--- title: Then Sable found in fact A very rugged rod, As twisted as a worm, Wh… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: Then Sable found in fact A very rugged rod, As twisted as a worm, When it is wounded; then As he came in, the Snake Cried out, amazed and wroth, “How hast thou dared to bring To me a stick like that?” Who acts: Sable, stick, Snake, thou. 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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 (Sable, stick, Snake, thou), 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:pg78673:8:25 # text = Then Sable found in fact A very rugged rod, As twisted as a worm, When it is wounded; then As he came in, the Snake Cried out, amazed and wroth, “How hast thou dared to bring To me a stick like that?” 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 Sable Sable PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 fact fact NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 6 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 7 very very ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 rugged rugged ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 rod rod NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 As as ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 twisted twisted ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ 13 as as ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 worm worm NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 20 advmod _ _ 18 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj:pass _ _ 19 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux:pass _ _ 20 wounded wound VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 22 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 25 advmod _ _ 23 As as SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 26 in in ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 Snake Snake PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 30 Cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 31 out out ADP RP _ 30 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 33 amazed amazed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 parataxis _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 wroth wroth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 “ " PUNCT `` _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 39 advmod _ _ 39 hast have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 parataxis _ _ 40 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 41 nsubj _ _ 41 dared dare VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 ccomp _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 43 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 xcomp _ _ 44 To to ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 43 obl _ _ 46 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 stick stick NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ _ 48 like like ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 47 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ? ? PUNCT . _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ” " PUNCT '' _ 25 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find** | past | Sable | a rugged rod | | fact | then | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rod=Topic | | 2 | **wound** | present · passive | | rod | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 3 | **come in** | past | stick | | | | then | | tree rules | | 4 | **cry out** *speech: express* | past | the Snake | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **have** *in a quote* | present | | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **dare** *in a quote* | past | thou | | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **bring** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | thou *not said here* | a stick | Kulóskap | | | like that | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent stick=Theme to i=Destination | 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 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/8/24/) - next →: [sentence 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/8/26/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/8/)