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title: He gave the whale a pipe, Tobacco and a light And so she sailed away… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics
description: He gave the whale a pipe, Tobacco and a light And so she sailed away Rejoicing as she went, A-smoking as she swam; While Kulóskap, the Lord, Leaning upon his bow Beheld the long low cloud Which trailed behind her, till She vanished far away. Who acts: Tobacco, word, Kulóskap, long low cloud. A sente
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# Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 10, sentence 130

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He gave the whale a pipe, Tobacco and a light And so she sailed away Rejoicing as she went, A-smoking as she swam; While Kulóskap, the Lord, Leaning upon his bow Beheld the long low cloud Which trailed behind her, till She vanished far away.

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**Who acts:** Tobacco, word, Kulóskap, long low cloud · **What happens:** give, sail away, rejoice, go, swim, lean · **To what, where:** pipe, whale, smoking, long low cloud, bow

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This is a sentence of «Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems», Opening, part 10. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Tobacco, word, Kulóskap, long low cloud), 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:pg78673:10:130
# text = He gave the whale a pipe, Tobacco and a light And so she sailed away Rejoicing as she went, A-smoking as she swam; While Kulóskap, the Lord, Leaning upon his bow Beheld the long low cloud Which trailed behind her, till She vanished far away.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	whale	whale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	pipe	pipe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	Tobacco	Tobacco	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	appos	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
12	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
13	so	so	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
14	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
15	sailed	sail	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
16	away	away	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
17	Rejoicing	rejoice	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	15	advcl	_	_
18	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	20	mark	_	_
19	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	nsubj	_	_
20	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	17	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
22	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	24	det	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	22	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	smoking	smoking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obl	_	_
25	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	27	mark	_	_
26	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	27	nsubj	_	_
27	swam	swim	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	20	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	35	punct	_	_
29	While	while	SCONJ	IN	_	35	mark	_	_
30	Kulóskap	Kulóskap	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	35	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	_	_
32	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
33	Lord	Lord	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	30	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	35	punct	_	_
35	Leaning	lean	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	15	advcl	_	_
36	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
37	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	38	nmod:poss	_	_
38	bow	bow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	obl	_	_
39	Beheld	Beheld	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	38	appos	_	_
40	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	43	det	_	_
41	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	43	amod	_	_
42	low	low	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	43	amod	_	_
43	cloud	cloud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	obj	_	_
44	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	45	nsubj	_	_
45	trailed	trail	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	43	acl:relcl	_	_
46	behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	47	case	_	_
47	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	45	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	51	punct	_	_
49	till	till	SCONJ	IN	_	51	mark	_	_
50	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	51	nsubj	_	_
51	vanished	vanish	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	conj	_	_
52	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	53	advmod	_	_
53	away	away	ADV	RB	_	51	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
54	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | Tobacco | a pipe | the whale |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent whale=Recipient pipe=Theme |
| 2 | **sail away** | past | word |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **rejoice** | gerund | word *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **go** | past | word | a smoking |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 5 | **swim** | past | word |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 6 | **lean** | gerund | Kulóskap and the Lord | the long low cloud |  | Tobacco's bow |  |  | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent cloud=Theme upon bow=Destination |
| 7 | **trail** | past | the long low cloud |  |  |  |  | behind word | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent behind she=Trajectory |
| 8 | **vanish** | past | word |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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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