--- title: For there is not a bone in him, Yet every spring and autumn He is “r… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: For there is not a bone in him, Yet every spring and autumn He is “rolled over with hand-spikes” By order of the Lord; And this is what his name Means in the Micmac tongue. Who acts: bone, this, order, man. 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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 (bone, this, order, man), 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:pg78673:6:87 # text = For there is not a bone in him, Yet every spring and autumn He is “rolled over with hand-spikes” By order of the Lord; And this is what his name Means in the Micmac tongue. 1 For for ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 3 expl _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 bone bone NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 10 Yet yet CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 11 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 12 det _ _ 12 spring spring NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj:pass _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 autumn autumn NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 conj _ _ 15 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj:pass _ _ 16 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux:pass _ _ 17 “ " PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 rolled roll VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 acl _ _ 19 over over ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 20 with with ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 22 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 spikes spike NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ” " PUNCT '' _ 23 punct _ _ 25 By by ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 Lord Lord PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ; ; PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 31 And and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 32 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 34 nsubj _ _ 33 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 cop _ _ 34 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 6 conj _ _ 35 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 37 Means Mean PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 34 acl:relcl _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 Micmac Micmac PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 compound _ _ 41 tongue tongue NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is a** | present | | a bone | | | | in man | tree rules | | 2 | **roll over** *in a quote* | present · passive | a bone *not said here* | every spring and autumn | | | | with hand spikes by order of the Lord; man *nsubj:pass*; over *property* | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with spike=Instrument | | 3 | **is a** | present | this | | | | | Means man's name in the Micmac tongue *acl:relcl* | tree rules | | 4 | **spike** *in a quote* | | order of the Lord | | | | | | nom spike «event intransitive»: by=agent | | 5 | **order** | | | the Lord | | | | | nom order «communication transitive»: of=patient | | 6 | **name** | | man | | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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 86](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/6/86/) - next →: [sentence 88](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/6/88/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/6/)