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title: Then what was left Grew at once to its former size; So it went on, a… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics
description: Then what was left Grew at once to its former size; So it went on, and all Ate all that they desired, And found the food of the best, And when the meal was over The dish was as full as before. Who acts: joke, meat, meal, dish. A sentence of «Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems», Opening, p
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# Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 5, sentence 55

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Then what was left Grew at once to its former size; So it went on, and all Ate all that they desired, And found the food of the best, And when the meal was over The dish was as full as before.

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**Who acts:** joke, meat, meal, dish · **What happens:** leave, go on, eat, desire, find, be · **To what, where:** food, dish

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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 (joke, meat, meal, dish), 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:pg78673:5:55
# text = Then what was left Grew at once to its former size; So it went on, and all Ate all that they desired, And found the food of the best, And when the meal was over The dish was as full as before.
1	Then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	advmod	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	Grew	grew	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	4	obl	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
10	former	former	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	size	size	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	15	punct	_	_
13	So	so	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
15	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
16	on	on	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
19	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	20	advmod	_	_
20	Ate	eat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	conj	_	_
21	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	24	det:predet	_	_
22	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	24	mark	_	_
23	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	24	nsubj	_	_
24	desired	desire	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	20	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
26	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	27	cc	_	_
27	found	find	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	parataxis	_	_
28	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
29	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	obj	_	_
30	of	of	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
31	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
32	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	29	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	44	punct	_	_
34	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	44	cc	_	_
35	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	44	mark	_	_
36	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	37	det	_	_
37	meal	meal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	nsubj	_	_
38	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	41	cop	_	_
39	over	over	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
40	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	41	det	_	_
41	dish	dish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	44	nsubj	_	_
42	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	44	cop	_	_
43	as	as	ADV	RB	_	44	advmod	_	_
44	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	27	conj	_	_
45	as	as	ADP	IN	_	46	case	_	_
46	before	before	ADV	RB	_	44	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | past · passive |  |  |  |  | then | to joke's former size; what *nsubj:pass*; grew *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme at once=Location |
| 2 | **go on** | past | joke |  |  |  |  |  | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **eat** | past | joke *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **desire** | past | meat |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |
| 5 | **find** | past |  | the food of the best |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Topic |
| 6 | **is** | past | the meal |  |  | the dish |  |  | tree rules |
| 7 | **is** | past | the dish |  |  |  |  | full *property* | tree rules |

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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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