--- title: Then the Master took the Badger Who sought initiation Into the occul… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: Then the Master took the Badger Who sought initiation Into the occult art, And by a wondrous trick Covered him all with filth And put him to utter shame Then led him down to the river Where he washed him clean, and gave him A beautiful change of clothing. Who acts: Master, Badger, clothing. 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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, Badger, clothing), 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:pg78673:5:57 # text = Then the Master took the Badger Who sought initiation Into the occult art, And by a wondrous trick Covered him all with filth And put him to utter shame Then led him down to the river Where he washed him clean, and gave him A beautiful change of clothing. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Master Master PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Badger Badger PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 Who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 8 sought seek VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 9 initiation initiation NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 10 Into into ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 occult occult NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 13 art art NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 15 And and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 16 by by ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 wondrous wondrous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 trick trick NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 20 Covered cover VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 parataxis _ _ 21 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 21 det _ _ 23 with with ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 filth filth NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 25 And and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 conj _ _ 27 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 utter utter ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 shame shame NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 31 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 32 advmod _ _ 32 led lead VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 33 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ _ 34 down down ADP RP _ 32 compound:prt _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 38 Where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 40 advmod _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 washed wash VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 acl:relcl _ _ 41 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ _ 42 clean clean ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 46 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 iobj _ _ 47 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 48 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 change change NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ _ 50 of of ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 clothing clothing NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | the Master | | the Badger | | then | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument badger=Destination | | 2 | **seek** | past | | initiation | | the occult art | | Who *nsubj* | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent initiation=Theme | | 3 | **cover** | participle | | | Badger | | | by a wondrous trick; with filth | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Destination with filth=Theme | | 4 | **put** | infinitive | | | Badger | | | to utter shame | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent he=Goal | | 5 | **lead down** | past | the Master *not said here* | Badger | | the river | then | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to river=Destination | | 6 | **wash** | past | Badger | Master | | | | clean *property* | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 7 | **give** | past | the Master *not said here* | a beautiful change of clothing | Badger | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient change=Theme | | 8 | **change** | | clothing | | | | | | nom change «event intransitive»: of=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 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/5/56/) - next →: [sentence 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/5/58/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/5/)