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title: So without delay he went Straight up the bed of the brook, And comin… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics
description: So without delay he went Straight up the bed of the brook, And coming to the town Sat down, and bade a boy Bring him some water to drink; To which the boy replied That not a drop could be had In that town unless ’twere given Out by the chief himself. Who acts: bade, coming, boy, chief. A sentence of
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# Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 9, sentence 90

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So without delay he went Straight up the bed of the brook, And coming to the town Sat down, and bade a boy Bring him some water to drink; To which the boy replied That not a drop could be had In that town unless ’twere given Out by the chief himself.

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**Who acts:** bade, coming, boy, chief · **What happens:** go, come, sit down, bring, drink, reply · **To what, where:** bed, town, water, boy, That, drop · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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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 (bade, coming, boy, chief), 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:pg78673:9:90
# text = So without delay he went Straight up the bed of the brook, And coming to the town Sat down, and bade a boy Bring him some water to drink; To which the boy replied That not a drop could be had In that town unless ’twere given Out by the chief himself.
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
2	without	without	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	delay	delay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	Straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
7	up	up	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	brook	brook	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
14	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
15	coming	come	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	19	csubj	_	_
16	to	to	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
19	Sat	sit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
20	down	down	ADP	RP	_	19	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
22	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	26	cc	_	_
23	bade	bade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	nsubj	_	_
24	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	nsubj	_	_
26	Bring	bring	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
27	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	26	obj	_	_
28	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	29	det	_	_
29	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	obj	_	_
30	to	to	PART	TO	_	31	mark	_	_
31	drink	drink	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	26	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	37	punct	_	_
33	To	to	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
34	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	37	obl	_	_
35	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	36	det	_	_
36	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	nsubj	_	_
37	replied	reply	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
38	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	37	obj	_	_
39	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	41	advmod	_	_
40	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	41	det	_	_
41	drop	drop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	44	obl	_	_
42	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	44	aux	_	_
43	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	44	aux:pass	_	_
44	had	have	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	37	ccomp	_	_
45	In	in	ADP	IN	_	47	case	_	_
46	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	47	det	_	_
47	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	44	obl	_	_
48	unless	unless	SCONJ	IN	_	49	mark	_	_
49	’	'	X	GW	_	51	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
50	twere	twere	ADV	RB	_	51	advmod	_	_
51	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	44	parataxis	_	_
52	Out	out	ADP	RP	_	51	compound:prt	_	_
53	by	by	ADP	IN	_	55	case	_	_
54	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	55	det	_	_
55	chief	chief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	51	obl	_	_
56	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	51	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
57	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past | bade |  |  | the bed of the brook |  | without delay | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme up bed=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **come** | gerund |  |  |  | the town |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to town=Initial\_Location |
| 3 | **sit down** | past | coming |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **bring** | infinitive | bade | some water | boy |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent he=Destination water=Theme |
| 5 | **drink** | to-infinitive | bade *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 6 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | the boy | That |  |  |  | which *obl* | tree rules |
| 7 | **have** | could · passive |  | a drop |  | that town |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP» |
| 8 | **give out** | participle · passive | the chief | ’ |  |  |  | bade *obl*; twere *property* | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |

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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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