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title: Then Kulóskap the God, Arose in all his might, Tremendous--for he ro… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics
description: Then Kulóskap the God, Arose in all his might, Tremendous--for he rose Up to the clouds above-- And took the Giant Bird As if he were a duck, And, tying fast his wings, Cast him afar, adown Into a deep dark cleft Between the splintered rocks, And left him lying there. Who acts: KULÓSKAP, Bird, duck.
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# Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 10, sentence 71

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Then Kulóskap the God, Arose in all his might, Tremendous--for he rose Up to the clouds above-- And took the Giant Bird As if he were a duck, And, tying fast his wings, Cast him afar, adown Into a deep dark cleft Between the splintered rocks, And left him lying there.

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**Who acts:** KULÓSKAP, Bird, duck · **What happens:** rise up, take, be, tie, cast, splinter · **To what, where:** clouds, Giant Bird, duck, wings, afar adown, Bird

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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 (KULÓSKAP, Bird, duck), 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:pg78673:10:71
# text = Then Kulóskap the God, Arose in all his might, Tremendous--for he rose Up to the clouds above-- And took the Giant Bird As if he were a duck, And, tying fast his wings, Cast him afar, adown Into a deep dark cleft Between the splintered rocks, And left him lying there.
1	Then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	2	advmod	_	_
2	Kulóskap	Kulóskap	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	Arose	Arose	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
7	in	in	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
8	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	10	det:predet	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	Tremendous	tremendous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
15	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
16	rose	rise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	conj	_	_
17	Up	up	ADP	RP	_	16	compound:prt	_	_
18	to	to	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	clouds	cloud	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	obl	_	_
21	above	above	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
23	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
24	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	parataxis	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
26	Giant	giant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	27	amod	_	_
27	Bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obj	_	_
28	As	as	SCONJ	IN	_	33	mark	_	_
29	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	33	mark	_	_
30	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	33	nsubj	_	_
31	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	33	cop	_	_
32	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
33	duck	duck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	37	punct	_	_
35	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	37	cc	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	37	punct	_	_
37	tying	tie	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	33	acl	_	_
38	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	37	advmod	_	_
39	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	40	nmod:poss	_	_
40	wings	wing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	37	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	42	punct	_	_
42	Cast	cast	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	24	conj	_	_
43	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	42	obj	_	_
44	afar	afar	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	46	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	46	punct	_	_
46	adown	adown	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	obj	_	_
47	Into	into	ADP	IN	_	51	case	_	_
48	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	51	det	_	_
49	deep	deep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	51	amod	_	_
50	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	51	amod	_	_
51	cleft	cleft	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	obl	_	_
52	Between	between	ADP	IN	_	55	case	_	_
53	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	55	det	_	_
54	splintered	splinter	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	55	amod	_	_
55	rocks	rock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	51	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
56	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	58	punct	_	_
57	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	58	cc	_	_
58	left	leave	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	24	conj	_	_
59	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	58	obj	_	_
60	lying	lie	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	58	xcomp	_	_
61	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	60	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
62	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rise up** | past | KULÓSKAP *= kulóskap* |  |  | the clouds |  | above *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to cloud=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **take** | past |  |  | the Giant Bird |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument bird=Destination |
| 3 | **is a** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | Bird | a duck |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **tie** | gerund | a duck *not said here* | Bird's wings |  |  |  | fast *property* | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wing=Patient |
| 5 | **cast** | infinitive |  | afar adown | Bird | a deep dark cleft between the splintered rocks |  |  | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP PP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary adown=Product |
| 6 | **splinter** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 7 | **leave** | past |  | Bird |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 8 | **lie** | gerund | Bird *not said here* |  |  | there |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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