--- title: Now of these two, the Badger Had set his heart on becoming A wigʾlad… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: Now of these two, the Badger Had set his heart on becoming A wigʾladʾmûch or fairy, Which would give him magic power While the other wished to win A very beautiful girl, The daughter of a chief, A most powerful Sagamore, Who set such cruel tasks To all who came to woo her That all who had made the t --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/5/56/) [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/) / 56 # Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 5, sentence 56 Now of these two, the Badger Had set his heart on becoming A wigʾladʾmûch or fairy, Which would give him magic power While the other wished to win A very beautiful girl, The daughter of a chief, A most powerful Sagamore, Who set such cruel tasks To all who came to woo her That all who had made the trial Thus far had come to their deaths. **Who acts:** Badger, wigʾladʾmûch, other, powerful Sagamore, meat · **What happens:** set, become, give, wish, win, come · **To what, where:** heart, wigʾladʾmûch, magic power, Badger, beautiful girl, such cruel tasks 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 (Badger, wigʾladʾmûch, other, powerful Sagamore), 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:pg78673:5:56 # text = Now of these two, the Badger Had set his heart on becoming A wigʾladʾmûch or fairy, Which would give him magic power While the other wished to win A very beautiful girl, The daughter of a chief, A most powerful Sagamore, Who set such cruel tasks To all who came to woo her That all who had made the trial Thus far had come to their deaths. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 9 advmod _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 4 det _ _ 4 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Badger Badger PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 8 Had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 set set VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 on on ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 becoming become VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ _ 14 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 wigʾladʾmûch wigʾladʾmûch NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 xcomp _ _ 16 or or CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 21 nsubj _ _ 20 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 parataxis _ _ 22 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 iobj _ _ 23 magic magic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 25 While while SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 nsubj _ _ 28 wished wish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 advcl _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 win win VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 xcomp _ _ 31 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 32 very very ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 conj _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 chief chief NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 42 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 43 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 44 advmod _ _ 44 powerful powerful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 Sagamore Sagamore PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 47 Who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 48 nsubj _ _ 48 set set VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 acl:relcl _ _ 49 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 amod _ _ 50 cruel cruel ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 amod _ _ 51 tasks task NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 obj _ _ 52 To to ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 53 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 48 obl _ _ 54 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 55 nsubj _ _ 55 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 53 acl:relcl _ _ 56 to to PART TO _ 57 mark _ _ 57 woo woo VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 55 xcomp _ _ 58 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 57 obj _ _ 59 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 60 nsubj _ _ 60 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 57 obl _ _ 61 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 63 nsubj _ _ 62 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 63 aux _ _ 63 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 60 acl:relcl _ _ 64 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 65 det _ _ 65 trial trial NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 obj _ _ 66 Thus thus ADV RB _ 67 advmod _ _ 67 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 69 advmod _ _ 68 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 69 aux _ _ 69 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 63 advcl _ _ 70 to to ADP IN _ 72 case _ _ 71 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 72 nmod:poss _ _ 72 deaths death NOUN NNS Number=Plur 69 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 73 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **set** | past · perfect | the Badger | Badger's heart | | | now | of this two | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient heart=Result | | 2 | **become** | gerund | the Badger *not said here* | a wigʾladʾmûch or fairy | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **give** | would | a wigʾladʾmûch or fairy | magic power | Badger | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient power=Theme | | 4 | **wish** | past | the other | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 5 | **win** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the other *not said here* | a beautiful girl and the daughter of a chief | | | | a powerful Sagamore *obl* | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent girl=Eventuality | | 6 | **set** | past | a powerful Sagamore | such cruel tasks | | | | to all | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient task=Result | | 7 | **come** | past | | | | | | who *nsubj* | tree rules | | 8 | **woo** | to-infinitive | | wolverine | | | | all That *obl* | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient | | 9 | **make** | past · perfect | | the trial | | | | who *nsubj* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trial=Product | | 10 | **come** | past · perfect | | | | meat's deaths | | far *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to death=Initial\_Location | | 11 | **die** | | meat | | | | | | nom death «event intransitive»: 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 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/5/55/) - next →: [sentence 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/5/57/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/5/)