--- title: Now the Master had a boy His faithful servitor, Nʾmokswes or the Sab… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: Now the Master had a boy His faithful servitor, Nʾmokswes or the Sable; A boy of elfin kind Who played the magic flute Wherewith he could entice All birds and animals To come to him, when they Once heard its wondrous sound. Who acts: Master, boy, birds. 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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, boy, birds), 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:pg78673:8:16 # text = Now the Master had a boy His faithful servitor, Nʾmokswes or the Sable; A boy of elfin kind Who played the magic flute Wherewith he could entice All birds and animals To come to him, when they Once heard its wondrous sound. 1 Now now 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 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 8 faithful faithful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 servitor servitor NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 Nʾmokswes Nʾmokswes PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 appos _ _ 12 or or CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 Sable Sable PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ; ; PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 16 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 elfin elfin ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 kind kind NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ 21 Who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 22 nsubj _ _ 22 played play VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 magic magic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 flute flute NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 26 Wherewith wherewith ADV WRB PronType=Int 29 advmod _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 entice entice VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 acl:relcl _ _ 30 All all DET DT PronType=Tot 31 det _ _ 31 birds bird NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obj _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 animals animal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 conj _ _ 34 To to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 advcl _ _ 36 to to ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 39 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 42 advmod _ _ 40 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 41 Once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 42 advmod _ _ 42 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 43 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 44 wondrous wondrous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | the Master | a boy | | | now | Master's faithful servitor *obj* | tree rules | | 2 | **play** | past | a boy of elfin kind | the magic flute | | | | Who *nsubj* | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flute=Theme | | 3 | **entice** | could | boy | all birds and animals | | | | wherewith *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus bird=Experiencer | | 4 | **come** | to-infinitive | boy *not said here* | | Master | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to he=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **hear** | past | birds *= bird* | flute's wondrous sound | | | | once *property* | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer sound=Stimulus | 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 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/8/15/) - next →: [sentence 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/8/17/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/8/)