--- title: “Well, if that be the only hindrance, Uncle,” replied the Master, “I… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: “Well, if that be the only hindrance, Uncle,” replied the Master, “I can turn tailor I trow, And fit you to a turn-- Fit you as if by magic, Or in fact by magic itself; Therefore have thou no care As to your face or outside, For to him who hath the art ’Tis as easy to make a man over As any suit of --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/8/48/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Kulóskap the master, and other Algonki…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/) / [Opening, part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/8/) / 48 # Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 8, sentence 48 “Well, if that be the only hindrance, Uncle,” replied the Master, “I can turn tailor I trow, And fit you to a turn-- Fit you as if by magic, Or in fact by magic itself; Therefore have thou no care As to your face or outside, For to him who hath the art ’Tis as easy to make a man over As any suit of clothes.” **Who acts:** that, Master, art · **What happens:** be, reply, turn, trow, fit, have · **To what, where:** only hindrance, tailor, you, thou, fact, art · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (that, Master, art), 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:pg78673:8:48 # text = “Well, if that be the only hindrance, Uncle,” replied the Master, “I can turn tailor I trow, And fit you to a turn-- Fit you as if by magic, Or in fact by magic itself; Therefore have thou no care As to your face or outside, For to him who hath the art ’Tis as easy to make a man over As any suit of clothes.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Well well INTJ UH _ 14 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 if if SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 5 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 9 nsubj _ _ 6 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 9 cop _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 only only ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 hindrance hindrance NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 Uncle Uncle PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ” " PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ 14 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 Master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 “ " PUNCT `` _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 turn turn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 conj _ _ 22 tailor tailor NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 23 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 trow trow VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 And and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 fit fit VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 advcl _ _ 28 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 27 obj _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 turn turn NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 -- -- PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 33 Fit Fit PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 appos _ _ 34 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 27 obj _ _ 35 as as ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 if if SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 37 by by ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 magic magic NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 40 Or or CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 41 in in ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 fact fact NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ _ 43 by by ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 magic magic NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod _ _ 45 itself itself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes 44 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ; ; PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 47 Therefore therefore ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 48 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 parataxis _ _ 49 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 48 obj _ _ 50 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 51 det _ _ 51 care care NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obj _ _ 52 As as ADP IN ExtPos=ADP 55 case _ _ 53 to to ADP IN _ 52 fixed _ _ 54 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 55 nmod:poss _ _ 55 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 nmod _ _ 56 or or CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 57 outside outside ADV RB _ 55 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 58 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 59 For for ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 60 to to ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 61 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 63 obl _ _ 62 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 63 nsubj _ _ 63 hath have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 48 parataxis _ _ 64 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 65 det _ _ 65 art art NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 obj _ _ 66 ’ ' PUNCT `` _ 67 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 67 Tis Tis PROPN NNP Number=Sing 65 appos _ _ 68 as as ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 69 easy easy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 63 obl _ _ 70 to to PART TO _ 71 mark _ _ 71 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 69 xcomp _ _ 72 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 73 det _ _ 73 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 71 obj _ _ 74 over over ADP IN _ 77 case _ _ 75 As as ADP IN _ 77 case _ _ 76 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 77 det _ _ 77 suit suit NOUN NN Number=Sing 73 nmod _ _ 78 of of ADP IN _ 79 case _ _ 79 clothes clothes NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 77 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 80 . . PUNCT . _ 69 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 81 ” " PUNCT '' _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | infinitive | that | the only hindrance | | | | Uncle *appos* | tree rules | | 2 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | the Master | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **turn** *in a quote* | can | the Master *= master* | tailor | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent tailor=Theme | | 4 | **trow** *in a quote* | present | the Master *= master* | tailor *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **fit** *in a quote* | present | the Master *not said here* | | you | | | to a turn; as magic | vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Agent you=Theme you=Destination | | 6 | **have** *in a quote* | present | | thou | | fact by magic magic | | no care *obj*; therefore *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **have** *in a quote* | present | | the art | | | | for Fit; as easy; who *nsubj* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent art=Patient | | 8 | **make** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | the art *not said here* | a man | | any suit of clothes | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset man=Product | 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 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/8/47/) - next →: [sentence 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/8/49/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/8/)