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title: This evil family dwelt Near the place that now is Saco, Upon the san… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics
description: This evil family dwelt Near the place that now is Saco, Upon the sandy field Which is in the Intervale, Or the summer bed of the river, Among the White Mountains, which lie Between Kèzitwâzuch, Or Mount Kearsarge the mighty, And Kchibenabesk The towering rock, and near Wʾnâgʾmeswuk Wigît The Home of
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# Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 11, sentence 43

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This evil family dwelt Near the place that now is Saco, Upon the sandy field Which is in the Intervale, Or the summer bed of the river, Among the White Mountains, which lie Between Kèzitwâzuch, Or Mount Kearsarge the mighty, And Kchibenabesk The towering rock, and near Wʾnâgʾmeswuk Wigît The Home of the Water Elves.

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**Who acts:** evil family, that, sandy field, Saco · **What happens:** dwell, be, lie, tower · **To what, where:** place, Saco, Intervale, Mount Kearsarge, Kèzitwâzuch

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This is a sentence of «Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems», Opening, part 11. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (evil family, that, sandy field, Saco), 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:pg78673:11:43
# text = This evil family dwelt Near the place that now is Saco, Upon the sandy field Which is in the Intervale, Or the summer bed of the river, Among the White Mountains, which lie Between Kèzitwâzuch, Or Mount Kearsarge the mighty, And Kchibenabesk The towering rock, and near Wʾnâgʾmeswuk Wigît The Home of the Water Elves.
1	This	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
2	evil	evil	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	dwelt	dwell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	Near	near	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
9	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	11	advmod	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	Saco	Saco	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
13	Upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	sandy	sandy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	field	field	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	appos	_	_
17	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	21	nsubj	_	_
18	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	21	cop	_	_
19	in	in	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	Intervale	Intervale	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
23	Or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	26	cc	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
25	summer	summer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	compound	_	_
26	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	appos	_	_
27	of	of	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
28	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
29	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	34	punct	_	_
31	Among	among	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
32	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	34	det	_	_
33	White	White	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	34	compound	_	_
34	Mountains	Mountain	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	37	punct	_	_
36	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	37	nsubj	_	_
37	lie	lie	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	conj	_	_
38	Between	between	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
39	Kèzitwâzuch	Kèzitwâzuch	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	37	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	43	punct	_	_
41	Or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	43	cc	_	_
42	Mount	Mount	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	43	compound	_	_
43	Kearsarge	Kearsarge	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	37	obl	_	_
44	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	45	det	_	_
45	mighty	mighty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	43	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
46	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	48	punct	_	_
47	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	48	cc	_	_
48	Kchibenabesk	Kchibenabesk	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	43	conj	_	_
49	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	51	det	_	_
50	towering	tower	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	51	amod	_	_
51	rock	rock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	48	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
52	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	55	punct	_	_
53	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	55	cc	_	_
54	near	near	ADP	IN	_	55	case	_	_
55	Wʾnâgʾmeswuk	Wʾnâgʾmeswuk	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	48	conj	_	_
56	Wigît	Wigît	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	55	flat	_	_
57	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	58	det	_	_
58	Home	Home	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	55	appos	_	_
59	of	of	ADP	IN	_	62	case	_	_
60	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	62	det	_	_
61	Water	Water	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	62	compound	_	_
62	Elves	Elf	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	58	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
63	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dwell** | past | this evil family |  |  | the place |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme near place=Location |
| 2 | **is a** | present | that | Saco and the White Mountains |  |  | now | the sandy field *appos*; the White Mountains *conj* | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | present | the sandy field |  |  | the Intervale |  | the summer bed of the river *appos* | tree rules |
| 4 | **lie** | present | Saco and the White Mountains | Mount Kearsarge and Kchibenabesk and Wʾnâgʾmeswuk |  | Kèzitwâzuch |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent between kèzitwâzuch=Location |
| 5 | **tower** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «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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