--- title: But when they do this, ’twill be Close by the Sagamore’s lodge, And… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: But when they do this, ’twill be Close by the Sagamore’s lodge, And that you may escape them I give you, Uncle, the power To jump twice over the roof; But if they chance to bring it To a third attempt, ’twill be A very terrible thing for you, And yet it _must_ come to pass; ‘No honey without a sting --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/8/71/) [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/) / 71 # Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 8, sentence 71 But when they do this, ’twill be Close by the Sagamore’s lodge, And that you may escape them I give you, Uncle, the power To jump twice over the roof; But if they chance to bring it To a third attempt, ’twill be A very terrible thing for you, And yet it \_must\_ come to pass; ‘No honey without a sting; No chase, no venison.’” **Who acts:** you, I, man, chance, twill · **What happens:** be, escape, give, jump, chance, bring · **To what, where:** man, Uncle, roof, chance, terrible thing, chase 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 (you, I, man, chance), 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:pg78673:8:71 # text = But when they do this, ’twill be Close by the Sagamore’s lodge, And that you may escape them I give you, Uncle, the power To jump twice over the roof; But if they chance to bring it To a third attempt, ’twill be A very terrible thing for you, And yet it _must_ come to pass; ‘No honey without a sting; No chase, no venison.’” 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 2 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 5 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 7 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 twill twill NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl:unmarked _ _ 9 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 10 cop _ _ 10 Close close ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 11 by by ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 Sagamore Sagamore PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ’s 's PART POS _ 13 case _ _ 15 lodge lodge NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 17 And and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 18 that that SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 19 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 escape escape VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 conj _ _ 22 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ _ 23 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 give give VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 advcl _ _ 25 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 24 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 27 Uncle Uncle PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 appos _ _ 31 To to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 jump jump VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 acl _ _ 33 twice twice ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 32 advmod _ _ 34 over over ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 roof roof NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ; ; PUNCT , _ 66 punct _ _ 38 But but CCONJ CC _ 66 cc _ _ 39 if if SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 40 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 chance chance NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 nsubj _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 43 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 acl _ _ 44 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obj _ _ 45 To to ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 46 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 47 third third ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 48 amod _ _ 48 attempt attempt NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 50 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 48 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 twill twill NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 nsubj _ _ 52 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 56 cop _ _ 53 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 54 very very ADV RB _ 55 advmod _ _ 55 terrible terrible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 56 amod _ _ 56 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ _ 57 for for ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 58 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 56 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 59 , , PUNCT , _ 66 punct _ _ 60 And and CCONJ CC _ 66 cc _ _ 61 yet yet ADV RB _ 66 advmod _ _ 62 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 61 nsubj _ _ 63 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 61 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 64 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 66 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 65 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 66 punct _ _ 66 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 conj _ _ 67 to to PART TO _ 68 mark _ _ 68 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 66 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 69 ; ; PUNCT : _ 72 punct _ _ 70 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 72 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 71 No no DET DT PronType=Neg 72 det _ _ 72 honey honey NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 obj _ _ 73 without without ADP IN _ 75 case _ _ 74 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 75 det _ _ 75 sting sting NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 76 ; ; PUNCT : _ 78 punct _ _ 77 No no DET DT PronType=Neg 78 det _ _ 78 chase chase NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 79 , , PUNCT , _ 81 punct _ _ 80 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 81 det _ _ 81 venison venison NOUN NN Number=Sing 78 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 82 . . PUNCT . _ 81 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 83 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 81 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 84 ” " PUNCT '' _ 81 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present · do-support | | | | | | by the Sagamore's lodge; close *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **escape** | may | you | man | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme they=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **give** | present | I | | Uncle | | | you *iobj* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient uncle=Theme | | 4 | **jump** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | the roof | | twice *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over roof=Trajectory | | 5 | **chance** *a condition, not said to happen* | | man | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **bring** | to-infinitive | chance *not said here* | chance | | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 7 | **is a** | infinitive | twill | a terrible thing | | | | to a third attempt; for you | tree rules | | 8 | **come** | must | chance | no chase | | | yet | | tree rules | | 9 | **pass** | to-infinitive | chance *not said here* | no honey | | | | without a sting | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme honey=Trajectory | 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 70](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/8/70/) - next →: [sentence 72](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/8/72/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/8/)