--- title: This The Badger should direct; While on the other sat Two great and… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: This The Badger should direct; While on the other sat Two great and powerful men, And these were Būʾūinuk Or sorcerers who were skilled In sledding, and they hoped To see the others soon Fall out upon the ground, And then to run over them. Who acts: Badger, other, Būʾūinuk. 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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 (Badger, other, Būʾūinuk), 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:pg78673:5:81 # text = This The Badger should direct; While on the other sat Two great and powerful men, And these were Būʾūinuk Or sorcerers who were skilled In sledding, and they hoped To see the others soon Fall out upon the ground, And then to run over them. 1 This this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 nsubj _ _ 2 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Badger Badger PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 direct direct VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ; ; PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 7 While while SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 8 on on ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 nsubj _ _ 11 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 12 Two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 16 nummod _ _ 13 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 powerful powerful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 conj _ _ 16 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 18 And and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 19 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 21 det _ _ 20 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 cop _ _ 21 Būʾūinuk Būʾūinuk PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 nsubj:pass _ _ 22 Or or CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 sorcerers sorcerer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 conj _ _ 24 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 26 nsubj _ _ 25 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux:pass _ _ 26 skilled skill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 conj _ _ 27 In in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 sledding sledding NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 31 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 hoped hope VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 33 To to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 xcomp _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obj _ _ 37 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 38 advmod _ _ 38 Fall fall VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 advcl _ _ 39 out out ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 40 upon upon ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 44 And and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 45 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 47 advmod _ _ 46 to to PART TO _ 47 mark _ _ 47 run run VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 48 over over ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **direct** | should | the Badger This | | | | | | vn performance-26.7 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **sit** | past | the other | Two great men | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location man=Theme | | 3 | **is a** | past | | this Būʾūinuk or sorcerers | | | | sorcerers *conj* | tree rules | | 4 | **skill** | past · passive | | this Būʾūinuk or sorcerers | | sledding | | who *nsubj* | tree rules | | 5 | **hope** | past | Būʾūinuk | | | | | | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 6 | **see** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Būʾūinuk *not said here* | the others | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer other=Stimulus | | 7 | **fall out** | present | Būʾūinuk *not said here* | | | the ground | | out, soon *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme upon ground=Location | | 8 | **run** | to-infinitive | the Badger This *not said here* | | | | then | over Būʾūinuk | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over they=Trajectory | 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 80](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/5/80/) - next →: [Opening, part 6, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/6/1/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/5/)