--- title: And so they supped on beaver, And then they stayed for a week, Resti… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: And so they supped on beaver, And then they stayed for a week, Resting themselves in comfort, For all were sadly worn, And also utterly ragged; But then there came to pass A wonderful thing which showed That they were in fairy land, For the master said to the youth, “Go wash the mother’s face!” Who --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/7/8/) [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/) / 8 # Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 7, sentence 8 And so they supped on beaver, And then they stayed for a week, Resting themselves in comfort, For all were sadly worn, And also utterly ragged; But then there came to pass A wonderful thing which showed That they were in fairy land, For the master said to the youth, “Go wash the mother’s face!” **Who acts:** beavers, master, wonderful thing, That, Go · **What happens:** sup, stay, rest, wear, come, pass · **To what, where:** beavers, comfort, all, wonderful thing, fairy land, youth · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (beavers, master, wonderful thing, That), 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:pg78673:7:8 # text = And so they supped on beaver, And then they stayed for a week, Resting themselves in comfort, For all were sadly worn, And also utterly ragged; But then there came to pass A wonderful thing which showed That they were in fairy land, For the master said to the youth, “Go wash the mother’s face!” 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 so so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 supped sup VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 beaver beaver NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 And and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 9 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 11 advmod _ _ 10 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 stayed stay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 12 for for ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 week week NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 Resting rest VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 advcl _ _ 17 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 16 obj _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 comfort comfort NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 21 For for SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 22 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 25 nsubj:pass _ _ 23 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux:pass _ _ 24 sadly sadly ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 25 worn wear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 And and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 28 also also ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 29 utterly utterly ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 30 ragged ragged ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ; ; PUNCT : _ 35 punct _ _ 32 But but CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 33 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 35 advmod _ _ 34 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 35 expl _ _ 35 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 53 advcl _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 xcomp _ _ 38 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 wonderful wonderful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 41 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 42 nsubj _ _ 42 showed show VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 acl:relcl _ _ 43 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 48 nsubj _ _ 44 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 45 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 cop _ _ 46 in in ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 fairy fairy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 48 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 50 For for SCONJ IN _ 53 mark _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 nsubj _ _ 53 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 54 to to ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 58 “ " PUNCT `` _ 60 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 59 Go Go PROPN NNP Number=Sing 60 nsubj _ _ 60 wash wash VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 53 parataxis _ _ 61 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 62 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 63 ’s 's PART POS _ 62 case _ _ 64 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 65 ! ! PUNCT . _ 60 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 66 ” " PUNCT '' _ 60 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sup** | past | beavers *= beaver* | | | | | on beaver | vn dine-39.5 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent on beaver=Patient | | 2 | **stay** | past | beavers *= beaver* | | | | then; week | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **rest** | gerund | beavers *= beaver* *not said here* | beavers *= beaver* | | comfort | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent themselves=Theme in comfort=Location | | 4 | **wear** | past · passive | | all | | | | sadly *property* | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: subject=Source | | 5 | **come** | past | the master *not said here* | | | there | then | | tree rules | | 6 | **pass** | to-infinitive | the master *not said here* | a wonderful thing | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme thing=Trajectory | | 7 | **show** | past | a wonderful thing | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **is** | past | That | | | fairy land | | beavers *= beaver* *nsubj* | tree rules | | 9 | **say** *speech: express* | past | the master | | the youth | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to youth=Recipient clause=Topic | | 10 | **wash** *in a quote* | infinitive | Go | the mother's face | | | | | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent face=Patient | 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 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/7/7/) - next →: [sentence 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/7/9/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/7/)