--- title: “Thou also art far too strong,” Replied the mighty Master; So he smo… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: “Thou also art far too strong,” Replied the mighty Master; So he smoothed him down in his hands, And, as he was smoothed, the Squirrel Grew ever smaller and smaller, Till he was as we see him now. Who acts: mighty Master, squirrel. 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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 (mighty Master, squirrel), 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:pg78673:4:51 # text = “Thou also art far too strong,” Replied the mighty Master; So he smoothed him down in his hands, And, as he was smoothed, the Squirrel Grew ever smaller and smaller, Till he was as we see him now. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 4 nsubj _ _ 3 also also ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 art be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 5 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 7 advmod _ _ 6 too too ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 10 Replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 mighty mighty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 Master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 15 So so ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 smoothed smooth VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 18 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ _ 19 down down ADP RP _ 17 compound:prt _ _ 20 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 24 And and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 26 as as SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux:pass _ _ 29 smoothed smooth VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 Squirrel Squirrel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 compound _ _ 33 Grew Grew PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 34 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 35 advmod _ _ 35 smaller small ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 33 amod _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 smaller small ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 35 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 39 Till till SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 40 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 41 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 cop _ _ 42 as as SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 43 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 conj _ _ 45 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obj _ _ 46 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 44 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | the mighty Master | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **smooth down** | past | squirrel | Men | | squirrel's hands | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 3 | **smooth** | past · passive | | squirrel | | | | the Squirrel Grew *obl* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient | | 4 | **is** | past | squirrel | | | | now | we *nsubj*; Men *obj*; see *property* | tree rules | 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 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/4/50/) - next →: [sentence 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/4/52/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/4/)