--- title: Then the Master taught them a cry, A strange long cry like the howl… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: Then the Master taught them a cry, A strange long cry like the howl Of a dog when he calls to the moon, Or when, far away in the forest, He seeks to find his master; And told them when they required him To utter this long strange cry. Who acts: Master, LOONS, this, dog. 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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, LOONS, this, dog), 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:pg78673:7:77 # text = Then the Master taught them a cry, A strange long cry like the howl Of a dog when he calls to the moon, Or when, far away in the forest, He seeks to find his master; And told them when they required him To utter this long strange cry. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Master Master PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 taught teach 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 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 cry cry NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 10 strange strange ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 11 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 cry cry NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ _ 13 like like ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 howl howl NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 16 Of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 19 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 21 advmod _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 calls call VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 moon moon NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 26 Or or CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 27 when when SCONJ WRB _ 30 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 30 advmod _ _ 30 away away ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 31 in in ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 seeks seek VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 xcomp _ _ 39 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ; ; PUNCT : _ 43 punct _ _ 42 And and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 44 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 iobj _ _ 45 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 47 advmod _ _ 46 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 47 required require VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 ccomp _ _ 48 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 obj _ _ 49 To to PART TO _ 50 mark _ _ 50 utter utter VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 47 xcomp _ _ 51 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 54 nsubj _ _ 52 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 amod _ _ 53 strange strange ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 amod _ _ 54 cry cry NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **teach** *speech: other* | past | the Master | a cry and a strange long cry like the howl of a dog | LOONS *= loon* | | then | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient cry=Topic | | 2 | **call** | present | Master | | the moon | | | away *property* | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to moon=Recipient | | 3 | **seek** | present | Master | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **find** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Master *not said here* | Master's master | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent master=Topic | | 5 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the Master *not said here* | | LOONS *= loon* | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic | | 6 | **require** | past | LOONS *= loon* | Master | | | | | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 7 | **utter** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | LOONS *= loon* *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **cry** *speech: express* | | this | | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **howl** | | a dog | | | | | | nom howl «communication intransitive»: of=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 76](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/7/76/) - next →: [sentence 78](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/7/78/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/7/)