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title: He took the Loon for his hunter To serve him as a dog; But the Loon… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics
description: He took the Loon for his hunter To serve him as a dog; But the Loon was often absent, Not to be found when wanted; So he took in his place two Wolves, One black, the other white; And these wild dogs are his messengers Who bear to him tidings of all. Who acts: Kulóskap, Loon, wild dogs, messengers. A
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# Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 4, sentence 58

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He took the Loon for his hunter To serve him as a dog; But the Loon was often absent, Not to be found when wanted; So he took in his place two Wolves, One black, the other white; And these wild dogs are his messengers Who bear to him tidings of all.

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**Who acts:** Kulóskap, Loon, wild dogs, messengers · **What happens:** take, serve, be, not find, want, bear · **To what, where:** Loon, Kulóskap, place, messengers, tidings

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This is a sentence of «Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems», Opening, part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Kulóskap, Loon, wild dogs, messengers), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg78673:4:58
# text = He took the Loon for his hunter To serve him as a dog; But the Loon was often absent, Not to be found when wanted; So he took in his place two Wolves, One black, the other white; And these wild dogs are his messengers Who bear to him tidings of all.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Loon	Loon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	hunter	hunter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	To	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	serve	serve	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
10	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	as	as	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	20	punct	_	_
15	But	but	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	Loon	Loon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	20	nsubj	_	_
18	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	20	cop	_	_
19	often	often	ADV	RB	_	20	advmod	_	_
20	absent	absent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
22	Not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	25	advmod	_	_
23	to	to	PART	TO	_	25	mark	_	_
24	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	25	aux:pass	_	_
25	found	find	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	20	parataxis	_	_
26	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	27	advmod	_	_
27	wanted	want	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	25	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	31	punct	_	_
29	So	so	ADV	RB	_	31	advmod	_	_
30	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	31	nsubj	_	_
31	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
32	in	in	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
33	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	34	nmod:poss	_	_
34	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	obl	_	_
35	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	36	nummod	_	_
36	Wolves	wolf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	34	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	39	punct	_	_
38	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	39	nummod	_	_
39	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	31	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	43	punct	_	_
41	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	43	det	_	_
42	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	43	amod	_	_
43	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	39	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	51	punct	_	_
45	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	51	cc	_	_
46	these	this	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	48	det	_	_
47	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	48	amod	_	_
48	dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	51	nsubj	_	_
49	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	51	cop	_	_
50	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	51	nmod:poss	_	_
51	messengers	messenger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
52	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	53	nsubj	_	_
53	bear	bear	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	51	acl:relcl	_	_
54	to	to	ADP	IN	_	55	case	_	_
55	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	53	obl	_	_
56	tidings	tiding	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	53	obj	_	_
57	of	of	ADP	IN	_	58	case	_	_
58	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	56	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
59	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | past | Kulóskap | the Loon |  |  |  | for Kulóskap's hunter | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent loon=Theme for hunter=Beneficiary |
| 2 | **serve** | to-infinitive | Kulóskap *not said here* | Kulóskap |  |  |  | as a dog | vn spend\_time-104 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent he=Duration as dog=Attribute |
| 3 | **is** | past | the Loon |  |  |  |  | absent, often *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **not** **find** | to-infinitive · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF» |
| 5 | **want** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |
| 6 | **take** | past | Kulóskap |  |  | Kulóskap's place and two Wolves |  |  | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in place=Location |
| 7 | **is a** | present | this wild dogs | Kulóskap's messengers |  |  |  | Kulóskap *nmod:poss* | tree rules |
| 8 | **bear** | present | Kulóskap's messengers | tidings of all | Kulóskap |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tiding=Patient |

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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.

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**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.

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