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title: One day the tempest roared, The waves were as high as hillocks, Even… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics
description: 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!” Who acts: tempest, waves, Lord, Wuchoʿsen. A sentence of «Kulóskap 
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# Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 10, sentence 65

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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!”

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**Who acts:** tempest, waves, Lord, Wuchoʿsen · **What happens:** roar, be, care, not face, say, make · **To what, where:** Kulóskap, storm, KULÓSKAP, mischief, power, tempest · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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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 (tempest, waves, Lord, Wuchoʿsen), 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:pg78673:10:65
# text = 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!”
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	tempest	tempest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	roared	roar	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	waves	wave	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
9	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
10	as	as	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
12	as	as	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	hillocks	hillock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
15	Even	even	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
16	Kulóskap	Kulóskap	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	Lord	Lord	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	nsubj	_	_
19	Cared	care	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	acl:relcl	_	_
20	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	22	advmod	_	_
21	to	to	PART	TO	_	22	mark	_	_
22	face	face	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	19	xcomp	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	storm	storm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	_
26	So	so	ADV	RB	_	29	advmod	_	_
27	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	29	advmod	_	_
28	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	29	nsubj	_	_
29	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
30	to	to	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
31	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	29	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	36	punct	_	_
33	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	36	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	Wuchoʿsen	Wuchoʿsen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	36	nsubj	_	_
35	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	36	aux	_	_
36	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	29	ccomp	_	_
37	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	38	det	_	_
38	mischief	mischief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	obj	_	_
39	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	40	cc	_	_
40	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	36	conj	_	_
41	to	to	PART	TO	_	42	mark	_	_
42	show	show	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	40	advcl	_	_
43	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	44	nmod:poss	_	_
44	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	50	punct	_	_
46	So	so	ADV	RB	_	50	advmod	_	_
47	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	50	advmod	_	_
48	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	50	nsubj	_	_
49	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	50	aux	_	_
50	feel	feel	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	parataxis	_	_
51	mine	my	PRON	PRP	Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	50	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
52	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	50	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
53	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	50	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **roar** | past | the tempest |  |  |  | day |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **is** | past | the waves |  |  |  |  | as hillocks  Kulóskap; high *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **care** | past | the Lord | Kulóskap *not said here* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **not** **face** | to-infinitive | the Lord *not said here* | the storm |  |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme storm=Destination |
| 5 | **say** *speech: express* | past | tempest |  | KULÓSKAP *= kulóskap* |  | then |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to himself=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 6 | **make** *in a quote* | present · perfect | Wuchoʿsen | this mischief |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mischief=Product |
| 7 | **show** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Wuchoʿsen *not said here* | KULÓSKAP's power |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent power=Recipient |
| 8 | **feel** *in a quote* | shall | WUCHOʿSEN | tempest |  |  | now |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent my=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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