--- title: Then the sorcerers stopped, Thinking that those before Were checked… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: Then the sorcerers stopped, Thinking that those before Were checked and at an end; When lo! their enemy In his sled shot over their heads, And over a mighty wall Of ice, as a bird might fly High above all in the air; Then, touching the ground once more, Ran with tremendous speed, First down into the --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/6/5/) [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 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/6/) / 5 # Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 6, sentence 5 Then the sorcerers stopped, Thinking that those before Were checked and at an end; When lo! their enemy In his sled shot over their heads, And over a mighty wall Of ice, as a bird might fly High above all in the air; Then, touching the ground once more, Ran with tremendous speed, First down into the vale, Then up, and ever up Upon the opposite hill Where the village stood, till it struck The wigwam of the chief, Ripping it all in two. **Who acts:** sorcerers, Were, enemy, bird, village · **What happens:** stop, think, check, shoot, fly, touch · **To what, where:** those, heads, all, ground, wigwam, two This is a sentence of «Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems», Opening, part 6. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (sorcerers, Were, enemy, bird), 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:pg78673:6:5 # text = Then the sorcerers stopped, Thinking that those before Were checked and at an end; When lo! their enemy In his sled shot over their heads, And over a mighty wall Of ice, as a bird might fly High above all in the air; Then, touching the ground once more, Ran with tremendous speed, First down into the vale, Then up, and ever up Upon the opposite hill Where the village stood, till it struck The wigwam of the chief, Ripping it all in two. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 sorcerers sorcerer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 stopped stop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 Thinking think VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 xcomp _ _ 7 that that SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 8 those that PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 6 obl _ _ 9 before before SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 10 Were Were PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 checked check VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 13 at at ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 17 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 25 advmod _ _ 18 lo lo INTJ UH _ 21 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ! ! PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ _ 20 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 enemy enemy NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 22 In in ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 sled sled NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ _ 25 shot shoot VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 26 over over ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 heads head NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 30 And and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 31 over over ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 mighty mighty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 wall wall NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 35 Of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 ice ice NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 38 as as SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 41 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 fly fly VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 conj _ _ 43 High high ADV RB Degree=Pos 42 advmod _ _ 44 above above ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 42 obl _ _ 46 in in ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ; ; PUNCT : _ 52 punct _ _ 50 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 52 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 52 touching touch VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obj _ _ 55 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 56 advmod _ _ 56 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 52 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 58 Ran run VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 52 advcl _ _ 59 with with ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 60 tremendous tremendous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 61 amod _ _ 61 speed speed NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 62 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 63 First first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 64 advmod _ _ 64 down down ADV RB _ 58 advmod _ _ 65 into into ADP IN _ 67 case _ _ 66 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 67 det _ _ 67 vale vale NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 68 , , PUNCT , _ 70 punct _ _ 69 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 70 advmod _ _ 70 up up ADV RB _ 58 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 71 , , PUNCT , _ 74 punct _ _ 72 and and CCONJ CC _ 74 cc _ _ 73 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 74 advmod _ _ 74 up up ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 75 Upon upon ADP IN _ 78 case _ _ 76 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 78 det _ _ 77 opposite opposite ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 78 amod _ _ 78 hill hill NOUN NN Number=Sing 74 obl _ _ 79 Where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 82 advmod _ _ 80 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 81 det _ _ 81 village village NOUN NN Number=Sing 82 nsubj _ _ 82 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 78 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 83 , , PUNCT , _ 86 punct _ _ 84 till till SCONJ IN _ 86 mark _ _ 85 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 86 nsubj _ _ 86 struck strike VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 82 conj _ _ 87 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 88 det _ _ 88 wigwam wigwam NOUN NN Number=Sing 86 obj _ _ 89 of of ADP IN _ 91 case _ _ 90 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 91 det _ _ 91 chief chief NOUN NN Number=Sing 88 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 92 , , PUNCT , _ 93 punct _ _ 93 Ripping rip VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 86 advcl _ _ 94 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 93 obj _ _ 95 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 94 det _ _ 96 in in ADP IN _ 97 case _ _ 97 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 93 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 98 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stop** | past | the sorcerers | | | | then; ever | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | gerund | the sorcerers *not said here* | those | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **check** | past | Were | | | | a end | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **shoot** | past | sorcerers's enemy in enemy's sled | | | sorcerers's heads | | over a mighty wall of ice | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent over head=Destination | | 5 | **fly** | might | a bird | | | all | | in the air; high *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent above all=Location | | 6 | **touch** | gerund | the sorcerers *not said here* | the ground | | | then | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme ground=Co-Theme | | 7 | **run** | participle | the sorcerers *not said here* | | | | then | with tremendous speed; down *property* | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent with speed=Material | | 8 | **stand** | past | the village | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **strike** | past | village | the wigwam of the chief | | | | | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wigwam=Patient | | 10 | **rip** | gerund | village *not said here* | wigwam | | two | | | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | 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 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/6/4/) - next →: [sentence 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/6/6/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/6/)