--- title: And the Master made them welcome And spoke as if he were Well please… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: And the Master made them welcome And spoke as if he were Well pleased to see them there, But asked not whence they came, Or whither they were going, As others are wont to do. Who acts: Master, they, others. 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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 (Master, they, others), 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:pg78673:7:2 # text = And the Master made them welcome And spoke as if he were Well pleased to see them there, But asked not whence they came, Or whither they were going, As others are wont to do. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Master Master PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 welcome welcome ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ 7 And and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 9 as as SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 10 if if SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 12 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 13 Well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 14 advmod _ _ 14 pleased pleased ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 ccomp _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 xcomp _ _ 17 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ 18 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 16 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 But but CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 22 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 21 advmod _ _ 23 whence whence ADV WRB PronType=Int 25 advmod _ _ 24 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 27 Or or CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 28 whither whither ADV WRB PronType=Int 31 advmod _ _ 29 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 25 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 As as SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 34 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 nsubj _ _ 35 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 36 wont wont ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 conj _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past | the Master | them *= they* | | | | welcome *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Product | | 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | the Master *not said here* | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | Master | | | | | pleased, well *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **see** | to-infinitive | Master *not said here* | them *= they* | | there | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus | | 5 | **not** **ask** *speech: ask* | past | the Master *not said here* | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **come** | past | they | | | | | whence *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **go** | past · progressive | they | | | | | whither *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **is** | present | others | | | | | wont *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **do** | to-infinitive | others *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «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 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/7/1/) - next →: [sentence 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/7/3/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/7/)