--- title: Then he said to Teâm, the Moose, Who was tall as the Kiwaʿkw, The co… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: Then he said to Teâm, the Moose, Who was tall as the Kiwaʿkw, The colossal giant of the mountain, The awful king of the forest, The lord of the roaring river: “What wouldst thou do, Teâm, Shouldst thou see man a-coming?” Who acts: Such, Moose, thou. 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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 (Such, Moose, thou), 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:pg78673:4:44 # text = Then he said to Teâm, the Moose, Who was tall as the Kiwaʿkw, The colossal giant of the mountain, The awful king of the forest, The lord of the roaring river: “What wouldst thou do, Teâm, Shouldst thou see man a-coming?” 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Teâm Teâm PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 Moose Moose PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 Who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 12 nsubj _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 12 tall tall ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 13 as as ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 Kiwaʿkw Kiwaʿkw PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 colossal colossal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 giant giant NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 appos _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 awful awful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 appos _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 lord lord NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 appos _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 roaring roaring NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 compound _ _ 36 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 : : PUNCT : _ 42 punct _ _ 38 “ " PUNCT `` _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 42 obj _ _ 40 wouldst would AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 41 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 42 nsubj _ _ 42 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 44 Teâm Teâm PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 46 Shouldst should AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 47 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 48 nsubj _ _ 48 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 parataxis _ _ 49 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obj _ _ 50 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 52 det _ SpaceAfter=No 51 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 50 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 coming come VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 48 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 ? ? PUNCT . _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 ” " PUNCT '' _ 42 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: ask* | past | Such | | Teâm | | then | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to teâm=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **is** | past | the Moose | | | | | as the Kiwaʿkw; tall *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **do** *in a quote* | would | thou | Teâm | | | | What *obj* | tree rules | | 4 | **see** *in a quote* | should | thou | man | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer man=Stimulus | | 5 | **come** *in a quote* | gerund | thou *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/4/43/) - next →: [sentence 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/4/45/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/4/)