--- title: So then, with sore ado, For she was very weak, The old dame tottered… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: So then, with sore ado, For she was very weak, The old dame tottered out And brought in one by one Four beavers; but she had Such trouble to cut them up, That the elder of the pilgrims Said to the youngest, “_Nchígŭnŭm! Who acts: woman, Such trouble, elder. 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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 (woman, Such trouble, elder), 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:pg78673:7:6 # text = So then, with sore ado, For she was very weak, The old dame tottered out And brought in one by one Four beavers; but she had Such trouble to cut them up, That the elder of the pilgrims Said to the youngest, “_Nchígŭnŭm! 1 So so ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 30 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 sore sore ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 ado ado NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 8 For for SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 9 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 11 very very ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 weak weak ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 dame dame NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ 17 tottered totter VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 acl _ _ 18 out out ADP RP _ 17 compound:prt _ _ 19 And and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 20 obl _ _ 23 by by ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 22 nmod _ _ 25 Four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 26 nummod _ _ 26 beavers beaver NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 28 but but CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 31 Such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 trouble trouble NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 cut cut VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 xcomp _ _ 35 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ _ 36 up up ADP RP _ 34 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 That that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 40 det _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 elder elder NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 pilgrims pilgrim NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 obl _ _ 44 Said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 acl:relcl _ _ 45 to to ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 youngest young ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 44 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 49 “ " PUNCT `` _ 51 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 51 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 Nchígŭnŭm Nchígŭnŭm PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 ! ! PUNCT . _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | woman | | | | | weak *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **totter out** | participle | | the old dame *not said here* | | | | | vn body\_internal\_motion-49.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **bring** | past | | | | | | in one by one Four beavers | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **have** | past | woman | Such trouble | | | then | | tree rules | | 5 | **cut up** | to-infinitive | Such trouble *not said here* | beavers *= beaver* | | | | that elder *obl* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset they=Product | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | that elder *not said here* | | | | | of the pilgrims | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: 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 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/7/5/) - next →: [sentence 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/7/7/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/7/)