--- title: Then, asking the village folk Why they had done this evil, Since ’tw… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: Then, asking the village folk Why they had done this evil, Since ’twas of no use to them, They said: “Go ask our chief, It was he who ordered it.” Who acts: women, evil. 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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 (women, evil), 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:pg78673:9:71 # text = Then, asking the village folk Why they had done this evil, Since ’twas of no use to them, They said: “Go ask our chief, It was he who ordered it.” 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 asking ask VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 24 advcl _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 village village NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 folk folk NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 10 advmod _ _ 8 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 11 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 12 det _ _ 12 evil evil NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 Since since ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 ’ ' PUNCT HYPH _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 twas twa NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 19 det _ _ 19 use use NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 23 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 25 : : PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 26 “ " PUNCT `` _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 Go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 24 ccomp _ _ 28 ask ask VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ _ 29 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 chief chief NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 32 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 33 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 36 nsubj _ _ 36 ordered order VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 parataxis _ _ 37 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 . . PUNCT . _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ” " PUNCT '' _ 24 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund | women *= woman* *not said here* | the village folk | | | then | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent folk=Recipient | | 2 | **do** | past · perfect | women *= woman* | this evil | | | since twas of no use to twas | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent evil=Eventuality | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | women *= woman* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **go** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **ask** *speech: ask* *in a quote* | present | | our chief | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent chief=Recipient | | 6 | **is** *in a quote* | past | evil | | | | | folk *nsubj*; who *nsubj*; use *obj*; order *property* | tree rules | 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 70](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/9/70/) - next →: [sentence 72](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/9/72/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/9/)