--- title: Now when ’twas noised abroad That whoever sought the Master Could ob… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: Now when ’twas noised abroad That whoever sought the Master Could obtain the wish of his heart, There were three men who said: “Let us seek the Lord and see If this be truly so.” Who acts: twas, That, three men, us. 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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 (twas, That, three men, us), 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:pg78673:6:106 # text = Now when ’twas noised abroad That whoever sought the Master Could obtain the wish of his heart, There were three men who said: “Let us seek the Lord and see If this be truly so.” 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 2 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 3 ’ ' PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 twas twa NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 noised noise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 13 advcl _ _ 6 abroad abroad ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 7 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 9 nsubj _ _ 8 whoever whoever PRON WP PronType=Rel 9 nsubj _ _ 9 sought seek VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 ccomp _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 Master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 Could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 obtain obtain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 wish wish NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 21 expl _ _ 21 were be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 22 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 23 nummod _ _ 23 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 nsubj _ _ 24 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 25 nsubj _ _ 25 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 : : PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 27 “ " PUNCT `` _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 Let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 ccomp _ _ 29 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ _ 30 seek seek VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 xcomp _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 Lord Lord PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 conj _ _ 35 If if SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 36 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 38 nsubj _ _ 37 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 38 cop _ _ 38 truly truly ADV RB _ 34 ccomp _ _ 39 so so ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ” " PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **noise** | participle | twas | | | | now | abroad *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **seek** | past | That | the Master | | | | whoever *nsubj* | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent master=Theme | | 3 | **obtain** | could | | the wish of Master's heart | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset wish=Theme | | 4 | **be** | past | three men | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | three men | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **let** *in a quote* | infinitive | | us | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **seek** *in a quote* | infinitive | us *not said here* | the Lord | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lord=Theme | | 8 | **see** *in a quote* | infinitive | us *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 9 | **is** *in a quote* | infinitive | this | | | | | truly *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **wish** | | Master's heart | | | | | | nom wish «feeling 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 105](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/6/105/) - next →: [sentence 107](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/6/107/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/6/)