--- title: Now when for the first time They felt that they had come Into anothe… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: Now when for the first time They felt that they had come Into another life, An ever-enchanted land, The Master gently questioned And asked them whence they came, And what it was they sought; They said they sought Kulóskap, And he answered, “I am he!” Who acts: travellers, Master. 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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 (travellers, Master), 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:pg78673:7:12 # text = Now when for the first time They felt that they had come Into another life, An ever-enchanted land, The Master gently questioned And asked them whence they came, And what it was they sought; They said they sought Kulóskap, And he answered, “I am he!” 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 8 advmod _ _ 2 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ _ 3 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 6 amod _ _ 6 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 7 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 that that SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 10 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 8 advcl _ _ 13 Into into ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 15 det _ _ 15 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 17 An a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 18 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 20 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 enchanted enchant VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 amod _ _ 21 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 Master Master PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 25 gently gently ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 26 questioned question VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 27 And and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 29 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ _ 30 whence whence ADV WRB PronType=Int 32 advmod _ _ 31 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 And and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 26 parataxis _ _ 36 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 37 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 acl:relcl _ _ 38 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 sought seek VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ; ; PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 43 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 sought seek VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 ccomp _ _ 45 Kulóskap Kulóskap PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 47 And and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 48 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 49 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 51 “ " PUNCT `` _ 53 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 53 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 49 conj _ _ 54 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 55 ! ! PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 56 ” " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **feel** | past | travellers *= traveller* | | | | now; time | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **come** | past · perfect | travellers *= traveller* | | | another life a enchanted land | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into life=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **enchant** | participle | | | | | ever | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **question** *speech: other* | past | the Master | | | | | what land *parataxis*; gently *property* | vn interrogate-37.1.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | the Master *not said here* | | travellers *= traveller* | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic | | 6 | **come** | past | travellers *= traveller* | | | | | whence *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **seek** | past | travellers *= traveller* | | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | travellers *= traveller* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 9 | **seek** | past | travellers *= traveller* | Kulóskap | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kulóskap=Theme | | 10 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | Master | | | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=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 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/7/11/) - next →: [sentence 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/7/13/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/7/)