--- title: Then Kulóskap sang a song, Lamenting for the dead; Though ever unto… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: Then Kulóskap sang a song, Lamenting for the dead; Though ever unto him He had so evil been, And as a bitter foe Had sought to end his life; Sung over him a song, Then homewards went his way. Who acts: Kulóskap, homewards. 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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 (Kulóskap, homewards), 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:pg78673:4:27 # text = Then Kulóskap sang a song, Lamenting for the dead; Though ever unto him He had so evil been, And as a bitter foe Had sought to end his life; Sung over him a song, Then homewards went his way. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 Kulóskap Kulóskap PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 sang sing VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 song song NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 Lamenting lament VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ; ; PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 12 Though though ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 13 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 12 advmod _ _ 14 unto unto ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obl _ _ 16 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 18 so so ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 evil evil ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 ccomp _ _ 20 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 19 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 22 And and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 23 as as SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 bitter bitter ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 foe foe NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj:pass _ _ 27 Had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 sought seek VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 conj _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 end end VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 advcl _ _ 31 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ; ; PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 34 Sung sing VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 35 over over ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obl _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 song song NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 40 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 42 advmod _ _ 41 homewards homeward NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 nsubj _ _ 42 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 43 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | past | Kulóskap | a song | | | then | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location song=Theme | | 2 | **lament** | gerund | Kulóskap *not said here* | | | | | for the dead | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer for dead=Attribute | | 3 | **have** | past | Kulóskap | | | | ever | though *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is** | participle | Kulóskap *not said here* | | | | | evil *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **seek** | past · perfect · passive | | a bitter foe | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 6 | **end** | to-infinitive | | Kulóskap's life | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality life=Eventuality | | 7 | **sing** *speech: express* | participle | Kulóskap *not said here* | a song | | | | over Kulóskap | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location song=Theme | | 8 | **go** | past | homewards | Kulóskap's way | | | then | | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location way=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 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/4/26/) - next →: [sentence 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/4/28/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/4/)