--- title: So, circling round the place, Kulóskap looked adown, And saw a lodge… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: So, circling round the place, Kulóskap looked adown, And saw a lodge, and heard The voice distinctly sound, As he grew nearer; it Was Sable’s wondrous voice; Then heard him sing a curse Against all serpent kind, And he was wandering About the place to seek A stick, extremely straight. 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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 (Kulóskap, voice), 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:pg78673:8:22 # text = So, circling round the place, Kulóskap looked adown, And saw a lodge, and heard The voice distinctly sound, As he grew nearer; it Was Sable’s wondrous voice; Then heard him sing a curse Against all serpent kind, And he was wandering About the place to seek A stick, extremely straight. 1 So so ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 circling circle VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ _ 4 round round ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 8 Kulóskap Kulóskap PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 adown adown NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 And and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 lodge lodge NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 parataxis _ _ 19 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 21 distinctly distinctly ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 As as SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 27 nearer near ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 26 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 29 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 30 Was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 cop _ _ 31 Sable Sable PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ’s 's PART POS _ 31 case _ _ 33 wondrous wondrous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ; ; PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 36 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 37 advmod _ _ 37 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 38 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 sing sing VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 xcomp _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 curse curse NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 42 Against against SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 43 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 44 advmod _ _ 44 serpent serpent VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 advcl _ _ 45 kind kind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 47 And and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 48 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 49 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 50 wandering wonder VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 37 advcl _ _ 51 About about ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obl _ _ 54 to to PART TO _ 55 mark _ _ 55 seek seek VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 50 advcl _ _ 56 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 stick stick NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 58 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 59 extremely extremely ADV RB _ 60 advmod _ _ 60 straight straight ADV RB _ 50 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 61 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **circle** | gerund | Kulóskap *not said here* | | | | | round the place | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **look** | past | Kulóskap | adown | | | | | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme adown=Attribute | | 3 | **see** | past | Kulóskap *not said here* | a lodge | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer lodge=Stimulus | | 4 | **hear** | past | | the voice | | | | sound *obl* | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer voice=Stimulus | | 5 | **grow** | past | Kulóskap | | | | | near *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **is a** | past | voice | Sable's wondrous voice | | | | Sable *nmod:poss* | tree rules | | 7 | **hear** | past | Kulóskap *not said here* | Kulóskap | | | then | | tree rules | | 8 | **sing** *speech: express* | infinitive | Kulóskap *not said here* | a curse | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location curse=Theme | | 9 | **serpent** | present | Kulóskap *not said here* | | | | | kind *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **wonder** *speech: ask* | past · progressive | Kulóskap | | | | | about the place; straight *property* | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus what S»: agent=Experiencer about place=Stimulus | | 11 | **seek** | to-infinitive | Kulóskap *not said here* | a stick | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stick=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 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/8/21/) - next →: [sentence 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/8/23/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/8/)