--- title: And when the messenger came To see the Sagamore, Behold, there lay b… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: And when the messenger came To see the Sagamore, Behold, there lay before him, Lazily in the mud, A creature who was more Of monster than of man-- Though truly in human form-- For he was immense in size, In measure like a giant, Fat, bloated, at all points Most brutal to behold; His great, round, ye --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/9/72/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Kulóskap the master, and other Algonki…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/) / [Opening, part 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/9/) / 72 # Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 9, sentence 72 And when the messenger came To see the Sagamore, Behold, there lay before him, Lazily in the mud, A creature who was more Of monster than of man-- Though truly in human form-- For he was immense in size, In measure like a giant, Fat, bloated, at all points Most brutal to behold; His great, round, yellow eyes Stuck from his head as knots Or knobsticks from a pine. **Who acts:** messenger, creature · **What happens:** come, see, lay, be, bloat, stick · **To what, where:** Sagamore, mud, size, points, yellow eyes, head This is a sentence of «Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems», Opening, part 9. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (messenger, creature), 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:pg78673:9:72 # text = And when the messenger came To see the Sagamore, Behold, there lay before him, Lazily in the mud, A creature who was more Of monster than of man-- Though truly in human form-- For he was immense in size, In measure like a giant, Fat, bloated, at all points Most brutal to behold; His great, round, yellow eyes Stuck from his head as knots Or knobsticks from a pine. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 2 when when SCONJ WRB _ 5 mark _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 messenger messenger NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 advcl _ _ 6 To to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 advcl _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 Sagamore Sagamore PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 11 Behold behold INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 13 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 14 expl _ _ 14 lay lay VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 before before ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 Lazily lazily ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 19 in in ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 mud mud NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 creature creature NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 conj _ _ 25 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 27 nsubj _ _ 26 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 27 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 24 acl:relcl _ _ 28 Of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 monster monster NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 30 than than ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 -- -- PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 34 Though though SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 35 truly truly ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 36 in in ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 human human ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 form form NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 -- -- PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 40 For for ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 41 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 42 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 cop _ _ 43 immense immense ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 conj _ _ 44 in in ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 size size NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 47 In in ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 measure measure NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 conj _ _ 49 like like SCONJ IN _ 53 mark _ _ 50 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 51 giant giant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 53 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 53 Fat fat ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 55 bloated bloat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 53 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 57 at at ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 58 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 59 det _ _ 59 points point NOUN NNS Number=Plur 55 obl _ _ 60 Most most ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 61 amod _ _ 61 brutal brutal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 59 amod _ _ 62 to to ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 63 behold behold INTJ UH _ 61 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 64 ; ; PUNCT , _ 66 punct _ _ 65 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 66 nmod:poss _ _ 66 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 67 , , PUNCT , _ 68 punct _ _ 68 round round ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 66 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 69 , , PUNCT , _ 71 punct _ _ 70 yellow yellow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 71 amod _ _ 71 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 68 conj _ _ 72 Stuck stick VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 71 acl _ _ 73 from from ADP IN _ 75 case _ _ 74 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 75 nmod:poss _ _ 75 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 72 obl _ _ 76 as as ADP IN _ 77 case _ _ 77 knots knot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 72 obl _ _ 78 Or or CCONJ CC _ 79 cc _ _ 79 knobsticks knobstick NOUN NNS Number=Plur 77 conj _ _ 80 from from ADP IN _ 82 case _ _ 81 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 82 det _ _ 82 pine pine NOUN NN Number=Sing 72 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 83 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | the messenger | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **see** | to-infinitive | the messenger *not said here* | the Sagamore | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sagamore=Stimulus | | 3 | **lay** | present | | | | the mud and a creature; there | before messenger | in human form | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent before he=Destination | | 4 | **is** | past | a creature | | | | | of monster; than man; more *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **is** | past | messenger | | | size | | measure *conj*; immense *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **bloat** | participle | messenger *not said here* | | | all points | | | tree rules | | 7 | **stick** | participle | | yellow eyes *not said here* | | messenger's head | | as knots or knobsticks; from a pine | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=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 71](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/9/71/) - next →: [sentence 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/9/73/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/9/)