--- title: For as these people were, As I said, good simple folk, They had talk… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: For as these people were, As I said, good simple folk, They had talked together, just As boys do at their play, When they are hungry, thus: “What would you like to have?” Who acts: I, people, boys, you. 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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 (I, people, boys, you), 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:pg78673:9:103 # text = For as these people were, As I said, good simple folk, They had talked together, just As boys do at their play, When they are hungry, thus: “What would you like to have?” 1 For for ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 2 as as SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 3 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 4 det _ _ 4 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nsubj _ _ 5 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 As as SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 8 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 12 simple simple ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 folk folk NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 15 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 talked talk VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 18 together together ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 just just ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 21 As as SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 22 boys boy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 nsubj _ _ 23 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 parataxis _ _ 24 at at ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 play play NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 When when SCONJ WRB _ 31 mark _ _ 29 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 31 hungry hungry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 33 thus thus ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 : : PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 35 “ " PUNCT `` _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 39 obj _ _ 37 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 38 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 like like VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 parataxis _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ? ? PUNCT . _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ” " PUNCT '' _ 39 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | I | this people *not said here* | | | | say *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **talk** | past · perfect | people | | | | | for good simple folk this people; thus, together *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **do** | present | boys | | | people's play | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is** | present | people | | | | | hungry *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **like** *in a quote* | would | you | | | | | What *obj* | tree rules | | 6 | **have** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **play** | | people | | | | | | nom play «communication 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 102](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/9/102/) - next →: [sentence 104](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/9/104/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/9/)