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title: Yes, and far more to do: For then the Sagamore said: “I have a runne… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics
description: Yes, and far more to do: For then the Sagamore said: “I have a runner here, A man so fleet of foot That never in his life Has he been overcome, And thou must strive with him And gain the victory Ere thou canst win thy wife.” Who acts: Sagamore, fleet, thou. A sentence of «Kulóskap the master, and ot
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# Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 6, sentence 7

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Yes, and far more to do: For then the Sagamore said: “I have a runner here, A man so fleet of foot That never in his life Has he been overcome, And thou must strive with him And gain the victory Ere thou canst win thy wife.”

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**Who acts:** Sagamore, fleet, thou · **What happens:** do, say, have, be, strive, gain · **To what, where:** runner, victory, wife · **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 (Sagamore, fleet, 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:pg78673:6:7
# text = Yes, and far more to do: For then the Sagamore said: “I have a runner here, A man so fleet of foot That never in his life Has he been overcome, And thou must strive with him And gain the victory Ere thou canst win thy wife.”
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	_
5	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	13	punct	_	_
9	For	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	13	obl	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	Sagamore	Sagamore	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
13	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	17	punct	_	_
15	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
17	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	ccomp	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	runner	runner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	_
20	here	here	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	17	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
22	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	advcl	_	_
24	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	33	mark	_	_
25	fleet	fleet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	nsubj	_	_
26	of	of	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
27	foot	foot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	nmod	_	_
28	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	33	nsubj	_	_
29	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	32	advmod	_	_
30	in	in	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
31	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	32	nmod:poss	_	_
32	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	nsubj	_	_
33	Has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	23	advcl	_	_
34	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	36	nsubj	_	_
35	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	36	cop	_	_
36	overcome	overcome	ADV	RB	_	33	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	41	punct	_	_
38	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	41	cc	_	_
39	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	41	nsubj	_	_
40	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	41	aux	_	_
41	strive	strive	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	17	parataxis	_	_
42	with	with	ADP	IN	_	43	case	_	_
43	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	41	obl	_	_
44	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	45	cc	_	_
45	gain	gain	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	41	conj	_	_
46	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	47	det	_	_
47	victory	victory	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	45	obj	_	_
48	Ere	Ere	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	47	appos	_	_
49	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	51	nsubj	_	_
50	canst	can	AUX	MD	Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin	51	aux	_	_
51	win	win	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	47	acl:relcl	_	_
52	thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	53	nmod:poss	_	_
53	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	51	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
54	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
55	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the Sagamore |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **have** *in a quote* | present | the Sagamore *= sagamore* | a runner |  | here |  | a man *advcl* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent runner=Patient |
| 4 | **have** *in a quote* | present | fleet of foot |  |  |  |  | That *nsubj*; Sagamore's life *nsubj* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **is** *in a quote* | participle | Sagamore |  |  |  |  | overcome *property* | tree rules |
| 6 | **strive** *in a quote* | must | thou |  |  |  |  | with Sagamore | tree rules |
| 7 | **gain** *in a quote* | present | thou *not said here* | the victory |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent victory=Theme |
| 8 | **win** *in a quote* | can | thou | thy wife |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wife=Eventuality |

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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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