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title: It is told in old traditions, And even in them with a difference, Ac… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics
description: It is told in old traditions, And even in them with a difference, According to the nations In which these songs are sung, That “in these olden times,” Kulóskap’s seven neighbors, That is, seven beasts of the forest, Stole his family from him And that he long pursued them Even to Néwfoundlánd. Who ac
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# Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 12, sentence 107

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It is told in old traditions, And even in them with a difference, According to the nations In which these songs are sung, That “in these olden times,” Kulóskap’s seven neighbors, That is, seven beasts of the forest, Stole his family from him And that he long pursued them Even to Néwfoundlánd.

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**Who acts:** That, song · **What happens:** tell, accord, sing, be, steal, pursue · **To what, where:** most, old traditions, songs, nations, family, beasts · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems», Opening, part 12. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (That, song), 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:pg78673:12:107
# text = It is told in old traditions, And even in them with a difference, According to the nations In which these songs are sung, That “in these olden times,” Kulóskap’s seven neighbors, That is, seven beasts of the forest, Stole his family from him And that he long pursued them Even to Néwfoundlánd.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	told	tell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	traditions	tradition	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
8	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
9	even	even	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obl	_	_
12	with	with	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	difference	difference	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
16	According	accord	VERB	VBG	ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	19	case	_	_
17	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	fixed	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	nations	nation	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	conj	_	_
20	In	in	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	25	obl	_	_
22	these	this	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	23	det	_	_
23	songs	song	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	25	nsubj:pass	_	_
24	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	25	aux:pass	_	_
25	sung	sing	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	19	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	49	punct	_	_
27	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	49	nsubj	_	_
28	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	49	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	in	in	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
30	these	this	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	32	det	_	_
31	olden	olden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	32	amod	_	_
32	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	49	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	32	punct	_	_
35	Kulóskap	Kulóskap	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	38	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	’s	's	PART	POS	_	35	case	_	_
37	seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	38	nummod	_	_
38	neighbors	neighbor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	49	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	47	punct	_	_
40	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	47	nsubj	_	_
41	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	47	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	41	punct	_	_
43	seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	44	nummod	_	_
44	beasts	beast	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	47	nsubj	_	_
45	of	of	ADP	IN	_	47	case	_	_
46	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	47	det	_	_
47	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	47	punct	_	_
49	Stole	steal	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	parataxis	_	_
50	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	51	nmod:poss	_	_
51	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	49	obj	_	_
52	from	from	ADP	IN	_	53	case	_	_
53	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	49	obl	_	_
54	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	58	cc	_	_
55	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	58	mark	_	_
56	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	58	nsubj	_	_
57	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	58	advmod	_	_
58	pursued	pursue	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	49	conj	_	_
59	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	58	obj	_	_
60	Even	even	ADV	RB	_	62	advmod	_	_
61	to	to	ADP	IN	_	62	case	_	_
62	Néwfoundlánd	Néwfoundlánd	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	58	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
63	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present · passive |  | most |  | old traditions |  | a difference and the nations *parataxis* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient |
| 2 | **accord** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **sing** *speech: express* | present · passive |  | this songs |  | the nations |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 4 | **is** | present | That |  |  |  |  | of the forest; seven beasts *nsubj* | tree rules |
| 5 | **steal** | past | That | Kulóskap's family |  |  | time | from Kulóskap; Kulóskap's seven neighbors *nsubj* | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent family=Theme from he=Source |
| 6 | **pursue** | past | song | beasts *= beast* |  | Néwfoundlánd |  | long *property* | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent they=Theme to néwfoundlánd=Trajectory |

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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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