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title: The Master understood What this all meant: how that Sable had been e… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics
description: The Master understood What this all meant: how that Sable had been enticed Into the wilderness By Atoʾsis the Snake, And that the Serpent-chief Was in the lodge, and he Had sent the Sable forth To seek a long straight rod For evil magic deeds. Who acts: Master, this, Atoʾsis. A sentence of «Kulóskap
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# Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 8, sentence 23

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The Master understood What this all meant: how that Sable had been enticed Into the wilderness By Atoʾsis the Snake, And that the Serpent-chief Was in the lodge, and he Had sent the Sable forth To seek a long straight rod For evil magic deeds.

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**Who acts:** Master, this, Atoʾsis · **What happens:** understand, mean, entice, send, seek · **To what, where:** Sable, wilderness, long straight rod · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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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, this, Atoʾsis), 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:pg78673:8:23
# text = The Master understood What this all meant: how that Sable had been enticed Into the wilderness By Atoʾsis the Snake, And that the Serpent-chief Was in the lodge, and he Had sent the Sable forth To seek a long straight rod For evil magic deeds.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Master	Master	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	understood	understand	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	obj	_	_
5	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	7	nsubj	_	_
6	all	all	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	meant	mean	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	14	punct	_	_
9	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	14	advmod	_	_
10	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
11	Sable	Sable	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
12	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
13	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	14	aux:pass	_	_
14	enticed	entice	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	parataxis	_	_
15	Into	into	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	wilderness	wilderness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
18	By	by	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	Atoʾsis	Atoʾsis	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	Snake	Snake	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
23	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	32	cc	_	_
24	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	32	mark	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
26	Serpent	serpent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	26	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	chief	chief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	nsubj	_	_
29	Was	Was	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	32	nsubj	_	_
30	in	in	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
31	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
32	lodge	lodge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	37	punct	_	_
34	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	37	cc	_	_
35	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	37	nsubj	_	_
36	Had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	37	aux	_	_
37	sent	send	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	14	conj	_	_
38	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	39	det	_	_
39	Sable	Sable	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	37	obj	_	_
40	forth	forth	ADV	RB	_	37	advmod	_	_
41	To	to	PART	TO	_	42	mark	_	_
42	seek	seek	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	37	advcl	_	_
43	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	46	det	_	_
44	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	46	amod	_	_
45	straight	straight	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	46	amod	_	_
46	rod	rod	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	obj	_	_
47	For	for	ADP	IN	_	50	case	_	_
48	evil	evil	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	50	amod	_	_
49	magic	magic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	50	compound	_	_
50	deeds	deed	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	42	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **understand** | past | the Master |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **mean** | past | this |  |  |  |  | What *obj*; all *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
| 3 | **entice** | past · perfect · passive | Atoʾsis | Sable |  |  |  | into the wilderness *result*; in the lodge  the Serpent chief  Was | vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent subject=Patient into wilderness=Result |
| 4 | **send** | past · perfect | Master | the Sable |  |  |  | forth *property* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sable=Theme |
| 5 | **seek** | to-infinitive | Master *not said here* | a long straight rod |  |  |  | for evil magic deeds | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent rod=Location for deed=Theme |

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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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