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title: But he who held the spear Sent it down into the waves As if ’twere a… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics
description: 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
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# Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 10, sentence 29

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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.

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**Who acts:** monster, spear, handle, Kitpûsâgunâû, whale Loud roaring, fish · **What happens:** hold, send down, rise, snatch up, catch, whirl · **To what, where:** sea, waves, mighty fish, fish, high, clouds

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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 (monster, spear, handle, Kitpûsâgunâû), 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:pg78673:10:29
# text = 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.
1	But	but	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	held	hold	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	spear	spear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	Sent	send	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	down	down	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
10	into	into	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	waves	wave	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
13	As	as	SCONJ	IN	_	18	mark	_	_
14	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	18	mark	_	_
15	’	'	PUNCT	''	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	twere	twere	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	thunderbolt	thunderbolt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	24	punct	_	_
20	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
21	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	24	mark	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	handle	handle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	nsubj	_	_
24	rose	rise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
25	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	26	nsubj	_	_
26	snatched	snatch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	24	conj	_	_
27	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	26	obj	_	_
28	up	up	ADP	RP	_	26	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
30	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	36	cc	_	_
31	so	so	ADV	RB	_	36	advmod	_	_
32	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	34	det	_	_
33	mighty	mighty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	34	amod	_	_
34	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	nsubj:pass	_	_
35	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	36	aux:pass	_	_
36	caught	catch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	24	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	41	punct	_	_
38	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	41	cc	_	_
39	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	41	mark	_	_
40	Kitpûsâgunâû	Kitpûsâgunâû	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	41	nsubj	_	_
41	Whirled	whirl	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	24	conj	_	_
42	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	41	obj	_	_
43	on	on	ADP	IN	_	44	case	_	_
44	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	41	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	50	punct	_	_
46	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	49	det	_	_
47	whale	whale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	49	compound	_	_
48	Loud	loud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	49	amod	_	_
49	roaring	roaring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	50	nsubj	_	_
50	touched	touch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	41	parataxis	_	_
51	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	52	det	_	_
52	clouds	cloud	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	50	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
53	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	55	punct	_	_
54	Then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	55	advmod	_	_
55	taking	take	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	advcl	_	_
56	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	55	obj	_	_
57	from	from	ADP	IN	_	59	case	_	_
58	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	59	det	_	_
59	spear	spear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	55	obl	_	_
60	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	61	nsubj	_	_
61	tossed	toss	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	59	acl:relcl	_	_
62	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	61	obj	_	_
63	into	into	ADP	IN	_	65	case	_	_
64	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	65	det	_	_
65	barque	barque	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	55	obl	_	_
66	As	as	ADP	IN	ExtPos=ADP	72	case	_	_
67	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	66	fixed	_	_
68	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	72	nsubj	_	_
69	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	72	aux	_	_
70	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	72	cop	_	_
71	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	72	det	_	_
72	trout	trout	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	55	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
73	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | past | monster |  |  |  |  | who *nsubj* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **send down** | past | the spear | sea |  | the waves |  | a thunderbolt *advcl* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 3 | **rise** | past | the handle |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **snatch up** | past | monster | sea |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 5 | **catch** | past · passive |  | the mighty fish |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 6 | **whirl** | past | Kitpûsâgunâû | fish |  | high |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 7 | **touch** | past | the whale Loud roaring | the clouds |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme cloud=Co-Theme |
| 8 | **take** | gerund | the spear *not said here* | fish |  | the spear | then | into the barque | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme into barque=Destination |
| 9 | **toss** | past | monster | fish |  |  |  |  | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
| 10 | **is** | past · perfect | fish |  |  |  |  | as a trout | tree rules |

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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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