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title: So then it came to pass That a certain fool of the kind Who never ca… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics
description: So then it came to pass That a certain fool of the kind Who never can do aught Without a twist or a turn In his own peculiar way, Went a long journey to ask A favor of the Lord. Who acts: wish, kind. A sentence of «Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems», Opening, part 6, with its dependency 
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# Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 6, sentence 55

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So then it came to pass That a certain fool of the kind Who never can do aught Without a twist or a turn In his own peculiar way, Went a long journey to ask A favor of the Lord.

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**Who acts:** wish, kind · **What happens:** come, pass, not do, go, ask, favor · **To what, where:** That, aught, own peculiar way, long journey, favor, Lord

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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 (wish, kind), 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:pg78673:6:55
# text = So then it came to pass That a certain fool of the kind Who never can do aught Without a twist or a turn In his own peculiar way, Went a long journey to ask A favor of the Lord.
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	advmod	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	pass	pass	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	6	obj	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	certain	certain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	fool	fool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
14	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	17	nsubj	_	_
15	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	17	advmod	_	_
16	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
17	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	acl:relcl	_	_
18	aught	aught	PRON	NN	PronType=Ind	17	obj	_	_
19	Without	without	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	twist	twist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	_
22	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
23	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	turn	turn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	conj	_	_
25	In	in	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
26	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	29	nmod:poss	_	_
27	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	29	amod	_	_
28	peculiar	peculiar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	compound	_	_
29	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	31	punct	_	_
31	Went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
32	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	34	det	_	_
33	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	34	amod	_	_
34	journey	journey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	obj	_	_
35	to	to	PART	TO	_	36	mark	_	_
36	ask	ask	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	31	advcl	_	_
37	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
38	favor	favor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	obj	_	_
39	of	of	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
40	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	41	det	_	_
41	Lord	Lord	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	38	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | wish |  |  |  | then |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **pass** | to-infinitive | wish *not said here* | That |  |  |  | a certain fool of the kind *obj* | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent that=Recipient fool=Theme |
| 3 | **not** **do** | can | the kind | aught |  | Master's own peculiar way |  | without a twist or a turn | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent aught=Eventuality |
| 4 | **go** | past | wish *not said here* | a long journey |  |  |  |  | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location journey=Theme |
| 5 | **ask** *speech: ask* | to-infinitive | wish *not said here* | a favor of the Lord |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent favor=Recipient |
| 6 | **favor** |  |  | the Lord |  |  |  |  | nom favor «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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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