--- title: Now to seek the beautiful girl It was needful that the lover Should… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: Now to seek the beautiful girl It was needful that the lover Should sail far over the sea; And during this adventure The Būʾūin or magician Was charged to take all care Of Kâktugwââs, the Thunder; And therefore he begged the Master To lend him his canoe, To which Kulóskap answered, “I will gladly le --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/5/61/) [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/) / 61 # Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 5, sentence 61 Now to seek the beautiful girl It was needful that the lover Should sail far over the sea; And during this adventure The Būʾūin or magician Was charged to take all care Of Kâktugwââs, the Thunder; And therefore he begged the Master To lend him his canoe, To which Kulóskap answered, “I will gladly lend it to thee If thou’lt honestly return it When thou needest it no more. **Who acts:** bade, lover, Was, Kulóskap, thou, Kâktugwââs · **What happens:** seek, be, sail, charge, take, beg · **To what, where:** beautiful girl, sea, Būʾūin, care, Master, canoe · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (bade, lover, Was, Kulóskap), 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:pg78673:5:61 # text = Now to seek the beautiful girl It was needful that the lover Should sail far over the sea; And during this adventure The Būʾūin or magician Was charged to take all care Of Kâktugwââs, the Thunder; And therefore he begged the Master To lend him his canoe, To which Kulóskap answered, “I will gladly lend it to thee If thou’lt honestly return it When thou needest it no more. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 to to PART TO _ 3 mark _ _ 3 seek seek VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 9 needful needful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 parataxis _ _ 10 that that SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 lover lover NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 13 Should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 sail sail VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 advcl _ _ 15 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 14 advmod _ _ 16 over over ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 20 And and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 21 during during ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 23 det _ _ 23 adventure adventure NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 24 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 Būʾūin Būʾūin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 nsubj:pass _ _ 26 or or CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 magician magician NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 conj _ _ 28 Was Was PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 nsubj:pass _ _ 29 charged charge VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 parataxis _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 advcl _ _ 32 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 33 det _ _ 33 care care NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 34 Of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 Kâktugwââs Kâktugwââs PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 Thunder Thunder PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ; ; PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 40 And and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 41 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 42 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 begged beg VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 Master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ _ 46 To to PART TO _ 47 mark _ _ 47 lend lend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 ccomp _ _ 48 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 obj _ _ 49 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 50 nmod:poss _ _ 50 canoe canoe NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 52 To to ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 53 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 55 obl _ _ 54 Kulóskap Kulóskap PROPN NNP Number=Sing 55 nsubj _ _ 55 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 57 “ " PUNCT `` _ 61 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 58 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 61 nsubj _ _ 59 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 61 aux _ _ 60 gladly gladly ADV RB _ 61 advmod _ _ 61 lend lend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 55 ccomp _ _ 62 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 61 obj _ _ 63 to to ADP TO _ 64 case _ _ 64 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 61 obl _ _ 65 If if SCONJ IN _ 68 mark _ _ 66 thou’lt thou'lt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 68 amod _ _ 67 honestly honestly ADV RB _ 66 advmod _ _ 68 return return VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 61 conj _ _ 69 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 68 obj _ _ 70 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 72 advmod _ _ 71 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 72 nsubj _ _ 72 needest need VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 68 advcl _ _ 73 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 72 obj _ _ 74 no no ADV RB _ 75 advmod _ _ 75 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 72 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 76 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **seek** | to-infinitive | | the beautiful girl | | | now | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent girl=Theme | | 2 | **is** | past | bade | | | | | needful *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **sail** | should | the lover | | | the sea | | far *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent over sea=Trajectory | | 4 | **charge** | participle · passive | | the Būʾūin or magician | | | during this adventure | Was *nsubj:pass* | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | | 5 | **take** | to-infinitive | | all care of Kâktugwââs | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent care=Theme | | 6 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | Was | the Master | | | | therefore *property* | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent master=Recipient clause=Topic | | 7 | **lend** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | Master's canoe | Master | | | | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient canoe=Theme | | 8 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | Kulóskap | | | | | which *obl* | tree rules | | 9 | **lend** *in a quote* | future | Kulóskap | bade | thee | | | gladly *property* | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to thou=Recipient | | 10 | **thou'lt** *in a quote* | participle | | | | | | honestly *property* | tree rules | | 11 | **return** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | Kulóskap *not said here* | bade | | | | | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 12 | **need** *in a quote* | present | thou | bade | | | | | tree rules | | 13 | **care** | | Kâktugwââs | | | | | | nom care «act 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 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/5/60/) - next →: [sentence 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/5/62/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/5/)