--- title: However it came to pass That the Turtle grew mightily All in his own… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: However it came to pass That the Turtle grew mightily All in his own conceit, And thought he could take the place Of the Master and reign in his stead; So he called together a council Of all the beasts, to find How Kulóskap might be slain. Who acts: feast, Turtle, lord. 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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 (feast, Turtle, lord), 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:pg78673:9:45 # text = However it came to pass That the Turtle grew mightily All in his own conceit, And thought he could take the place Of the Master and reign in his stead; So he called together a council Of all the beasts, to find How Kulóskap might be slain. 1 However however ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 obj _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 Turtle Turtle PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 10 mightily mightily ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 All all ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 14 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 conceit conceit NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 And and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 ccomp _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 24 Of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 Master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 reign reign NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 conj _ _ 29 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 stead stead NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT : _ 35 punct _ _ 33 So so ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 36 together together ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 council council NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 xcomp _ _ 39 Of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 40 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 42 det:predet _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 beasts beast NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 45 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 advcl _ _ 46 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 50 advmod _ _ 47 Kulóskap Kulóskap PROPN NNP Number=Sing 50 nsubj _ _ 48 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 49 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 50 aux:pass _ _ 50 slain slay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 45 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | feast | | | | | however *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **pass** | to-infinitive | feast *not said here* | That | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme that=Trajectory | | 3 | **grow** | past | the Turtle | | | lord's own conceit | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in conceit=Location | | 4 | **think** *speech: other* | past | feast *not said here* | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 5 | **take** | could | lord | the place of the Master and reign in lord's stead | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Theme | | 6 | **call together** *speech: assert* | past | lord | a council of all beasts | | | | together *property* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **find** | to-infinitive | lord *not said here* | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 8 | **slay** | might · passive | | Kulóskap | | | | | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | 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 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/9/44/) - next →: [sentence 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/9/46/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/9/)