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title: And the second brother, who wished To remain in peace in the land, S… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics
description: And the second brother, who wished To remain in peace in the land, So stays, for while his roots Are in the ground he _must_ do so; And the third, who fain would live To the end in perfect health, Unless they’ve cut him down Is standing as of yore. Who acts: second brother, roots, man. A sentence of
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# Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 6, sentence 97

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And the second brother, who wished To remain in peace in the land, So stays, for while his roots Are in the ground he \_must\_ do so; And the third, who fain would live To the end in perfect health, Unless they’ve cut him down Is standing as of yore.

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**Who acts:** second brother, roots, man · **What happens:** wish, remain, stay, be, do, fain · **To what, where:** peace, ground, perfect health, man

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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 (second brother, roots, man), 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:pg78673:6:97
# text = And the second brother, who wished To remain in peace in the land, So stays, for while his roots Are in the ground he _must_ do so; And the third, who fain would live To the end in perfect health, Unless they’ve cut him down Is standing as of yore.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	second	second	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	4	amod	_	_
4	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	wished	wish	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
8	To	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	remain	remain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	peace	peace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
16	So	so	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
17	stays	stay	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
19	for	for	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
20	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	26	mark	_	_
21	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	22	nmod:poss	_	_
22	roots	root	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	26	nsubj	_	_
23	Are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	26	cop	_	_
24	in	in	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	_
27	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	31	nsubj	_	_
28	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	27	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	31	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	31	punct	_	_
31	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	26	acl:relcl	_	_
32	so	so	ADV	RB	_	31	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	36	punct	_	_
34	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	36	cc	_	_
35	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	36	det	_	_
36	third	third	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	56	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	39	punct	_	_
38	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	39	nsubj	_	_
39	fain	fain	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	36	parataxis	_	_
40	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	41	aux	_	_
41	live	live	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	39	xcomp	_	_
42	To	to	ADP	IN	_	44	case	_	_
43	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	44	det	_	_
44	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	obl	_	_
45	in	in	ADP	IN	_	47	case	_	_
46	perfect	perfect	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	47	amod	_	_
47	health	health	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	51	punct	_	_
49	Unless	unless	SCONJ	IN	_	51	mark	_	_
50	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	51	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	’ve	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	39	conj	_	_
52	cut	cut	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	51	xcomp	_	_
53	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	52	obj	_	_
54	down	down	ADP	RP	_	52	compound:prt	_	_
55	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	56	aux	_	_
56	standing	stand	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	17	advcl	_	_
57	as	as	ADP	IN	ExtPos=ADP	59	case	_	_
58	of	of	ADP	IN	_	57	fixed	_	_
59	yore	yore	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	56	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
60	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	17	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wish** | past | the second brother |  |  |  |  |  | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **remain** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the second brother *not said here* |  |  | peace |  | in the land | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in peace=Location |
| 3 | **stay** | present | the second brother |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **is** | present | man's roots |  |  |  |  | for the ground | tree rules |
| 5 | **do** | must | man | the ground *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ground=Eventuality |
| 6 | **fain** | present |  |  |  |  |  | who *nsubj* | tree rules |
| 7 | **live** | would |  |  |  | perfect health | to the end |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in health=Location |
| 8 | **have** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | roots *= root* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 9 | **cut down** | infinitive | roots *= root* *not said here* | man |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset he=Product |
| 10 | **stand** | present · progressive | the second brother *not said here* |  |  |  |  | as yore | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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