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title: And the Sagamore hearing this, Consented that Little Thunder Should… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics
description: And the Sagamore hearing this, Consented that Little Thunder Should marry her whom he sought, But on several conditions-- The first that he should slay And bring to him the head Of a certain horrible monster, Like to a wingless dragon, The dreadful and horned Chipíchkâm. Who acts: Sagamore, Little T
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# Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 5, sentence 72

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And the Sagamore hearing this, Consented that Little Thunder Should marry her whom he sought, But on several conditions-- The first that he should slay And bring to him the head Of a certain horrible monster, Like to a wingless dragon, The dreadful and horned Chipíchkâm.

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**Who acts:** Sagamore, Little Thunder, Thunder · **What happens:** hear, consent, marry, seek, slay, bring · **To what, where:** this, Sagamore, several conditions, head, Thunder

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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 (Sagamore, Little Thunder, Thunder), 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:pg78673:5:72
# text = And the Sagamore hearing this, Consented that Little Thunder Should marry her whom he sought, But on several conditions-- The first that he should slay And bring to him the head Of a certain horrible monster, Like to a wingless dragon, The dreadful and horned Chipíchkâm.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Sagamore	Sagamore	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	hearing	hear	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	Consented	consent	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
9	Little	Little	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	Thunder	Thunder	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
11	Should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	marry	marry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	_	_
13	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
14	whom	whom	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	16	obj	_	_
15	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
16	sought	seek	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
18	But	but	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
19	on	on	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	several	several	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	conditions	condition	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
23	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	21	conj	_	_
25	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	28	mark	_	_
26	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	28	nsubj	_	_
27	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	28	aux	_	_
28	slay	slay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	24	acl	_	_
29	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	30	cc	_	_
30	bring	bring	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	28	conj	_	_
31	to	to	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
32	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	30	obl	_	_
33	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	34	det	_	_
34	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	obj	_	_
35	Of	of	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
36	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	39	det	_	_
37	certain	certain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	39	amod	_	_
38	horrible	horrible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	39	amod	_	_
39	monster	monster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	45	punct	_	_
41	Like	like	ADP	IN	_	45	case	_	_
42	to	to	ADP	IN	_	45	case	_	_
43	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	45	det	_	_
44	wingless	wingless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	45	amod	_	_
45	dragon	dragon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
46	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	51	punct	_	_
47	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	51	det	_	_
48	dreadful	dreadful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	51	amod	_	_
49	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	50	cc	_	_
50	horned	horned	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	48	conj	_	_
51	Chipíchkâm	Chipíchkâm	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	45	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
52	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hear** | gerund | the Sagamore *not said here* | this |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer this=Stimulus |
| 2 | **consent** | participle · passive |  | the Sagamore |  | several conditions |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **marry** | should | Little Thunder | Sagamore |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **seek** | past | Thunder |  |  |  |  | whom *obj* | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whom=Theme |
| 5 | **slay** | should | Thunder |  |  |  |  |  | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 6 | **bring** | infinitive | Thunder *not said here* | the head of a certain horrible monster | Thunder |  |  | like a wingless dragon  the dreadful Chipíchkâm | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent head=Theme to he=Destination |

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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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