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title: “First of all, my uncle, They will build a mighty fire, And throw yo… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics
description: “First of all, my uncle, They will build a mighty fire, And throw you into the flame, But endure it, and with joy; For by my magic power I will see that it does no harm. Who acts: man, fire. A sentence of «Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems», Opening, part 8, with its dependency tree and 
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# Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 8, sentence 83

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“First of all, my uncle, They will build a mighty fire, And throw you into the flame, But endure it, and with joy; For by my magic power I will see that it does no harm.

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**Who acts:** man, fire · **What happens:** build, throw, endure, see, do · **To what, where:** mighty fire, you, flame, fire, harm · **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 (man, fire), 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:pg78673:8:83
# text = “First of all, my uncle, They will build a mighty fire, And throw you into the flame, But endure it, and with joy; For by my magic power I will see that it does no harm.
1	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	First	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	11	advmod	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	uncle	uncle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
9	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
10	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	build	build	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	mighty	mighty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
16	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	throw	throw	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	conj	_	_
18	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	17	obj	_	_
19	into	into	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	flame	flame	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
23	But	but	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
24	endure	endure	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	conj	_	_
25	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	24	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	_
27	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	29	cc	_	_
28	with	with	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
29	joy	joy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	38	punct	_	_
31	For	for	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
32	by	by	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
33	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	35	nmod:poss	_	_
34	magic	magic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	compound	_	_
35	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	obl	_	_
36	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	38	nsubj	_	_
37	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	38	aux	_	_
38	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	conj	_	_
39	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	41	mark	_	_
40	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	41	nsubj	_	_
41	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	38	ccomp	_	_
42	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	43	det	_	_
43	harm	harm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **build** *in a quote* | future | man | a mighty fire |  |  |  | first *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset fire=Product |
| 2 | **throw** *in a quote* | infinitive | man *not said here* | you |  |  |  | into the flame *result* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Causer you=Theme into flame=Result |
| 3 | **endure** *in a quote* | infinitive | man *not said here* | fire |  |  |  | with joy | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Circumstance |
| 4 | **see** *in a quote* | future | man |  |  |  |  | for my magic power | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 5 | **do** *in a quote* | present | fire | no harm |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent harm=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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