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title: Then the Master gave to him A little package, and said: “Herein is t… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics
description: Then the Master gave to him A little package, and said: “Herein is that which thou seek’st But I charge thee solemnly That thou lettest not thine eyes Behold what is therein, Till thou shalt have reached thy home.” Who acts: Master, thou. A sentence of «Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems»
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# Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 6, sentence 64

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Then the Master gave to him A little package, and said: “Herein is that which thou seek’st But I charge thee solemnly That thou lettest not thine eyes Behold what is therein, Till thou shalt have reached thy home.”

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**Who acts:** Master, thou · **What happens:** give, say, be, charge, not let, reach · **To what, where:** little package, death, seek’st, That, thee, eyes · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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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 (Master, thou), 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:pg78673:6:64
# text = Then the Master gave to him A little package, and said: “Herein is that which thou seek’st But I charge thee solemnly That thou lettest not thine eyes Behold what is therein, Till thou shalt have reached thy home.”
1	Then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Master	Master	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	_
7	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	package	package	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	15	punct	_	_
14	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	Herein	herein	ADV	RB	_	20	advmod	_	_
16	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	cop	_	_
17	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	20	mark	_	_
18	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	20	nsubj	_	_
19	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	18	nsubj	_	_
20	seek’st	seek'st	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	ccomp	_	_
21	But	but	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
22	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	23	nsubj	_	_
23	charge	charge	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
24	thee	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	23	iobj	_	_
25	solemnly	solemnly	ADV	RB	_	23	advmod	_	_
26	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	23	obj	_	_
27	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	28	nsubj	_	_
28	lettest	let	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	23	parataxis	_	_
29	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	28	advmod	_	_
30	thine	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	31	nmod:poss	_	_
31	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	28	obj	_	_
32	Behold	behold	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
33	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	31	nmod	_	_
34	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	35	cop	_	_
35	therein	therein	ADV	RB	_	33	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	41	punct	_	_
37	Till	till	SCONJ	IN	_	41	mark	_	_
38	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	41	nsubj:pass	_	_
39	shalt	shall	AUX	MD	Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin	41	aux	_	_
40	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	41	aux	_	_
41	reached	reach	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	28	parataxis	_	_
42	thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	43	nmod:poss	_	_
43	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | the Master | a little package | death |  | then |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent package=Theme to he=Recipient |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the Master *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present |  | seek’st |  |  |  | which  thou *nsubj*; herein *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **charge** *in a quote* | present | the Master *= master* | That | thee |  |  | solemnly *property* | vn bill-54.5-1 «NP V NP NP.asset»: agent=Agent thou=Recipient that=Asset |
| 5 | **not** **let** *in a quote* | present | thou | thine eyes |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Theme |
| 6 | **is** *in a quote* | present |  |  |  |  |  | therein *property* | tree rules |
| 7 | **reach** *in a quote* | shall · perfect · passive |  | thou |  |  |  | thy home *obj* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: subject=Beneficiary home=Theme |

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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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