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title: When an Indian, an Italian mountaineer, an Arab, and sometimes a Gyp… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics
description: When an Indian, an Italian mountaineer, an Arab, and sometimes a Gypsy (I have had experience of all in this respect) would spin off some long romantic yarn, he either gives you a choice, or, more frequently, begins to intone or chant the tale in a manner which is something between plain-song and th
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# Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 1, sentence 125

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When an Indian, an Italian mountaineer, an Arab, and sometimes a Gypsy (I have had experience of all in this respect) would spin off some long romantic yarn, he either gives you a choice, or, more frequently, begins to intone or chant the tale in a manner which is something between plain-song and the singing of “Captain Kidd” in a northeaster by one who has no vocal gift.

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**Who acts:** I, Gypsy, Italian mountaineer, some, manner · **What happens:** have, experience, spin off, yarn, give, begin · **To what, where:** respect, choice, you, tale, manner, something

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This is a sentence of «Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems», Opening, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, Gypsy, Italian mountaineer, some), 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:pg78673:1:126
# text = When an Indian, an Italian mountaineer, an Arab, and sometimes a Gypsy (I have had experience of all in this respect) would spin off some long romantic yarn, he either gives you a choice, or, more frequently, begins to intone or chant the tale in a manner which is something between plain-song and the singing of “Captain Kidd” in a northeaster by one who has no vocal gift.
1	When	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	3	advmod	_	_
2	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Indian	Indian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	28	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	Italian	Italian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	mountaineer	mountaineer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	Arab	Arab	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
13	sometimes	sometimes	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	20	advmod	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	Gypsy	Gypsy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	20	nsubj	_	_
16	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	_
18	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	aux	_	_
19	had	have	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	20	amod	_	_
20	experience	experience	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
21	of	of	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	20	nmod	_	_
23	in	in	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
24	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	25	det	_	_
25	respect	respect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	10	punct	_	_
27	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	28	aux	_	_
28	spin	spin	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
29	off	off	ADP	RP	_	28	compound:prt	_	_
30	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	33	nsubj	_	_
31	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	33	amod	_	_
32	romantic	romantic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	33	amod	_	_
33	yarn	yarn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	37	punct	_	_
35	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	37	nsubj	_	_
36	either	either	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	37	advmod	_	_
37	gives	give	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	28	parataxis	_	_
38	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	37	iobj	_	_
39	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	40	det	_	_
40	choice	choice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	47	punct	_	_
42	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	47	cc	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	42	punct	_	_
44	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	45	advmod	_	_
45	frequently	frequently	ADV	RB	_	47	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
46	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	47	punct	_	_
47	begins	begin	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	37	conj	_	_
48	to	to	PART	TO	_	49	mark	_	_
49	intone	intone	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	47	xcomp	_	_
50	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	51	cc	_	_
51	chant	chant	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	49	conj	_	_
52	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	53	det	_	_
53	tale	tale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	51	obj	_	_
54	in	in	ADP	IN	_	56	case	_	_
55	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	56	det	_	_
56	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	51	obl	_	_
57	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	59	nsubj	_	_
58	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	59	cop	_	_
59	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	56	conj	_	_
60	between	between	ADP	IN	_	63	case	_	_
61	plain	plain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	63	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
62	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	61	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
63	song	song	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	59	nmod	_	_
64	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	66	cc	_	_
65	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	66	det	_	_
66	singing	singing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	59	conj	_	_
67	of	of	ADP	IN	_	70	case	_	_
68	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	70	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
69	Captain	Captain	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	70	compound	_	_
70	Kidd	Kidd	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	66	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
71	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	66	punct	_	_
72	in	in	ADP	IN	_	74	case	_	_
73	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	74	det	_	_
74	northeaster	northeaster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	59	nmod	_	_
75	by	by	ADP	IN	_	76	case	_	_
76	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	51	obl	_	_
77	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	78	nsubj	_	_
78	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	76	acl:relcl	_	_
79	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	81	det	_	_
80	vocal	vocal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	81	amod	_	_
81	gift	gift	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	78	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
82	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	28	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present · perfect | I |  |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **experience** |  | a Gypsy |  |  | this respect |  | of all; sometimes *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **spin off** | would | a Italian mountaineer |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **yarn** |  | some |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **give** | present | Gypsy | a choice | you |  |  | either *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient choice=Theme |
| 6 | **begin** | present | Gypsy *not said here* |  |  |  |  | frequently *property* | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 7 | **intone** | to-infinitive | Gypsy *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn performance-26.7 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 8 | **chant** | infinitive | Gypsy *not said here* | the tale |  | a manner |  | by one | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tale=Topic |
| 9 | **is a** | present | a manner | something |  | a northeaster |  | between plain song; the singing of Captain Kidd *conj* | tree rules |
| 10 | **have** | present |  | no vocal gift |  |  |  | who *nsubj* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gift=Patient |
| 11 | **sing** |  |  | Captain Kidd |  |  |  |  | nom singing «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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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