--- title: Thence did their chief in a circle Lead them around the lake; Yet ev… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: Thence did their chief in a circle Lead them around the lake; Yet ever drawing nearer To the Home of Beasts and Men; And as he came, the Master Said: “What is thy will, O Kwîmû?” Who acts: man. A sentence of «Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems», Opening, part 7, with its dependency tree a --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/7/75/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Kulóskap the master, and other Algonki…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/) / [Opening, part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/7/) / 75 # Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 7, sentence 75 Thence did their chief in a circle Lead them around the lake; Yet ever drawing nearer To the Home of Beasts and Men; And as he came, the Master Said: “What is thy will, O Kwîmû?” **Who acts:** man · **What happens:** do, lead, draw, come · **To what, where:** chief, circle, LOONS, lake, Home 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 (man), 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:pg78673:7:75 # text = Thence did their chief in a circle Lead them around the lake; Yet ever drawing nearer To the Home of Beasts and Men; And as he came, the Master Said: “What is thy will, O Kwîmû?” 1 Thence thence ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 chief chief NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 circle circle NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 8 Lead lead VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 9 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 around around ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 lake lake NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ; ; PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 Yet yet CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 15 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 16 advmod _ _ 16 drawing draw VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 parataxis _ _ 17 nearer near ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 16 xcomp _ _ 18 To to ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 Home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 Beasts beast NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 nmod _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 Men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 26 And and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 27 as as SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 Master Master PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 compound _ _ 33 Said Said PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 34 : : PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 35 “ " PUNCT `` _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 What what PRON WP PronType=Rel 33 nmod _ _ 37 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 38 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 O O PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 compound _ _ 42 Kwîmû Kwîmû PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ? ? PUNCT . _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ” " PUNCT '' _ 33 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | LOONS's chief | | a circle | | the Master Said *parataxis*; thence *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chief=Eventuality | | 2 | **lead** | infinitive | | LOONS *= loon* | | the lake | | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme around lake=Destination | | 3 | **draw** | gerund | | | | the Home of Beasts and Men | ever | near *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to home=Destination | | 4 | **come** | past | man | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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 74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/7/74/) - next →: [sentence 76](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/7/76/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/7/)