--- title: Now, just before he came, These honest Indians Had in a council reso… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: Now, just before he came, These honest Indians Had in a council resolved To send their boldest man Though ’twere to certain death, Even unto the village Where dwelt the evil chief Who built the cursèd dam Which kept the water with which They slaked their thirst when they Could get it--that is to say --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/9/84/) [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/) / 84 # Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 9, sentence 84 Now, just before he came, These honest Indians Had in a council resolved To send their boldest man Though ’twere to certain death, Even unto the village Where dwelt the evil chief Who built the cursèd dam Which kept the water with which They slaked their thirst when they Could get it--that is to say, Whenever the water was running. **Who acts:** Kulóskap, honest Indians, evil chief, cursèd dam, children, that · **What happens:** come, have, resolve, send, dwell, build · **To what, where:** council, boldest man, evil chief, cursèd dam, water, thirst · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (Kulóskap, honest Indians, evil chief, cursèd dam), 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:pg78673:9:84 # text = Now, just before he came, These honest Indians Had in a council resolved To send their boldest man Though ’twere to certain death, Even unto the village Where dwelt the evil chief Who built the cursèd dam Which kept the water with which They slaked their thirst when they Could get it--that is to say, Whenever the water was running. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 just just ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 4 before before SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 These this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 10 det _ _ 9 honest honest ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 Indians Indian PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 11 nsubj _ _ 11 Had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 council council NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 15 resolved resolve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 xcomp _ _ 16 To to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 send send VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 xcomp _ _ 18 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 19 boldest bold ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 20 amod _ _ 20 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 21 Though though ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 22 ’ ' X GW _ 21 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 twere twere X RB _ 22 goeswith _ _ 24 to to ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 certain certain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 Even even ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 29 unto unto ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 village village NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 flat _ _ 32 Where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 33 advmod _ _ 33 dwelt dwell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 acl:relcl _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 evil evil ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 chief chief NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 37 Who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 38 nsubj _ _ 38 built build VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 acl:relcl _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 cursèd cursèd ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 dam dam NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 42 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 43 nsubj _ _ 43 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 acl:relcl _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ _ 46 with with ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 49 obl _ _ 48 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 49 slaked slake VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 acl:relcl _ _ 50 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 51 nmod:poss _ _ 51 thirst thirst NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obj _ _ 52 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 55 advmod _ _ 53 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 55 nsubj _ _ 54 Could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 55 aux _ _ 55 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 49 advcl _ _ 56 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 55 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 57 -- -- PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 58 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 61 nsubj:outer _ _ 59 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 61 cop _ _ 60 to to PART TO _ 61 mark _ _ 61 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 62 , , PUNCT , _ 67 punct _ _ 63 Whenever whenever ADV WRB PronType=Rel 67 advmod _ _ 64 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 65 det _ _ 65 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 nsubj _ _ 66 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 67 aux _ _ 67 running run VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 61 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 68 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | Kulóskap | | | | now | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **have** | past | this honest Indians | | | a council | | | tree rules | | 3 | **resolve** | participle | this honest Indians *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **send** | to-infinitive | this honest Indians *not said here* | children's boldest man | | | | though *property* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Theme | | 5 | **dwell** | past | | the evil chief | | | | | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme chief=Location | | 6 | **build** | past | the evil chief | the cursèd dam | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dam=Product | | 7 | **keep** | past | the cursèd dam | the water | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme | | 8 | **slake** | past | children *= child* | children's thirst | | | | with the water | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent thirst=Patient with which=Instrument | | 9 | **get** | could | children *= child* | water | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | | 10 | **be** *speech: assert* | present | that | | | | | say *property* | tree rules | | 11 | **run** | past · progressive | the water | | | | | whenever *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 12 | **thirst** | | children *= child* | | | | | | nom thirst «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 83](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/9/83/) - next →: [sentence 85](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/9/85/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/9/)