--- title: Then picking up another It turned to a paddle; next A long and narro… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: 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?” Who acts: beach, long piece, Kulóskap. 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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 (beach, long piece, Kulóskap), 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:pg78673:10:25 # text = 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?” 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ _ 2 picking pick VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 3 up up ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 4 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 2 obj _ _ 5 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 paddle paddle NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ; ; PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 11 next next ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 12 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 13 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 narrow narrow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 conj _ _ 16 piece piece NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 xcomp _ _ 17 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 19 nsubj _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 split split VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 acl:relcl _ _ 20 away away ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 21 from from SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 rock rock NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj:pass _ _ 24 Was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux:pass _ _ 25 changed change VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 advcl _ _ 26 to to ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 fishing fishing NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 compound _ _ 29 spear spear NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ; ; PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 31 And and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 32 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 34 advmod _ _ 33 Kulóskap Kulóskap PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 34 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 35 “ " PUNCT `` _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 Who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 38 nsubj _ _ 37 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 sit sit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 xcomp _ _ 39 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 stern stern NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 42 And and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 paddle paddle NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ; ; PUNCT : _ 48 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 46 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 48 nsubj _ _ 47 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 48 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 parataxis _ _ 49 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 spear spear NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ? ? PUNCT . _ 48 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 ” " PUNCT '' _ 48 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pick up** | gerund | beach *not said here* | another | | | then | | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent another=Topic | | 2 | **turn** | past | beach | a long piece | | | | to a paddle | tree rules | | 3 | **split away** | past | a long piece | | | | | Kitpûsâgunâû *nsubj*; away *property* | vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **change** | past · passive | | a rock | | | | to a fishing spear | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 5 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | Kulóskap | | | | then | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **sit** *not said to happen, in a quote* | shall | | | | the stern and paddle | | Who *nsubj* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in stern=Location | | 7 | **take** *in a quote* | shall | | the spear | | | | who *nsubj* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spear=Theme | 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 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/10/24/) - next →: [sentence 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/10/26/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/10/)