--- title: On her the old-young turtle Cast his experienced eyes With a boy-lik… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: On her the old-young turtle Cast his experienced eyes With a boy-like, innocent look, And said, “I think that damsel Would exactly suit my complaint, And therefore I think I will take her!” Who acts: experienced eyes, damsel, my. 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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 (experienced eyes, damsel, my), 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:pg78673:8:57 # text = On her the old-young turtle Cast his experienced eyes With a boy-like, innocent look, And said, “I think that damsel Would exactly suit my complaint, And therefore I think I will take her!” 1 On on ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 4 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 turtle turtle NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 Cast Cast PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 10 experienced experienced ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 nsubj _ _ 12 With with ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 14 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 15 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 like like ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 18 innocent innocent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 look look NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 And and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 “ " PUNCT `` _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 think think VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 ccomp _ _ 27 that that SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 28 damsel damsel NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 29 Would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 30 exactly exactly ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 31 suit suit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 ccomp _ _ 32 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 complaint complaint NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 And and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 36 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 37 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 think think VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 39 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 40 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 ccomp _ _ 42 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ! ! PUNCT . _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ” " PUNCT '' _ 22 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: express* | past | chieftain's experienced eyes with a like innocent look | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* *in a quote* | present | chieftain's experienced eyes with a like innocent look *= eye* | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **suit** *in a quote* | would | damsel | my complaint | | | | exactly *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **think** *speech: other* *in a quote* | present | chieftain's experienced eyes with a like innocent look *= eye* | | | | | therefore *property* | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 5 | **take** *in a quote* | future | chieftain's experienced eyes with a like innocent look *= eye* | | chieftain | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument she=Destination | | 6 | **complain** *in a quote* | | my | | | | | | nom complaint «state intransitive»: poss=agent | 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 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/8/56/) - next →: [sentence 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/8/58/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/8/)