--- title: One Was wondrous great and tall, The tallest in the land; Of this he… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: One Was wondrous great and tall, The tallest in the land; Of this he was right proud, For he was one of those Who slyly put soft clay Into their moccasins That they may be admired By folk of lesser size, And win the love of squaws. Who acts: One, Lord, folk. 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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 (One, Lord, folk), 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:pg78673:6:82 # text = One Was wondrous great and tall, The tallest in the land; Of this he was right proud, For he was one of those Who slyly put soft clay Into their moccasins That they may be admired By folk of lesser size, And win the love of squaws. 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nsubj _ _ 2 Was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 wondrous wondrous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 tall tall ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 tallest tall ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 4 conj _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ; ; PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 14 Of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 19 obl _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 17 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 18 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 proud proud ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 21 For for ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 cop _ _ 24 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 19 conj _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 those that PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 24 nmod _ _ 27 Who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 29 nsubj _ _ 28 slyly slyly ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 29 put put VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 acl:relcl _ _ 30 soft soft ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 clay clay NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 32 Into into ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 moccasins moccasin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obl _ _ 35 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 39 nsubj _ _ 36 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj:pass _ _ 37 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 38 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 39 aux:pass _ _ 39 admired admire VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 acl:relcl _ _ 40 By by ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 folk folk NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 lesser less ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 44 amod _ _ 44 size size NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 46 And and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 win win VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 conj _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obj _ _ 50 of of ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 squaws squaw NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | One | | | | | great *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | | One *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **be** | | One *not said here* | | | the land | | | tree rules | | 4 | **is** | past | Lord | | | | | of this; proud *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **is** | past | Lord | | | | | for one; of those | tree rules | | 6 | **put** | present | | soft clay | | BROTHERS's moccasins | | Who *nsubj*; slyly *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent clay=Goal | | 7 | **admire** | may · passive | folk of lesser size | BROTHERS's moccasins | | | | BROTHERS *= brother* *nsubj:pass* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer subject=Stimulus | | 8 | **win** | infinitive | | the love of squaws | | | | | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent love=Eventuality | | 9 | **love** | | | squaws | | | | | nom love «feeling transitive»: of=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 81](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/6/81/) - next →: [sentence 83](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/6/83/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/6/)