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title: And then the first replied--An honest simple man Who was of but litt… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics
description: And then the first replied--An honest simple man Who was of but little account Among the Indian people Because he hunted badly-- He prayed that he might excel In killing or catching game; Then the Master gave him a flute, Or the magic pipe which pleases The ear of everyone, And has the power to brin
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# Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 5, sentence 20

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And then the first replied--An honest simple man Who was of but little account Among the Indian people Because he hunted badly-- He prayed that he might excel In killing or catching game; Then the Master gave him a flute, Or the magic pipe which pleases The ear of everyone, And has the power to bring By wonderful fascination All animals to that piper Who plays it in their haunts.

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**Who acts:** sound, Master, magic pipe, power, piper · **What happens:** reply, hunt, pray, excel, give, please · **To what, where:** first, killing, flute, sound, ear, power

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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 (sound, Master, magic pipe, power), 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:pg78673:5:20
# text = And then the first replied--An honest simple man Who was of but little account Among the Indian people Because he hunted badly-- He prayed that he might excel In killing or catching game; Then the Master gave him a flute, Or the magic pipe which pleases The ear of everyone, And has the power to bring By wonderful fascination All animals to that piper Who plays it in their haunts.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
2	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	5	advmod	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	replied	reply	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	honest	honest	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	simple	simple	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
11	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	13	nsubj	_	_
12	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	acl:relcl	_	_
14	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
15	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	account	account	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
17	Among	among	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	Indian	Indian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
21	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	23	mark	_	_
22	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	23	nsubj	_	_
23	hunted	hunt	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
24	badly	badly	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	23	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
26	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	27	nsubj	_	_
27	prayed	pray	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	23	conj	_	_
28	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	31	mark	_	_
29	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	31	nsubj	_	_
30	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	31	aux	_	_
31	excel	excel	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	27	ccomp	_	_
32	In	in	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
33	killing	killing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	obl	_	_
34	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	36	cc	_	_
35	catching	catching	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	compound	_	_
36	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	41	punct	_	_
38	Then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	41	advmod	_	_
39	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	40	det	_	_
40	Master	Master	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	41	nsubj	_	_
41	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
42	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	41	iobj	_	_
43	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	44	det	_	_
44	flute	flute	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	49	punct	_	_
46	Or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	49	cc	_	_
47	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	49	det	_	_
48	magic	magic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	49	compound	_	_
49	pipe	pipe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	44	appos	_	_
50	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	51	nsubj	_	_
51	pleases	please	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	49	acl:relcl	_	_
52	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	53	det	_	_
53	ear	ear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	51	obj	_	_
54	of	of	ADP	IN	_	55	case	_	_
55	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	53	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
56	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	58	punct	_	_
57	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	58	cc	_	_
58	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	41	conj	_	_
59	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	60	det	_	_
60	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	58	obj	_	_
61	to	to	PART	TO	_	62	mark	_	_
62	bring	bring	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	58	xcomp	_	_
63	By	by	ADP	IN	_	65	case	_	_
64	wonderful	wonderful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	65	amod	_	_
65	fascination	fascination	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	62	obl	_	_
66	All	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	67	det	_	_
67	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	62	obj	_	_
68	to	to	ADP	IN	_	70	case	_	_
69	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	70	det	_	_
70	piper	piper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	62	obl	_	_
71	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	72	nsubj	_	_
72	plays	play	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	70	acl:relcl	_	_
73	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	72	obj	_	_
74	in	in	ADP	IN	_	76	case	_	_
75	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	76	nmod:poss	_	_
76	haunts	haunt	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	72	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
77	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reply** *speech: assert* | participle · passive |  | the first |  |  | then | among the Indian people; a honest simple man but little account *obl:unmarked* | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic |
| 2 | **hunt** | past | sound |  |  |  |  | badly *property* | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **pray** | past | sound |  |  |  |  |  | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 4 | **excel** | might | sound |  |  | killing or catching game |  |  | vn succeed-74-1 «NP V PP.eventuality S\_ING»: agent=Agent in killing=Eventuality |
| 5 | **give** | past | the Master | a flute | sound |  | then |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient flute=Theme |
| 6 | **please** | present | the magic pipe | the ear of everyone |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus ear=Experiencer |
| 7 | **have** | present | the Master *not said here* | the power |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 8 | **bring** | to-infinitive | the power *not said here* | all animals |  | that piper |  | by wonderful fascination | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent animal=Theme to piper=Destination |
| 9 | **play** | present | that piper | power |  | sufferings's haunts |  |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

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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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