--- title: Before he came they knew not How to make nets or weapons; Then he, t… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: Before he came they knew not How to make nets or weapons; Then he, the Mighty Master, Showed them the hidden virtues Of plants and roots and blossoms, And all the herbs which Indians Could use for any purpose; And also every creature, Beasts, birds, and all the fishes, All things which could be eate --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/5/2/) [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/) / 2 # Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 5, sentence 2 Before he came they knew not How to make nets or weapons; Then he, the Mighty Master, Showed them the hidden virtues Of plants and roots and blossoms, And all the herbs which Indians Could use for any purpose; And also every creature, Beasts, birds, and all the fishes, All things which could be eaten Or serve for joy to man. **Who acts:** thing, shad, herbs · **What happens:** come, not know, make, show, use, eat · **To what, where:** creature, nets, shad, things · **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 (thing, shad, herbs), 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:pg78673:5:2 # text = Before he came they knew not How to make nets or weapons; Then he, the Mighty Master, Showed them the hidden virtues Of plants and roots and blossoms, And all the herbs which Indians Could use for any purpose; And also every creature, Beasts, birds, and all the fishes, All things which could be eaten Or serve for joy to man. 1 Before before SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 6 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 7 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 9 advmod _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 ccomp _ _ 10 nets net NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ _ 11 or or CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 weapons weapon NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ; ; PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 14 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 21 advmod _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 Mighty Mighty PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 compound _ _ 19 Master Master PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 21 Showed show VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 22 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 hidden hidden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 virtues virtue NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obj _ _ 26 Of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 plants plant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 nmod _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 roots root NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 conj _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 blossoms blossom NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 33 And and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 34 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 36 det:predet _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 herbs herb NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 nsubj _ _ 37 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 38 nsubj _ _ 38 Indians Indian PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 36 conj _ _ 39 Could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 use use VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 advcl _ _ 41 for for ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 43 det _ _ 43 purpose purpose NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ; ; PUNCT : _ 48 punct _ _ 45 And and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 46 also also ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 47 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 48 det _ _ 48 creature creature NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 50 Beasts beast NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 52 birds bird NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 54 and and CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 55 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 57 det:predet _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 fishes fish NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 58 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 59 All all DET DT PronType=Tot 60 det _ _ 60 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 conj _ _ 61 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 64 nsubj _ _ 62 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 64 aux _ _ 63 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 64 aux:pass _ _ 64 eaten eat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 60 acl:relcl _ _ 65 Or or CCONJ CC _ 66 cc _ _ 66 serve serve VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 64 conj _ _ 67 for for ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 68 joy joy NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 obl _ _ 69 to to ADP TO _ 70 case _ _ 70 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 71 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | thing | every creature and Beasts and birds and all fishes and all things | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **not** **know** | past | shad | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **make** | to-infinitive | | nets or weapons | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset net=Product | | 4 | **show** | past | thing | shad | | | then | the hidden virtues of plants and roots and blossoms *obj* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient virtue=Topic | | 5 | **use** | could | all herbs and Indians all herbs and Indians all herbs | | | | | for any purpose | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **eat** | could · passive | | all things | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 7 | **serve** | infinitive | | | | | | for joy; to man | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent for joy=Recipient | 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 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/5/1/) - next →: [sentence 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/5/3/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/5/)