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title: And this came, indeed, betimes, And not before it was needed; For on… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics
description: And this came, indeed, betimes, And not before it was needed; For on the very next day All of the men went hunting, And the Master warned the Turtle That they would attempt his life. Who acts: this, All, Master, That. A sentence of «Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems», Opening, part 8, wi
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# Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 8, sentence 79

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And this came, indeed, betimes, And not before it was needed; For on the very next day All of the men went hunting, And the Master warned the Turtle That they would attempt his life.

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**Who acts:** this, All, Master, That · **What happens:** come, not need, go, hunt, warn, attempt · **To what, where:** heart, Turtle, life · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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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 (this, All, Master, That), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg78673:8:79
# text = And this came, indeed, betimes, And not before it was needed; For on the very next day All of the men went hunting, And the Master warned the Turtle That they would attempt his life.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
2	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	nsubj	_	_
3	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	indeed	indeed	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	betimes	betimes	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
9	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
10	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
11	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj:pass	_	_
13	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux:pass	_	_
14	needed	need	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	26	punct	_	_
16	For	for	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
17	on	on	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
19	very	very	ADV	RB	_	20	advmod	_	_
20	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	obl	_	_
22	All	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	26	nsubj	_	_
23	of	of	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	22	nmod	_	_
26	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
27	hunting	hunt	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	26	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
29	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	32	cc	_	_
30	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	31	det	_	_
31	Master	Master	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	32	nsubj	_	_
32	warned	warn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	26	conj	_	_
33	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	34	det	_	_
34	Turtle	turtle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	obj	_	_
35	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	38	nsubj	_	_
36	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	38	nsubj	_	_
37	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	38	aux	_	_
38	attempt	attempt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	32	ccomp	_	_
39	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	40	nmod:poss	_	_
40	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | this |  |  |  |  | betimes, indeed *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **need** | past · passive |  | heart |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: subject=Theme |
| 3 | **go** | past | All of the men |  |  |  | day |  | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 4 | **hunt** | gerund | All of the men *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **warn** *speech: warn* | past | the Master | the Turtle |  |  |  |  | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient that S»: agent=Agent turtle=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 6 | **attempt** | would | That | Master's life |  |  |  | Mikchik *nsubj* | vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=Eventuality |

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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.

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**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.

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