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title: So he went forth, resolved, Following Sable’s trail, And tracked him… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics
description: So he went forth, resolved, Following Sable’s trail, And tracked him through the snow, Three days and nights, and then Heard some one sing afar; It was the magic song Which sorcerers only sing When in the direst need, And death is drawing near. Who acts: Master, trail, sorcerers, death. A sentence o
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# Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 8, sentence 21

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So he went forth, resolved, Following Sable’s trail, And tracked him through the snow, Three days and nights, and then Heard some one sing afar; It was the magic song Which sorcerers only sing When in the direst need, And death is drawing near.

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**Who acts:** Master, trail, sorcerers, death · **What happens:** go, resolve, follow, track, be, sing · **To what, where:** trail, Master, snow, magic song

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This is a sentence of «Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems», Opening, part 8. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Master, trail, sorcerers, death), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg78673:8:21
# text = So he went forth, resolved, Following Sable’s trail, And tracked him through the snow, Three days and nights, and then Heard some one sing afar; It was the magic song Which sorcerers only sing When in the direst need, And death is drawing near.
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	forth	forth	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	resolved	resolve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	Following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
9	Sable	Sable	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	’s	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	trail	trail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	tracked	track	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
15	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obj	_	_
16	through	through	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
20	Three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	21	nummod	_	_
21	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	appos	_	_
22	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
23	nights	night	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	21	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
25	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	27	cc	_	_
26	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	27	advmod	_	_
27	Heard	Heard	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	parataxis	_	_
28	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	31	det	_	_
29	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	30	nummod	_	_
30	sing	sing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	compound	_	_
31	afar	afar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	37	punct	_	_
33	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	37	nsubj	_	_
34	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	37	cop	_	_
35	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	37	det	_	_
36	magic	magic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	compound	_	_
37	song	song	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	conj	_	_
38	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	41	obj	_	_
39	sorcerers	sorcerer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	41	nsubj	_	_
40	only	only	ADV	RB	_	41	advmod	_	_
41	sing	sing	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	37	acl:relcl	_	_
42	When	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	41	advmod	_	_
43	in	in	ADP	IN	_	46	case	_	_
44	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	46	det	_	_
45	direst	dire	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	46	amod	_	_
46	need	need	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	51	punct	_	_
48	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	51	cc	_	_
49	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	51	nsubj	_	_
50	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	51	aux	_	_
51	drawing	draw	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	46	conj	_	_
52	near	near	ADV	RB	_	51	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
53	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past | Master |  |  |  |  | Heard and the magic song *parataxis*; forth *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **resolve** | participle | Master *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **follow** | gerund | Master *not said here* | Sable's trail |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trail=Theme |
| 4 | **track** | past | Master *not said here* | Master |  | the snow |  |  | vn stalk-35.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Theme through snow=Location |
| 5 | **is a** | past | trail | the magic song |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **sing** *speech: express* | present | sorcerers | the magic song |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location which=Theme |
| 7 | **draw** | present · progressive | death |  |  |  |  | near *property* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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.

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**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.

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