--- title: Now these good Indians, who Were the honestest fellows alive, Best n… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: Now these good Indians, who Were the honestest fellows alive, Best natured in all the world, And never harmed any one Except their enemies, Were in a pickle indeed; For sad it is to have Nothing but water to drink; But to want even that When one is raging with thirst Is worse than waiting for dinner --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/9/82/) [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/) / 82 # Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 9, sentence 82 Now these good Indians, who Were the honestest fellows alive, Best natured in all the world, And never harmed any one Except their enemies, Were in a pickle indeed; For sad it is to have Nothing but water to drink; But to want even that When one is raging with thirst Is worse than waiting for dinner When we have no dinner to wait for. **Who acts:** good Indians, Indian, one, raging, we · **What happens:** be, nature, not harm, drink, want, rage · **To what, where:** honestest fellows, good Indians, world, one, dinner 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 (good Indians, Indian, one, raging), 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:pg78673:9:82 # text = Now these good Indians, who Were the honestest fellows alive, Best natured in all the world, And never harmed any one Except their enemies, Were in a pickle indeed; For sad it is to have Nothing but water to drink; But to want even that When one is raging with thirst Is worse than waiting for dinner When we have no dinner to wait for. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 4 det _ _ 3 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 Indians Indian PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 22 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 6 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 10 nsubj _ _ 7 Were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 honestest honest ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 10 amod _ _ 10 fellows fellow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 appos _ _ 11 alive alive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 Best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 4 conj _ _ 14 natured nature VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 acl _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 18 det:predet _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 And and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 21 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 22 advmod _ _ 22 harmed harm VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 23 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 24 det _ _ 24 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 25 Except except ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 enemies enemy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 Were Were PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 30 in in ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 pickle pickle NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 appos _ _ 33 indeed indeed ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ; ; PUNCT : _ 40 punct _ _ 35 For for ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 sad sad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 obl _ _ 37 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 38 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 parataxis _ _ 41 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 40 obj _ _ 42 but but CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 conj _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 45 drink drink VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ; ; PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 47 But but CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 48 to to PART TO _ 49 mark _ _ 49 want want VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 conj _ _ 50 even even ADV RB _ 59 advmod _ _ 51 that that SCONJ IN _ 59 mark _ _ 52 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 55 advmod _ _ 53 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 55 nsubj _ _ 54 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 55 aux _ _ 55 raging rage VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 59 csubj _ _ 56 with with ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 57 thirst thirst NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obl _ _ 58 Is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 59 cop _ _ 59 worse bad ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 49 xcomp _ _ 60 than than SCONJ IN _ 61 mark _ _ 61 waiting wait VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 59 advcl _ _ 62 for for ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 63 dinner dinner NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 obl _ _ 64 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 66 advmod _ _ 65 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 66 nsubj _ _ 66 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 61 advcl _ _ 67 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 68 det _ _ 68 dinner dinner NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 obj _ _ 69 to to PART TO _ 70 mark _ _ 70 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 68 acl _ _ 71 for for ADP IN _ 70 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 72 . . PUNCT . _ 22 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | this good Indians | the honestest fellows | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **nature** | participle | | this good Indians *not said here* | | all world | | | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **harm** | past | this good Indians | any one | | | | except fellows's enemies | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus one=Experiencer | | 4 | **is** | present | Indian | | | | | for sad; Nothing water *obj*; have *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **drink** | to-infinitive | Indian *not said here* | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **want** | to-infinitive | Indian *not said here* | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Pivot | | 7 | **rage** | present · progressive | one | | | | | with thirst | vn entity\_specific\_modes\_being-47.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with thirst=Theme | | 8 | **is** *not said to happen* | present | raging | | | | | bad *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **wait** | gerund | raging *not said here* | | | | | for dinner | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **have** | present | we | no dinner | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dinner=Patient | | 11 | **wait** | to-infinitive | we *not said here* | no dinner *not said here* | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 81](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/9/81/) - next →: [sentence 83](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/9/83/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/9/)