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title: When he had eaten, they brought A mighty bone; the jaw Of a whale, a… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics
description: When he had eaten, they brought A mighty bone; the jaw Of a whale, and the elder brother With great ado, and using Both arms and all his strength, Bent it a little, and proudly He held it to the Master Who with the thumb and finger Of his right hand alone, Snapped it like a green twig, And crumbled 
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# Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 11, sentence 53

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When he had eaten, they brought A mighty bone; the jaw Of a whale, and the elder brother With great ado, and using Both arms and all his strength, Bent it a little, and proudly He held it to the Master Who with the thumb and finger Of his right hand alone, Snapped it like a green twig, And crumbled it to powder.

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**Who acts:** Master, brothers · **What happens:** eat, bring, use, hold, snap, crumble · **To what, where:** mighty bone, arms, bone

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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 (Master, brothers), 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:pg78673:11:53
# text = When he had eaten, they brought A mighty bone; the jaw Of a whale, and the elder brother With great ado, and using Both arms and all his strength, Bent it a little, and proudly He held it to the Master Who with the thumb and finger Of his right hand alone, Snapped it like a green twig, And crumbled it to powder.
1	When	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	4	mark	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	eaten	eat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	brought	bring	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
8	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	mighty	mighty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	bone	bone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	13	punct	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	jaw	jaw	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
14	Of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	whale	whale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
20	elder	elder	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
22	With	with	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
23	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	24	amod	_	_
24	ado	ado	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
26	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	27	cc	_	_
27	using	use	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
28	Both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	29	det	_	_
29	arms	arm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	27	obj	_	_
30	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	33	cc	_	_
31	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	33	det:predet	_	_
32	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	33	nmod:poss	_	_
33	strength	strength	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
35	Bent	Bent	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	27	obj	_	_
36	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	35	appos	_	_
37	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
38	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	35	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	43	punct	_	_
40	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	43	cc	_	_
41	proudly	proudly	ADV	RB	_	43	advmod	_	_
42	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	43	nsubj	_	_
43	held	hold	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	35	acl:relcl	_	_
44	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	43	obj	_	_
45	to	to	ADP	IN	_	47	case	_	_
46	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	47	det	_	_
47	Master	Master	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	43	obl	_	_
48	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	60	nsubj	_	_
49	with	with	ADP	IN	_	51	case	_	_
50	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	51	det	_	_
51	thumb	thumb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	60	obl	_	_
52	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	53	cc	_	_
53	finger	finger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	51	conj	_	_
54	Of	of	ADP	IN	_	57	case	_	_
55	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	57	nmod:poss	_	_
56	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	57	amod	_	_
57	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	53	nmod	_	_
58	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	57	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
59	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	51	punct	_	_
60	Snapped	snap	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	47	acl:relcl	_	_
61	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	60	obj	_	_
62	like	like	ADP	IN	_	65	case	_	_
63	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	65	det	_	_
64	green	green	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	65	amod	_	_
65	twig	twig	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	60	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
66	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	68	punct	_	_
67	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	68	cc	_	_
68	crumbled	crumble	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	43	conj	_	_
69	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	68	obj	_	_
70	to	to	PART	TO	_	71	mark	_	_
71	powder	powder	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	68	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
72	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | past · perfect | Master |  |  |  |  | the jaw of a whale *conj*; the elder brother with great ado *conj* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **bring** | past | brothers *= brother* | a mighty bone |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent bone=Theme |
| 3 | **use** | gerund | Master *not said here* | both arms and Master's strength |  |  |  | Bent *obj* | tree rules |
| 4 | **hold** | past | Master | bone |  |  |  | to the Master; proudly *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 5 | **snap** | past | the Master | bone |  |  |  | with the thumb and finger of Master's right hand; like a green twig | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent it=Patient with thumb=Instrument |
| 6 | **crumble** | past | Master *not said here* | bone |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 7 | **powder** | to-infinitive | Master *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: 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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