--- title: Then the elder pilgrim said: “Lo, I am a wicked man Accursed with fu… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: Then the elder pilgrim said: “Lo, I am a wicked man Accursed with furious moods, Given to wrath and reviling; Yet I would fain be gentle, Pious and meek and good.” Who acts: elder pilgrim. 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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 (elder pilgrim), 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:pg78673:7:15 # text = Then the elder pilgrim said: “Lo, I am a wicked man Accursed with furious moods, Given to wrath and reviling; Yet I would fain be gentle, Pious and meek and good.” 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 elder elder ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 pilgrim pilgrim NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 : : PUNCT : _ 5 punct _ _ 7 “ " PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 Lo lo INTJ UH _ 14 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 10 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 11 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 wicked wicked ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 ccomp _ _ 15 Accursed accurs VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 acl _ _ 16 with with ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 furious furious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 moods mood NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 Given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 acl _ _ 21 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 wrath wrath NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 reviling revile VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 20 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 26 Yet yet CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 27 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 fain fain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 ccomp _ _ 30 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 31 cop _ _ 31 gentle gentle ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 33 Pious pious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 conj _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 meek meek ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 conj _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 . . PUNCT . _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ” " PUNCT '' _ 29 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the elder pilgrim | | | | then | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | the elder pilgrim *= pilgrim* | a wicked man | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **accurs** *in a quote* | participle | | a wicked man *not said here* | | | | with furious moods | tree rules | | 4 | **give** *in a quote* | participle | | furious moods *not said here* | wrath | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to wrath=Recipient | | 5 | **revile** *in a quote* | gerund | | | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **fain** *in a quote* | would | the elder pilgrim *= pilgrim* | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **is** *in a quote* | infinitive | the elder pilgrim *= pilgrim* *not said here* | | | | | gentle *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **be** *in a quote* | | the elder pilgrim *= pilgrim* *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **be** *in a quote* | | the elder pilgrim *= pilgrim* *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **be** *in a quote* | | the elder pilgrim *= pilgrim* *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | 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 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/7/14/) - next →: [sentence 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/7/16/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/7/)