--- title: But while it was yet three months Ere they came unto his dwelling, T… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: But while it was yet three months Ere they came unto his dwelling, They heard the bark of his dogs, And, as day by day they drew nearer The sound grew louder and louder, Till after many trials Led by the bay of the hounds They found the mighty one, The Lord of Men and Beasts, And he made them very w --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/5/18/) [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/) / 18 # Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 5, sentence 18 But while it was yet three months Ere they came unto his dwelling, They heard the bark of his dogs, And, as day by day they drew nearer The sound grew louder and louder, Till after many trials Led by the bay of the hounds They found the mighty one, The Lord of Men and Beasts, And he made them very welcome And entertained them all. **Who acts:** path, sufferings, sound · **What happens:** be, come, hear, draw, grow, lead · **To what, where:** months Ere, bark, many trials, mighty one, sufferings 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 (path, sufferings, sound), 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:pg78673:5:18 # text = But while it was yet three months Ere they came unto his dwelling, They heard the bark of his dogs, And, as day by day they drew nearer The sound grew louder and louder, Till after many trials Led by the bay of the hounds They found the mighty one, The Lord of Men and Beasts, And he made them very welcome And entertained them all. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 2 while while SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 5 yet yet ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 6 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ _ 7 months month NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 compound _ _ 8 Ere Ere PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 9 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 unto unto ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 dwelling dwelling NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 bark bark NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 dogs dog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 23 And and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 as as ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl:unmarked _ _ 27 by by ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ _ 29 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 drew draw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 31 nearer near ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 30 xcomp _ _ 32 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 34 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 conj _ _ 35 louder loud ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 34 xcomp _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 louder loud ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 35 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 39 Till till ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 40 after after ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 trials trial NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obl _ _ 43 Led lead VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 42 acl _ _ 44 by by ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 bay bay NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 hounds hound NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 nmod _ _ 50 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 51 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 acl:relcl _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 53 mighty mighty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 amod _ _ 54 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 56 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 Lord Lord PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 appos _ _ 58 of of ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 59 Men Men PROPN NNP Number=Sing 57 nmod _ _ 60 and and CCONJ CC _ 61 cc _ _ 61 Beasts Beast PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 57 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 62 , , PUNCT , _ 65 punct _ _ 63 And and CCONJ CC _ 65 cc _ _ 64 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 65 nsubj _ _ 65 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 parataxis _ _ 66 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 65 obj _ _ 67 very very ADV RB _ 68 advmod _ _ 68 welcome welcome ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 65 xcomp _ _ 69 And and CCONJ CC _ 70 cc _ _ 70 entertained entertain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 65 conj _ _ 71 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 70 obj _ _ 72 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 71 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 73 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | path | months Ere | | | yet | | tree rules | | 2 | **come** | past | sufferings *= suffering* | | | | | unto Ere's dwelling | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **hear** | past | sufferings *= suffering* | the bark of Ere's dogs | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer bark=Stimulus | | 4 | **draw** | past | sufferings *= suffering* | | | | day | near *property* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **grow** | past | the sound | | | | till many trials | loud *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **lead** | participle | | many trials *not said here* | | | | by the bay of the hounds | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent by bay=Destination | | 7 | **find** | past | sufferings *= suffering* | the mighty one | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Topic | | 8 | **make** | past | sound | sufferings *= suffering* | | | | welcome *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Product | | 9 | **entertain** | past | sound *not said here* | sufferings *= suffering* | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus they=Experiencer | 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 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/5/17/) - next →: [sentence 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/5/19/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/5/)