--- title: Only beg as a dying favor Not to be cast into water, Into the water… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: Only beg as a dying favor Not to be cast into water, Into the water to drown, Beg and implore and entreat them To spare thee that terrible torture, Yes, fight to the bitter end; So will they certainly do it, And so it shall come to pass.” Who acts: you, water, end. 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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 (you, water, end), 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:pg78673:8:84 # text = Only beg as a dying favor Not to be cast into water, Into the water to drown, Beg and implore and entreat them To spare thee that terrible torture, Yes, fight to the bitter end; So will they certainly do it, And so it shall come to pass.” 1 Only only ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 beg beg VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 as as ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 dying die VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 amod _ _ 6 favor favor NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 7 Not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 10 advmod _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 9 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 10 aux:pass _ _ 10 cast cast VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 acl:relcl _ _ 11 into into ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 14 Into into SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 drown drown VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 Beg beg VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 conj _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 implore implore VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 conj _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 entreat entreat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 conj _ _ 25 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 To to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 spare spare VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 advcl _ _ 28 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 27 obj _ _ 29 that that SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 30 terrible terrible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 torture torture NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 33 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 35 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 35 fight fight NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 parataxis _ _ 36 to to ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 bitter bitter ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ; ; PUNCT : _ 52 punct _ _ 41 So so ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 42 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 43 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 44 certainly certainly ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 45 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 52 aux _ _ 46 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 48 And and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 49 so so ADV RB _ 52 advmod _ _ 50 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 51 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 52 aux _ _ 52 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 53 to to PART TO _ 54 mark _ _ 54 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 52 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 56 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **beg** *speech: request* | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | as a dying favor | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **die** | gerund | | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 3 | **not** **cast** | to-infinitive · passive | you *not said here* | | | water | | | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: into water=Product | | 4 | **drown** | to-infinitive | the water | | | | | fight to the bitter end *parataxis* | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **beg** *speech: request* | infinitive | the water *not said here* | | | | | | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **implore** | infinitive | the water *not said here* | | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **entreat** | infinitive | the water *not said here* | waters *= water* | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient | | 8 | **spare** | to-infinitive | the water *not said here* | thee | | | | terrible torture *xcomp* | vn bill-54.5 «NP V NP NP.asset»: agent=Agent thou=Asset | | 9 | **come** | shall · present · do-support | end | | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **pass** | to-infinitive | end *not said here* | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 83](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/8/83/) - next →: [sentence 85](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/8/85/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/8/)