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title: Then, since he could do only one thing more, The Master had recourse… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics
description: Then, since he could do only one thing more, The Master had recourse to sorcery And used the awful spells, and sang the songs Which raise the dead and scare the devils wild And send the witches howling to their graves, And make the forest pines bend low to earth. Who acts: Baby, Master, songs, devil
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# Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 7, sentence 57

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Then, since he could do only one thing more, The Master had recourse to sorcery And used the awful spells, and sang the songs Which raise the dead and scare the devils wild And send the witches howling to their graves, And make the forest pines bend low to earth.

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**Who acts:** Baby, Master, songs, devils, witches, forest pines · **What happens:** do, have, use, sing, raise, scare · **To what, where:** one thing, recourse, awful spells, songs, dead, witches

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This is a sentence of «Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems», Opening, part 7. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Baby, Master, songs, devils), 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:pg78673:7:57
# text = Then, since he could do only one thing more, The Master had recourse to sorcery And used the awful spells, and sang the songs Which raise the dead and scare the devils wild And send the witches howling to their graves, And make the forest pines bend low to earth.
1	Then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	14	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	since	since	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	advcl	_	_
7	only	only	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
10	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
12	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	Master	Master	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
14	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
15	recourse	recourse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
16	to	to	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	sorcery	sorcery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
18	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
19	used	use	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	conj	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
21	awful	awful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
22	spells	spell	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
24	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	25	cc	_	_
25	sang	sing	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	conj	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
27	songs	song	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	25	obj	_	_
28	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	29	nsubj	_	_
29	raise	raise	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	27	acl:relcl	_	_
30	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	31	det	_	_
31	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	29	obj	_	_
32	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	33	cc	_	_
33	scare	scare	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	29	conj	_	_
34	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	35	det	_	_
35	devils	devil	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	36	nsubj	_	_
36	wild	wild	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	33	ccomp	_	_
37	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	38	cc	_	_
38	send	send	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	36	conj	_	_
39	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	40	det	_	_
40	witches	witch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	38	obj	_	_
41	howling	howl	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	40	acl	_	_
42	to	to	ADP	IN	_	44	case	_	_
43	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	44	nmod:poss	_	_
44	graves	grave	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	41	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	47	punct	_	_
46	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	47	cc	_	_
47	make	make	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	29	parataxis	_	_
48	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	50	det	_	_
49	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	50	compound	_	_
50	pines	pine	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	51	nsubj	_	_
51	bend	bend	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	47	ccomp	_	_
52	low	low	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	51	xcomp	_	_
53	to	to	ADP	IN	_	54	case	_	_
54	earth	earth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	52	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
55	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | could | Baby | one thing |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Eventuality |
| 2 | **have** | past | the Master | recourse |  |  | then | to sorcery | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent recourse=Patient |
| 3 | **use** | past | the Master *not said here* | the awful spells |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spell=Patient |
| 4 | **sing** *speech: express* | past | the Master *not said here* | the songs |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location song=Theme |
| 5 | **raise** | present | the songs | the dead |  |  |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dead=Theme |
| 6 | **scare** | infinitive | the songs *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 7 | **wild** | present | the devils |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 8 | **send** | present | the devils *not said here* | the witches |  |  |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent witch=Theme |
| 9 | **howl** | gerund | the witches *not said here* |  | devils's graves |  |  |  | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to grave=Recipient |
| 10 | **make** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 11 | **bend** | present | the forest pines |  |  |  |  | low *property* | 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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