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 43 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 47 punct _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 wings wing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ! ! PUNCT . _ 42 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | the Beaver | | | | | for wings | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **fly** | might | Beaver | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **do** | present | pigeons | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | Malsum | | | scorn | | | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **laugh** | gerund | the Beaver *not said here* | | | Malsum's heart | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **need** *in a quote* | present | | | | | | with a sorry tail Thou like any rugged rasp | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 7 | **have** *in a quote* | present | | thou | | | | of wings | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=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 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/4/21/) - next →: [sentence 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/4/23/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/4/)