--- title: Then the giantess sister took The tail of a whale, and cooked it, An… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: Then the giantess sister took The tail of a whale, and cooked it, And gave it to the stranger That he might eat it, when Just as it lay before him On the platter, and on his knees, The elder brother entered And saying: “This is too good For a beggar like you,” took it Away to his own wigwam. 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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 (giantess sister, That, stranger, elder brother), 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:pg78673:11:47 # text = Then the giantess sister took The tail of a whale, and cooked it, And gave it to the stranger That he might eat it, when Just as it lay before him On the platter, and on his knees, The elder brother entered And saying: “This is too good For a beggar like you,” took it Away to his own wigwam. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 giantess giantess NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 whale whale NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 cooked cook VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 14 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 And and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 18 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ _ 19 to to ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 stranger stranger NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 22 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 25 nsubj _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 parataxis _ _ 26 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 28 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 32 advmod _ _ 29 Just just ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 30 as as SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 31 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 lay lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 33 before before ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obl _ _ 35 On on ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 platter platter NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 40 on on ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 knees knee NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 44 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 45 elder elder ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nsubj _ _ 47 entered enter VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 48 And and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 49 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 47 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 : : PUNCT : _ 55 punct _ _ 51 “ " PUNCT `` _ 55 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 This this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 55 nsubj _ _ 53 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 55 cop _ _ 54 too too ADV RB _ 55 advmod _ _ 55 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ _ 56 For for ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 57 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 58 beggar beggar NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obl _ _ 59 like like ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 60 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 58 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 61 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 62 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 63 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 64 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 63 obj _ _ 65 Away away ADV RB _ 63 advmod _ _ 66 to to ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 67 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 69 nmod:poss _ _ 68 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 69 amod _ _ 69 wigwam wigwam NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 70 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | the giantess sister | the tail of a whale | | | then | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tail=Theme | | 2 | **cook** | past | the giantess sister *not said here* | tail | | | | | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 3 | **give** | past | the giantess sister *not said here* | tail | the stranger | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to stranger=Recipient | | 4 | **eat** | might | That | stranger | | | | whale *nsubj* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 5 | **lie** | past | stranger | | | the platter | before whale | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent before he=Location | | 6 | **enter** | past | the elder brother | | | whale's knees | | | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | the elder brother *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **is** *in a quote* | present | This | | | | | for a beggar like you; good *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **take away** | past | the giantess sister *not said here* | stranger | | | | to whale's own wigwam; away *property* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=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 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/11/46/) - next →: [sentence 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/11/48/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/11/)