--- title: He, being asked what he sought, Replied that he fain would have The… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: He, being asked what he sought, Replied that he fain would have The power to make a sound Which when uttered would startle all, And make them laugh indeed As they never had laughed before. Who acts: Master, sound, Indians. 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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 (Master, sound, Indians), 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:pg78673:5:30 # text = He, being asked what he sought, Replied that he fain would have The power to make a sound Which when uttered would startle all, And make them laugh indeed As they never had laughed before. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 asked ask VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 7 obj _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 sought seek VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 Replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 10 that that SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 fain fain VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 advcl _ _ 13 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 ccomp _ _ 15 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 acl _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 21 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 23 nsubj:pass _ _ 22 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 23 advmod _ _ 23 uttered utter VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 acl:relcl _ _ 24 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 startle startle VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 ccomp _ _ 26 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 And and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 30 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 laugh laugh VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 xcomp _ _ 32 indeed indeed ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 33 As as SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 34 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj:pass _ _ 35 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 37 advmod _ _ 36 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 laughed laugh VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 advcl _ _ 38 before before ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund · passive | | Master | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **seek** | past | Master | | | | | what *obj* | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme | | 3 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | Master *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **fain** | present | Master | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **have** | would | | the power | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent power=Patient | | 6 | **make** | to-infinitive | | the power *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **utter** *speech: other* | participle · passive | | a sound | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic | | 8 | **startle** | would | a sound | all | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus all=Experiencer | | 9 | **make** | infinitive | | Indians *= indian* | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **laugh** | infinitive | Indians *= indian* *not said here* | | | | | indeed *property* | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **not** **laugh** | past · perfect · passive | | Indians *= indian* | | | | before *property* | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | 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 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/5/29/) - next →: [sentence 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/5/31/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/5/)