--- title: In the olden time, The Rattlesnakes were Indians, And they were very… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: In the olden time, The Rattlesnakes were Indians, And they were very saucy: Men said they were all face, And never could be frozen; They could not be put down by much, And they rose for very little. Who acts: Rattlesnakes, Indians, Men. 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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 (Rattlesnakes, Indians, Men), 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:pg78673:4:87 # text = In the olden time, The Rattlesnakes were Indians, And they were very saucy: Men said they were all face, And never could be frozen; They could not be put down by much, And they rose for very little. 1 In in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 olden olden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Rattlesnakes rattlesnake NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 8 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 9 Indians Indian PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 15 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 11 And and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 12 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 13 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 14 very very ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 saucy saucy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 16 : : PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 17 Men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nsubj _ _ 18 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 parataxis _ _ 19 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 20 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 cop _ _ 21 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 22 det _ _ 22 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 24 And and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 25 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 28 advmod _ _ 26 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 27 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 28 aux:pass _ _ 28 frozen freeze VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 30 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 31 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 32 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 34 advmod _ _ 33 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 34 aux:pass _ _ 34 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 conj _ _ 35 down down ADP RP _ 34 compound:prt _ _ 36 by by ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 39 And and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 40 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 rose rise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 42 for for ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 very very ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 44 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | the Rattlesnakes | Indians | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | past | Indians | | | | time | RATTLESNAKES *= rattlesnake* *nsubj*; saucy *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Men | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is a** | past | RATTLESNAKES *= rattlesnake* | all face | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **not** **freeze** | could · passive | Men *not said here* | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V» | | 6 | **not** **put down** | could · passive | | RATTLESNAKES *= rattlesnake* | | | | by much | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme by much=Destination | | 7 | **rise** | past | RATTLESNAKES *= rattlesnake* | | | | | for little | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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 86](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/4/86/) - next →: [sentence 88](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/4/88/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/4/)