--- title: And unto him the man Set forth his just complaint, To which the brut… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: And unto him the man Set forth his just complaint, To which the brute at first Made no reply beyond A most uncivil grunt And a croak, but he said at last In a loud, bellowing voice, Such as we sometimes hear At night from pond or pool: “Do as you choose, “Do as you choose, “Do as you choose! 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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 (brute, mouth, we, 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:pg78673:9:74 # text = And unto him the man Set forth his just complaint, To which the brute at first Made no reply beyond A most uncivil grunt And a croak, but he said at last In a loud, bellowing voice, Such as we sometimes hear At night from pond or pool: “Do as you choose, “Do as you choose, “Do as you choose! 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 unto unto ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 6 Set Set PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 appos _ _ 7 forth forth ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 9 just just ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 complaint complaint NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 To to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 15 obl _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 brute brute NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ 16 at at SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 17 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 18 advmod _ _ 18 Made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 acl _ _ 19 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 20 det _ _ 20 reply reply NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 21 beyond beyond ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 22 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 23 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 24 advmod _ _ 24 uncivil uncivil ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 grunt grunt NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod _ _ 26 And and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 croak croak NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 but but CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 33 at at ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 obl _ _ 35 In in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 37 loud loud ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 39 bellowing bellow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 40 amod _ _ 40 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 42 Such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|ExtPos=SCONJ 46 mark _ _ 43 as as ADP IN _ 42 fixed _ _ 44 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 45 sometimes sometimes ADV RB PronType=Ind 46 advmod _ _ 46 hear hear VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 parataxis _ _ 47 At at ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ _ 49 from from ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 pond pond NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ _ 51 or or CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 52 pool pool NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 : : PUNCT : _ 55 punct _ _ 54 “ " PUNCT `` _ 55 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 55 Do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 ccomp _ _ 56 as as SCONJ IN _ 58 mark _ _ 57 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 58 nsubj _ _ 58 choose choose VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 55 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 59 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 60 “ " PUNCT `` _ 61 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 61 Do do VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 55 parataxis _ _ 62 as as SCONJ IN _ 64 mark _ _ 63 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 64 nsubj _ _ 64 choose choose VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 61 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 65 , , PUNCT , _ 67 punct _ _ 66 “ " PUNCT `` _ 67 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 67 Do do VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 55 parataxis _ _ 68 as as SCONJ IN _ 70 mark _ _ 69 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 70 nsubj _ _ 70 choose choose VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 67 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 71 ! ! PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | participle | the brute to the man and the brute to the man and the brute *not said here* | no reply | | | | beyond a uncivil grunt and a croak; first *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset reply=Product | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | mouth | | | last | | in a loud bellowing voice | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **bellow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **hear** | present | we | | | pond or pool | night | sometimes *property* | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent from pond=Source | | 5 | **do** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **choose** *in a quote* | present | you | | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **do** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **choose** | present | you | | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **do** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **choose** *in a quote* | present | you | | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 12 | **complain** | | mouth | | | | | | nom complaint «state 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 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/9/73/) - next →: [sentence 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/9/75/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/9/)