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title: Then came an awful tumult Such as never before was seen In the land… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics
description: Then came an awful tumult Such as never before was seen In the land of the Wabanâki; All the earth and rocks around Were rent in the dreadful tumult And all the while the Master Cried merrily to his dogs: “Stop, stop! Who acts: Master. A sentence of «Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems», O
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# Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 12, sentence 28

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Then came an awful tumult Such as never before was seen In the land of the Wabanâki; All the earth and rocks around Were rent in the dreadful tumult And all the while the Master Cried merrily to his dogs: “Stop, stop!

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**Who acts:** Master · **What happens:** come, see, cry, stop · **To what, where:** awful tumult, land · **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 (Master), 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:pg78673:12:28
# text = Then came an awful tumult Such as never before was seen In the land of the Wabanâki; All the earth and rocks around Were rent in the dreadful tumult And all the while the Master Cried merrily to his dogs: “Stop, stop!
1	Then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	2	advmod	_	_
2	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	awful	awful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	tumult	tumult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	Such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=SCONJ	11	mark	_	_
7	as	as	ADP	IN	_	6	fixed	_	_
8	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	before	before	ADP	IN	_	7	conj	_	_
10	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	seen	see	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
12	In	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	Wabanâki	Wabanâki	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	21	punct	_	_
19	All	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	21	det:predet	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	earth	earth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
22	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
23	rocks	rock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	21	conj	_	_
24	around	around	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
25	Were	were	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	26	amod	_	_
26	rent	rent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nmod	_	_
27	in	in	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
28	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
29	dreadful	dreadful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	30	amod	_	_
30	tumult	tumult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	nmod	_	_
31	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	32	cc	_	_
32	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	26	conj	_	_
33	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	37	det	_	_
34	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	37	mark	_	_
35	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	36	det	_	_
36	Master	Master	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	37	nsubj	_	_
37	Cried	cry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	32	acl:relcl	_	_
38	merrily	merrily	ADV	RB	_	37	advmod	_	_
39	to	to	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
40	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	41	nmod:poss	_	_
41	dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	38	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	44	punct	_	_
43	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	44	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	Stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	37	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	46	punct	_	_
46	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	44	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past |  | a awful tumult |  |  | then | all earth around Were rent in the dreadful tumult and rocks *obl* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location tumult=Theme |
| 2 | **see** | past · passive |  | a awful tumult *not said here* |  | the land of the Wabanâki |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V» |
| 3 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | the Master |  |  |  |  | merrily *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 4 | **stop** *in a quote* | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 5 | **stop** *in a quote* | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

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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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