--- title: But Malsum, the Wolf, Said: “Just as you will; But I am too great E’… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: But Malsum, the Wolf, Said: “Just as you will; But I am too great E’er to see the light As common creatures do; I will burst to light Rending everything E’en through death to life.” Who acts: Malsum, common creatures. 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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 (Malsum, common creatures), 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:pg78673:4:3 # text = But Malsum, the Wolf, Said: “Just as you will; But I am too great E’er to see the light As common creatures do; I will burst to light Rending everything E’en through death to life.” 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 2 Malsum Malsum PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Wolf Wolf PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 7 Said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 : : PUNCT : _ 13 punct _ _ 9 “ " PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 Just just ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 11 as as SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 12 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 15 But but CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 16 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 17 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 18 too too ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 conj _ _ 20 E’er E'er PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 flat _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 advcl _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 25 As as SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 26 common common ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 creatures creature NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 nsubj _ _ 28 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 burst burst VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 ccomp _ _ 33 to to ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 35 Rending rend VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 32 advcl _ _ 36 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 35 obj _ _ 37 E’en E'en PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 appos _ _ 38 through through ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 40 to to ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ” " PUNCT '' _ 32 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Malsum | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Malsum | | | | | great *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **see** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Malsum *not said here* | the light | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer light=Stimulus | | 4 | **do** *in a quote* | present | common creatures | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **burst** *in a quote* | future | Malsum | | | | | to light | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **rend** *in a quote* | gerund | Malsum *not said here* | everything | | death | | to life *result* | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent everything=Patient to life=Result | 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 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/4/2/) - next →: [sentence 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/4/4/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/4/)