--- title: Then, taking from his belt His powerful _upsinai_, That is his medic… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: Then, taking from his belt His powerful _upsinai_, That is his medicine-bag, He gave unto each Indian A little box and bade him Keep it well closed, nor heed it Till he should reach his home. Who acts: third, That, bade. 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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 (third, That, bade), 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:pg78673:7:19 # text = Then, taking from his belt His powerful _upsinai_, That is his medicine-bag, He gave unto each Indian A little box and bade him Keep it well closed, nor heed it Till he should reach his home. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 taking take VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 21 advcl _ _ 4 from from ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 belt belt NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 powerful powerful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 9 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 upsinai upsinai X FW Foreign=Yes 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 13 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 18 nsubj _ _ 14 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 15 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 16 medicine medicine NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 17 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 bag bag NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 20 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 22 unto unto ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 23 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 27 nsubj _ _ 24 Indian Indian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 25 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 box box NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 bade bade NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 conj _ _ 30 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nmod _ _ 31 Keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 advcl _ _ 32 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 34 advmod _ _ 34 closed close VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 37 cc _ _ 37 heed heed VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Typo=Yes|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 38 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 Till till SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 40 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 41 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 reach reach VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 advcl _ _ 43 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 21 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | gerund | third *not said here* | upsinai | | third's belt | then | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent upsinai=Theme from belt=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **is a** | present | That | third's medicine bag | | | | third *nmod:poss* | tree rules | | 3 | **give** | past | third | | | | | unto a Indian little box man and bade | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **keep** | infinitive | third *not said here* | bade | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **close** | participle | bade *not said here* | | | | | well *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 6 | **heed** | present | third *not said here* | bade | | | | | vn abide\_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 7 | **reach** | should | third | third's home | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent home=Theme | 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 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/7/18/) - next →: [sentence 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/7/20/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/7/)