--- title: Pûjinskwes had many children Whose fathers were giants and monsters,… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: Pûjinskwes had many children Whose fathers were giants and monsters, Sorcerers and demons, But, as they all were hideous, She stole from the Indian women Their fairest babes, and pretended That they were all her own. Who acts: Pûjinskwes, fathers, child. 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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 (Pûjinskwes, fathers, child), 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:pg78673:12:95 # text = Pûjinskwes had many children Whose fathers were giants and monsters, Sorcerers and demons, But, as they all were hideous, She stole from the Indian women Their fairest babes, and pretended That they were all her own. 1 Pûjinskwes Pûjinskwes PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 Whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 8 nmod:poss _ _ 6 fathers father NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 7 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 8 giants giant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 monsters monster NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 Sorcerers sorcerer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 conj _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 demons demon NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 16 But but CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 18 as as SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 19 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 20 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 19 det _ _ 21 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 cop _ _ 22 hideous hideous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 24 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 stole steal VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 26 from from ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 Indian Indian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 women woman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obl _ _ 30 Their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 31 fairest fair ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 32 amod _ _ 32 babes babe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 pretended pretend VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 36 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 35 obj _ _ 37 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 38 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ _ 39 all all ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 40 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | Pûjinskwes | many children | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Patient | | 2 | **is a** | past | fathers | many children's giants and monsters and Sorcerers and demons | | | | many children *nmod:poss*; monsters *conj*; Sorcerers *conj*; demons *conj* | tree rules | | 3 | **is** | past | fathers *= father* | | | | | hideous *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **steal** | past | child | | | | | from the Indian women fathers's fairest babes | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **pretend** | past | Pûjinskwes *not said here* | That | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **is** | past | fathers *= father* | | | | | child *nmod:poss*; all, own *property* | tree rules | 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 94](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/12/94/) - next →: [sentence 96](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/12/96/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/12/)