--- title: A Penobscot woman once told me that it was _Klûskâbe_--she did not c… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: A Penobscot woman once told me that it was _Klûskâbe_--she did not call him _Kulóskap_, as the Passamaquoddies do--who divided the great mountain of which Boston originally consisted into _three hills_. Who acts: Penobscot woman, idiom, Klûskâbe, Passamaquoddies. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Penobscot woman, idiom, Klûskâbe, Passamaquoddies), 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:pg78673:1:133 # text = A Penobscot woman once told me that it was _Klûskâbe_--she did not call him _Kulóskap_, as the Passamaquoddies do--who divided the great mountain of which Boston originally consisted into _three hills_. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 Penobscot Penobscot PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 5 advmod _ _ 5 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 iobj _ _ 7 that that SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 10 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 Klûskâbe Klûskâbe PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 -- -- PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 15 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 16 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 17 advmod _ _ 17 call call VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 parataxis _ _ 18 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ _ 19 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 Kulóskap Kulóskap PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 21 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 as as SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 Passamaquoddies passamaquoddy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 nsubj _ _ 26 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 -- -- PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 29 nsubj _ _ 29 divided divide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 acl:relcl _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 37 obl _ _ 35 Boston Boston PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 36 originally originally ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 37 consisted consist VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 acl:relcl _ _ 38 into into ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 41 nummod _ _ 41 hills hill NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | a Penobscot woman | | me | | | once *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Recipient | | 2 | **is a** | past | idiom | Klûskâbe | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **call** | past · do-support | Klûskâbe | | J. | | | Kulóskap *xcomp* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 4 | **do** | present | the Passamaquoddies | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **divide** | past | | the great mountain | | | | who *nsubj* | vn multiply-108-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mountain=Theme | | 6 | **consist** | past | Boston | | | three hills | | of the great mountain; originally *property* | tree rules | 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 131](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/1/131/) - next →: [sentence 133](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/1/133/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/1/)