--- title: Now the second of the three, A reckless amorous youth Yet who never… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: Now the second of the three, A reckless amorous youth Yet who never could succeed In winning women’s love, When asked what he would have Said: “I would win my way To many maidens’ hearts!” Who acts: reckless amorous youth, sound, women. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (reckless amorous youth, sound, women), 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:pg78673:5:23 # text = Now the second of the three, A reckless amorous youth Yet who never could succeed In winning women’s love, When asked what he would have Said: “I would win my way To many maidens’ hearts!” 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 second second ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 8 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 9 reckless reckless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 10 amorous amorous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 appos _ _ 12 Yet yet ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 13 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 16 nsubj _ _ 14 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 16 advmod _ _ 15 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 succeed succeed VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 parataxis _ _ 17 In in SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 18 winning win VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 advcl _ _ 19 women woman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ’s 's PART POS _ 19 case _ _ 21 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 24 advmod _ _ 24 asked ask VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 acl:relcl _ _ 25 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 24 obj _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 27 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 28 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 29 aux _ _ 29 Said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 25 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 : : PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 31 “ " PUNCT `` _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 win win VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 conj _ _ 35 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 37 To to ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 38 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 maidens maiden NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ’ 's PART POS _ 39 case _ _ 41 hearts heart NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ! ! PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ” " PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **succeed** | could | a reckless amorous youth | | | | | | vn succeed-74-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **win** | gerund | a reckless amorous youth *not said here* | women's love | | | | | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent love=Eventuality | | 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* | participle | | women's love | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Recipient | | 4 | **say** *speech: express* | would · perfect | sound | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **win** *in a quote* | would | sound | my way | | | | to many maidens's hearts | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Eventuality | | 7 | **love** | | women | | | | | | nom love «feeling transitive»: poss=agent | 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 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/5/22/) - next →: [sentence 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/5/24/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/5/)