--- title: Opening, part 10 — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · full text with trees description: Opening, part 10, «Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems»: the whole chapter, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics. It begins: To which another said, That he would plunge from the rocks And dive in the deep cold stream, Aye drinking as he dived. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/10/) [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 10 # Opening, part 10 Opening, part 10 of «Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems»: the whole text, 131 sentences and 2537 words. The small number after every sentence leads to its own page with its syntax tree and pragmatics, parsed by Mova itself. **1** [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/10/page/2/) To which another said, That he would plunge from the rocks And dive in the deep cold stream, Aye drinking as he dived.[1](1/ "tree and pragmatics") And the third said: “I would be washed Up and down with the rippling waves, Living at will on land, Or in the water;” Then The fourth said: “None of you Know how to wish, and I Will teach you how.[2](2/ "tree and pragmatics") I’d live In water all the time.[3](3/ "tree and pragmatics") And forever swim in it!”[4](4/ "tree and pragmatics") Now it chanced that these things were said In the hour when, while it passes Over the world, all the wishes Which are uttered by men are granted.[5](5/ "tree and pragmatics") And so it was with these Indians; For the first became a leech, The second a spotted frog, The third a crab which is washed Up and down with the tide, And the fourth a fish which swims A-drinking ever more.[6](6/ "tree and pragmatics") Ere this, there had been in the world None of the creatures which dwell In the water, but now they were there Of every kind.[7](7/ "tree and pragmatics") And the river Came rushing and roaring on, And they all went headlong down Into the endless ocean, To be washed into many lands, And places all over the world, Forever and ever more.[8](8/ "tree and pragmatics") FOOTNOTES:[9](9/ "tree and pragmatics") \[31\] Long ago, an Indian village stood far back in the mountains.[10](10/ "tree and pragmatics") VII[11](11/ "tree and pragmatics") HOW KULÓSKAP WENT WHALE-FISHING[12](12/ "tree and pragmatics") \[\_Micmac\_\][13](13/ "tree and pragmatics") \_Piche Kulóskap pechian Machieswi menikok.[14](14/ "tree and pragmatics") \_\[32\][15](15/ "tree and pragmatics") All of the olden time\![16](16/ "tree and pragmatics") The Master Kulóskap came To Pulowechē Munígû, That is to Partridge Island.[17](17/ "tree and pragmatics") And on the isle he met With Kitpûsâgunâû, Whose mother had been slain By a fearful cannibal giant: Therefore, like Kulóskap, He warred through all his life Upon the monstrous race; From which it came to pass That they were loving friends, Which did not hinder them From a hearty, merry strife In which they barely missed Taking each other’s lives In the most good-natured way As ye shall hear anon.[18](18/ "tree and pragmatics") Now being on the isle, The Lord of Men and Beasts Was entertained as guest By Kitpûsâgunâû, Born after his mother’s death.[19](19/ "tree and pragmatics") And, as the night came on, The host said to the Lord.[20](20/ "tree and pragmatics") “Let us go forth to sea In my canoe, and catch Some whales by torch light.”[21](21/ "tree and pragmatics") So Kulóskap, nothing loath, Consented, for he was A mighty fisherman, Like all the Wabanaki Who live along the shore.[22](22/ "tree and pragmatics") Now when they came to the beach There were many mighty rocks Lying scattered here and there.[23](23/ "tree and pragmatics") Then Kitpûsâgunâû, Lifting the largest of them, Put it upon his head, And it became a canoe.[24](24/ "tree and pragmatics") Then picking up another It turned to a paddle; next A long and narrow piece Which he split away from a rock Was changed to a fishing spear; And then Kulóskap asked “Who shall sit in the stern And paddle; and who shall take The spear?”[25](25/ "tree and pragmatics") The other said “That will I do.”[26](26/ "tree and pragmatics") And so The Master paddled; ere long The canoe passed o’er a whale.[27](27/ "tree and pragmatics") A monster of a fish; There was not his like in the sea.[28](28/ "tree and pragmatics") But he who held the spear Sent it down into the waves As if ’twere a thunderbolt; And as the handle rose He snatched it up, and so The mighty fish was caught; And as Kitpûsâgunâû Whirled it on high, the whale Loud roaring touched the clouds; Then taking it from the spear He tossed it into the barque As if it had been a trout.[29](29/ "tree and pragmatics") And both the giants laughed; And the sound of their laugh was heard All over the land afar, The Wabanaki land.[30](30/ "tree and pragmatics") So, being at home, the host Took up a knife of stone Splitting the whale in two, And threw one half to his guest.[31](31/ "tree and pragmatics") And they roasted each his piece, Over the fire and ate it.[32](32/ "tree and pragmatics") Now the Master, having marked The light which was in the heaven Long after the sun went down, Said, “The sky is red, and the night I think will be bitter cold.”[33](33/ "tree and pragmatics") And the other understood That by his magic power The Lord would bring a frost And make it cold indeed; So he made the Marten bring All the wood that lay without, With the fresh oil of a porpoise Which he multiplied ten times By sorcery; and then They sat them down and smoked, And sang old songs and told Tales of the early time.[34](34/ "tree and pragmatics") But ever the cold came on, And at midnight, when the fire And fuel were all burnt out, The Marten froze to death, And then the grandmother.[35](35/ "tree and pragmatics") But still the giants smoked on, And laughed and talked as before.[36](36/ "tree and pragmatics") Then the rocks all round without Split with the awful cold.[37](37/ "tree and pragmatics") The great trees in the forest Were rent with frost, and the sound Was like thunder above, but still The Master and “He who was born After his mother’s death.”[38](38/ "tree and pragmatics") Kitpûsâgunâû, Laughed on, and so they sat Until the sun arose.[39](39/ "tree and pragmatics") And then Kulóskap said Unto the grandmother: “\_Nugumích, nemchaase\![40](40/ "tree and pragmatics") \_” “O grandmother, arise.”[41](41/ "tree and pragmatics") And then unto the boy “\_Abistaneûch, nemchaase\![42](42/ "tree and pragmatics") \_” “Marten, arise!” and both Awoke to life once more.[43](43/ "tree and pragmatics") Then as the day was fair They went into the woods To seek for game, yet found Full little.[44](44/ "tree and pragmatics") All they got Was one small beaver, so The Master said: “My friend, You may keep all of that.”[45](45/ "tree and pragmatics") Then Kitpûsâgunâû Fastened it to his knee Where it dangled like a mouse.[46](46/ "tree and pragmatics") But as the giant went On through the woods, and on, The beaver ever grew Larger and larger still, Till ’twas of monstrous size; Then he who bore it, took A mighty sapling.[47](47/ "tree and pragmatics") This He twisted to a withe And with it, to his waist He tied the beaver fast; But still it grew apace Till, trailing after him, It tore down all the trees, So that the giant left A clean fair road behind.[48](48/ "tree and pragmatics") Then when the night came on They fished for whales again, And feasted as before And had the cold again; So, even as before, The grandmother lay dead Of cold, with Marten, too.[49](49/ "tree and pragmatics") Then Kitpûsâgunâû Yielded unto the spell, And Kulóskap sat alone, Alone as conqueror.[50](50/ "tree and pragmatics") But when the sun arose He brought them back to life; And, laughing heartily, Said merrily, “Good-bye!”[51](51/ "tree and pragmatics") To Kitpûsâgunâû.[52](52/ "tree and pragmatics") \[33\] L.[53](53/ "tree and pragmatics") FOOTNOTES:[54](54/ "tree and pragmatics") \[32\] Long ago Kulóskap came to Partridge Island.[55](55/ "tree and pragmatics") \[33\] The last nine lines of this poem were added by me conjecturally.[56](56/ "tree and pragmatics") L.[57](57/ "tree and pragmatics") VIII[58](58/ "tree and pragmatics") KULÓSKAP AND WUCHOʿSEN, THE WIND-EAGLE[59](59/ "tree and pragmatics") \[\_Passamaquoddy\_\][60](60/ "tree and pragmatics") \_Wuchoʿsen nit kininagwʾsit Kʾchî plakʾn potowatak pemlamsuk.[61](61/ "tree and pragmatics") \_\[34\][62](62/ "tree and pragmatics") Wuchoʿsen the Giant Eagle, The Bird-Who-Blows-the-Winds, Lives far away in the North, Ever sitting on a rock Which is at the end of the sky; Because when he flaps his wings The wind blows over the earth, Men gave him the name of old.[63](63/ "tree and pragmatics") When Kulóskap lived among men, He often in his canoe Went forth to kill the wild-fowl, Ducks or swans or brant, Which swim upon the sea.[64](64/ "tree and pragmatics") One day the tempest roared, The waves were as high as hillocks, Even Kulóskap the Lord Cared not to face the storm; So then he said to himself: “Wuchoʿsen has made this mischief And all to show his power, So now he shall feel mine!”[65](65/ "tree and pragmatics") He turned him to the North, It was long ere he came to the end; There on a moss-grown rock He found a great White Bird, The Eagle of the Wind.[66](66/ "tree and pragmatics") “Grandfather!” said the God, “Thou takest no compassion Upon us Kosesak-- That is, ’thy suffering children’-- For thou hast raised this storm.[67](67/ "tree and pragmatics") It is too terrible\![68](68/ "tree and pragmatics") Be easier with thy wings!”[69](69/ "tree and pragmatics") The Giant Bird replied: “Even from the earliest time, And from the earliest days, Ere aught beside on earth Had ever uttered word, I moved my wings and spoke In Wind unto the World; For mine was the first Voice E’er heard in life or time, Therefore I’ll ever speak, And ever move my wings, At freedom, as I will.”[70](70/ "tree and pragmatics") **1** [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/10/page/2/) - ← previous: [Opening, part 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/9/) - next →: [page 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/10/page/2/) - ↑ back to [Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/)