--- title: So to see what would come of it He went beyond the mark While carryi… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: So to see what would come of it He went beyond the mark While carrying the whale, And doing this he lost The strength on him bestowed; And sank beneath his burden Crushed by the mighty whale. Who acts: Was. 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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 (Was), 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:pg78673:9:40 # text = So to see what would come of it He went beyond the mark While carrying the whale, And doing this he lost The strength on him bestowed; And sank beneath his burden Crushed by the mighty whale. 1 So so ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 2 to to PART TO _ 3 mark _ _ 3 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 advcl _ _ 4 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 6 nsubj _ _ 5 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obl _ _ 9 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 beyond beyond ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 mark mark NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 14 While while SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 15 carrying carry VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 advcl _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 whale whale NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 19 And and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 20 doing do VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 23 csubj _ _ 21 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 20 obj _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 lost lose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 24 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 strength strength NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 26 on on ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obl _ _ 28 bestowed bestow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 And and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 sank sink VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 advcl _ _ 32 beneath beneath ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 burden burden NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 35 Crushed crush VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 acl _ _ 36 by by ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 mighty mighty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 whale whale NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | to-infinitive | Was *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **come** | would | | | | | | of kind; what *nsubj* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme of it=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **go** | past | Was | | | the mark | | | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme beyond mark=Location | | 4 | **carry** | gerund | Was *not said here* | the whale | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whale=Theme | | 5 | **do** | gerund | | this | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent this=Eventuality | | 6 | **lose** | past | Was | the strength | | | | on power | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent strength=Eventuality | | 7 | **bestow** | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **sink** | past | Was *not said here* | | | | | beneath Was's burden | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 9 | **crush** | participle | | Was's burden *not said here* | | | | by the mighty whale | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 10 | **burden** | | Was | | | | | | nom burden «cognition transitive»: 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 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/9/39/) - next →: [sentence 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/9/41/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/9/)