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title: And they went upon the journey And found that the path was long, And… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics
description: And they went upon the journey And found that the path was long, And the way was very hard; Their sufferings were great, It was well nigh seven years Before they saw the Lord. Who acts: Penobscots, path, way, sufferings. A sentence of «Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems», Opening, part 5,
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# Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 5, sentence 17

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And they went upon the journey And found that the path was long, And the way was very hard; Their sufferings were great, It was well nigh seven years Before they saw the Lord.

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**Who acts:** Penobscots, path, way, sufferings · **What happens:** go, find, be, see, suffer · **To what, where:** journey, seven years, Lord · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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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 (Penobscots, path, way, sufferings), 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:pg78673:5:17
# text = And they went upon the journey And found that the path was long, And the way was very hard; Their sufferings were great, It was well nigh seven years Before they saw the Lord.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	journey	journey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	found	find	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
9	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	path	path	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
12	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
13	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
15	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nsubj	_	_
18	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	20	cop	_	_
19	very	very	ADV	RB	_	20	advmod	_	_
20	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
22	Their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	23	nmod:poss	_	_
23	sufferings	suffering	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	25	nsubj	_	_
24	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	25	cop	_	_
25	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
27	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	32	nsubj	_	_
28	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	32	cop	_	_
29	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	30	advmod	_	_
30	nigh	nigh	ADV	RB	_	32	advmod	_	_
31	seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	32	nummod	_	_
32	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
33	Before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	35	mark	_	_
34	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	35	nsubj	_	_
35	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
36	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	37	det	_	_
37	Lord	Lord	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	35	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past | Penobscots *= penobscot* |  |  | the journey |  |  | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme upon journey=Location |
| 2 | **find** | past | Penobscots *= penobscot* *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** | past | the path |  |  |  |  | long *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **is** | past | the way |  |  |  |  | hard *property* | tree rules |
| 5 | **is** | past | Penobscots's sufferings |  |  |  |  | great *property* | tree rules |
| 6 | **is a** | past | path | seven years |  |  |  | nigh *property* | tree rules |
| 7 | **see** | past | Penobscots *= penobscot* | the Lord |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer lord=Stimulus |
| 8 | **suffer** |  | Penobscots *= penobscot* |  |  |  |  |  | nom suffering «state intransitive»: poss=agent |

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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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