--- title: Long ere Kulóskap the Master Had left the land and his people, And b… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: Long ere Kulóskap the Master Had left the land and his people, And before he had ceased to wander In the ways of man, he called The loons his faithful servants, And bade them make it known That for many years to come He would still remain on earth, And that whoever would seek him Might have one wish --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/5/12/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Kulóskap the master, and other Algonki…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/) / [Opening, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/5/) / 12 # Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 5, sentence 12 Long ere Kulóskap the Master Had left the land and his people, And before he had ceased to wander In the ways of man, he called The loons his faithful servants, And bade them make it known That for many years to come He would still remain on earth, And that whoever would seek him Might have one wish full granted, Whatever that wish might be. **Who acts:** Kulóskap, bade, whoever, that · **What happens:** leave, cease, wander, call, make, know · **To what, where:** Long Kulóskap, ways, loons, land, earth, one wish · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems», Opening, part 5. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Kulóskap, bade, whoever, that), 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:pg78673:5:12 # text = Long ere Kulóskap the Master Had left the land and his people, And before he had ceased to wander In the ways of man, he called The loons his faithful servants, And bade them make it known That for many years to come He would still remain on earth, And that whoever would seek him Might have one wish full granted, Whatever that wish might be. 1 Long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 2 ere ere ADV FW _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 Kulóskap Kulóskap PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Master Master PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 6 Had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 14 And and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 15 before before SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 ceased cease VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 conj _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 wander wander VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 advcl _ _ 21 In in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 ways way NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obl _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 29 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 loons loon NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obj _ _ 31 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 32 faithful faithful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 servants servant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 And and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 bade bade NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 37 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 make make VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 39 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ _ 40 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 41 amod _ _ 41 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 38 obj _ _ 42 for for ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obl _ _ 45 to to PART TO _ 46 mark _ _ 46 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 advcl _ _ 47 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 48 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 49 still still ADV RB _ 50 advmod _ _ 50 remain remain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 46 ccomp _ _ 51 on on ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 54 And and CCONJ CC _ 61 cc _ _ 55 that that SCONJ IN _ 58 mark _ _ 56 whoever whoever PRON WP PronType=Rel 58 nsubj _ _ 57 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 58 aux _ _ 58 seek seek VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 61 csubj _ _ 59 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 61 nsubj _ _ 60 Might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 61 aux _ _ 61 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 62 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 63 nummod _ _ 63 wish wish NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 obj _ _ 64 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 65 amod _ _ 65 granted grant VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 63 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 66 , , PUNCT , _ 69 punct _ _ 67 Whatever whatever PRON WP PronType=Rel 69 obj _ _ 68 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 69 nsubj _ _ 69 wish wish VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 63 parataxis _ _ 70 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 71 aux _ _ 71 be be VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 69 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 72 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave** | past · perfect · passive | | Long Kulóskap | | | | the Master *nsubj*; the land and Kulóskap's people *obj* | vn sustain-55.6-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Theme land=Attribute | | 2 | **cease** | past · perfect | Kulóskap | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 3 | **wander** | to-infinitive | Kulóskap *not said here* | | | the ways of man | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in way=Trajectory | | 4 | **call** | past | Kulóskap | the loons | | | | Kulóskap's faithful servants *obj* | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent loon=Theme servant=Result | | 5 | **make** | present | bade servants | land | | | year | That *obj* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset it=Beneficiary that=Product | | 6 | **know** | participle | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **come** | to-infinitive | bade servants *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **remain** | would | Kulóskap | | | earth | still | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on earth=Location | | 9 | **seek** | would | whoever | | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **have** | might | Kulóskap | one wish | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wish=Patient | | 11 | **grant** | participle | | one wish *not said here* | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 12 | **wish** | present | that | Whatever | | | | | tree rules | | 13 | **be** | might | | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «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 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/5/11/) - next →: [sentence 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/5/13/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/5/)