--- title: But Sable, answering, Replied, “It is not straight, But what is croo… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: But Sable, answering, Replied, “It is not straight, But what is crookedest May be the straightest made, And I do know a charm Whereby this may be done; I will but heat this stick A little in the fire, And sing the proper spell And then it shall be straight.” Who acts: Sable, rod, I. 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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, rod, I), 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:pg78673:8:26 # text = But Sable, answering, Replied, “It is not straight, But what is crookedest May be the straightest made, And I do know a charm Whereby this may be done; I will but heat this stick A little in the fire, And sing the proper spell And then it shall be straight.” 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 2 Sable Sable PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 answering answer VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 Replied reply VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 8 “ " PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 10 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 11 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 12 advmod _ _ 12 straight straight ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 But but CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 15 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 17 nsubj _ _ 16 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 17 crookedest crooked ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 12 obl _ _ 18 May May PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 flat _ _ 19 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 21 cop _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 straightest straight ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 17 conj _ _ 22 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 And and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 25 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 parataxis _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 charm charm NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 30 Whereby whereby ADV WRB PronType=Int 34 advmod _ _ 31 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 34 nsubj:pass _ _ 32 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 33 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 34 aux:pass _ _ 34 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ; ; PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 38 but but CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 heat heat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 40 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 41 det _ _ 41 stick stick NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 42 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 44 in in ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 48 And and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 49 sing sing VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 51 proper proper ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 amod _ _ 52 spell spell NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obj _ _ 53 And and CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 54 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 57 advmod _ _ 55 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 57 nsubj _ _ 56 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 57 aux _ _ 57 be be VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 49 conj _ _ 58 straight straight ADV RB _ 57 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 59 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 60 ” " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **answer** *speech: assert* | gerund | Sable *not said here* | | | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **reply** *speech: assert* | participle · passive | | Sable | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic | | 3 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | present | rod | | | | | straight *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **is** *in a quote* | present | | | | | | what *nsubj*; crooked *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | straight *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **make** *in a quote* | participle | | | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 7 | **know** *in a quote* | present · do-support | I | a charm | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer charm=Stimulus | | 8 | **do** *in a quote* | may · passive | | this | | | | whereby *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 9 | **heat** *in a quote* | infinitive | | this stick | | | | | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent stick=Patient | | 10 | **sing** *speech: express* *in a quote* | infinitive | | the proper spell | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location spell=Theme | | 11 | **be** *in a quote* | shall | rod | | | | then | straight *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/8/25/) - next →: [sentence 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/8/27/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/8/)