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title: And when he got there, the brave Was either to obtain That the water… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics
description: And when he got there, the brave Was either to obtain That the water-dam be cut, Or, failing, do something desperate-- They knew not exactly what; But it was expected by all That if he were refused He would paint the village with care Of a deep vermilion hue, Leaving on every lodge Blood, and in thi
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# Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 9, sentence 85

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And when he got there, the brave Was either to obtain That the water-dam be cut, Or, failing, do something desperate-- They knew not exactly what; But it was expected by all That if he were refused He would paint the village with care Of a deep vermilion hue, Leaving on every lodge Blood, and in this intent, Should, armed at every point, Go with his tomahawk, His axe and scalping-knife Singing his death-song, too, As he went on his way; And they were all agog.

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**Who acts:** Kulóskap, brave Was, Was, That, knife, deep vermilion hue · **What happens:** get, obtain, cut, fail, not do, not know · **To what, where:** That, water dam, something, dam, village, lodge

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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, brave Was, Was, That), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg78673:9:85
# text = And when he got there, the brave Was either to obtain That the water-dam be cut, Or, failing, do something desperate-- They knew not exactly what; But it was expected by all That if he were refused He would paint the village with care Of a deep vermilion hue, Leaving on every lodge Blood, and in this intent, Should, armed at every point, Go with his tomahawk, His axe and scalping-knife Singing his death-song, too, As he went on his way; And they were all agog.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
2	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	advcl	_	_
5	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	brave	brave	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	Was	Be	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
10	either	either	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	12	advmod	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	obtain	obtain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	19	advcl	_	_
13	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	12	obj	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
15	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	dam	dam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nsubj:pass	_	_
18	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	19	aux:pass	_	_
19	cut	cut	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
21	Or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
23	failing	fail	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	19	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
25	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	23	xcomp	_	_
26	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	25	obj	_	_
27	desperate	desperate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	26	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	30	punct	_	_
29	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	30	nsubj	_	_
30	knew	know	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	19	conj	_	_
31	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	30	advmod	_	_
32	exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	33	advmod	_	_
33	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	30	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	38	punct	_	_
35	But	but	CCONJ	CC	_	38	cc	_	_
36	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	38	nsubj:pass	_	_
37	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	38	aux:pass	_	_
38	expected	expect	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	19	conj	_	_
39	by	by	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
40	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	41	det:predet	_	_
41	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	38	obl	_	_
42	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	45	mark	_	_
43	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	45	nsubj	_	_
44	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	45	cop	_	_
45	refused	refuse	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	38	advcl	_	_
46	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	48	nsubj	_	_
47	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	48	aux	_	_
48	paint	paint	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	45	parataxis	_	_
49	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	50	det	_	_
50	village	village	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	48	obj	_	_
51	with	with	ADP	IN	_	52	case	_	_
52	care	care	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	50	nmod	_	_
53	Of	of	ADP	IN	_	57	case	_	_
54	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	57	det	_	_
55	deep	deep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	57	amod	_	_
56	vermilion	vermilion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	57	compound	_	_
57	hue	hue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	52	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
58	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	59	punct	_	_
59	Leaving	leave	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	48	advcl	_	_
60	on	on	ADP	IN	_	62	case	_	_
61	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	62	det	_	_
62	lodge	lodge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	59	obl	_	_
63	Blood	Blood	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	62	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
64	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	77	punct	_	_
65	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	77	cc	_	_
66	in	in	ADP	IN	_	68	case	_	_
67	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	68	det	_	_
68	intent	intent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	77	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
69	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	70	punct	_	_
70	Should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	68	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
71	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	72	punct	_	_
72	armed	armed	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	68	amod	_	_
73	at	at	ADP	IN	_	75	case	_	_
74	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	75	det	_	_
75	point	point	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	72	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
76	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	68	punct	_	_
77	Go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	19	conj	_	_
78	with	with	ADP	IN	_	80	case	_	_
79	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	80	nmod:poss	_	_
80	tomahawk	tomahawk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	77	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
81	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	83	punct	_	_
82	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	83	nmod:poss	_	_
83	axe	axe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	77	obl	_	_
84	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	85	cc	_	_
85	scalping	scalp	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	83	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
86	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	87	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
87	knife	knife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	85	obj	_	_
88	Singing	sing	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	87	acl	_	_
89	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	92	nmod:poss	_	_
90	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	92	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
91	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	90	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
92	song	song	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	88	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
93	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	94	punct	_	_
94	too	too	ADV	RB	_	85	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
95	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	98	punct	_	_
96	As	as	SCONJ	IN	_	98	mark	_	_
97	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	98	nsubj	_	_
98	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	77	parataxis	_	_
99	on	on	ADP	IN	_	101	case	_	_
100	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	101	nmod:poss	_	_
101	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	98	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
102	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	107	punct	_	_
103	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	107	cc	_	_
104	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	107	nsubj	_	_
105	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	107	cop	_	_
106	all	all	ADV	RB	_	107	advmod	_	_
107	agog	agog	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
108	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	19	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | Kulóskap |  |  | there |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **obtain** | to-infinitive | the brave Was | That |  |  |  | either *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Theme |
| 3 | **cut** | infinitive · passive |  | the water dam |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |
| 4 | **fail** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 5 | **not** **do** | infinitive |  | something |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Eventuality |
| 6 | **not** **know** | past | Was *= be* |  |  |  |  | what *obj* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus |
| 7 | **expect** | past · passive | That | dam |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |
| 8 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | Kulóskap |  |  |  |  | refuse *property* | tree rules |
| 9 | **paint** | would | Kulóskap | the village |  |  |  | with care of a deep vermilion hue | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent village=Destination with care=Theme |
| 10 | **leave** | gerund | Kulóskap *not said here* |  |  | every lodge |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent on lodge=Location |
| 11 | **go** | infinitive |  | Kulóskap's axe |  | this intent |  | with Kulóskap's tomahawk | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with tomahawk=Beneficiary |
| 12 | **scalp** | gerund |  | knife |  |  |  |  | vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent knife=Source |
| 13 | **sing** *speech: express* | gerund | knife *not said here* | Kulóskap's death song |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location song=Theme |
| 14 | **go** | past | Kulóskap |  |  | Kulóskap's way |  |  | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on way=Location |
| 15 | **is** | past | Was *= be* |  |  |  |  | agog, all *property* | tree rules |
| 16 | **care** |  | a deep vermilion hue |  |  |  |  |  | nom care «act intransitive»: of=agent |
| 17 | **sing** |  | Kulóskap |  |  |  |  |  | nom song «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |

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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.

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**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.

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