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title: A giant turtle’s form Joe Benoit took; The other changed himself int… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics
description: A giant turtle’s form Joe Benoit took; The other changed himself into a snake; The twain then met and fought in combat dire Within the waters of a little lake Which since that time has ever borne the name Of Neʿseyik, which means “the muddy lake,” Because their strife had stirred up all the soil And
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# Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 15, sentence 56

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A giant turtle’s form Joe Benoit took; The other changed himself into a snake; The twain then met and fought in combat dire Within the waters of a little lake Which since that time has ever borne the name Of Neʿseyik, which means “the muddy lake,” Because their strife had stirred up all the soil And weeds, and roiled the waters of that pool.

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**Who acts:** Joe, other, twain, name, giant turtle · **What happens:** take, change, meet, fight, bear, mean · **To what, where:** Joe, combat, little lake, muddy lake, strife, waters

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This is a sentence of «Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems», Opening, part 15. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Joe, other, twain, name), 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:pg78673:15:56
# text = A giant turtle’s form Joe Benoit took; The other changed himself into a snake; The twain then met and fought in combat dire Within the waters of a little lake Which since that time has ever borne the name Of Neʿseyik, which means “the muddy lake,” Because their strife had stirred up all the soil And weeds, and roiled the waters of that pool.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	giant	giant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	turtle	turtle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	’s	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:desc	_	_
6	Joe	Joe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	Benoit	Benoit	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	flat	_	_
8	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	12	punct	_	_
10	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	nsubj	_	_
12	changed	change	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	conj	_	_
13	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	12	obj	_	_
14	into	into	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	snake	snake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	21	punct	_	_
18	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	twain	twain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nsubj	_	_
20	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	21	advmod	_	_
21	met	meet	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	conj	_	_
22	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
23	fought	fight	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	21	conj	_	_
24	in	in	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
25	combat	combat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obl	_	_
26	dire	dire	ADV	RB	_	21	advmod	_	_
27	Within	within	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
28	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
29	waters	water	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	21	obl	_	_
30	of	of	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
31	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
32	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	33	amod	_	_
33	lake	lake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	nmod	_	_
34	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	40	obj	_	_
35	since	since	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
36	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	37	det	_	_
37	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	40	obl	_	_
38	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	40	aux	_	_
39	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	40	advmod	_	_
40	borne	bear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	33	acl:relcl	_	_
41	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	42	det	_	_
42	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	40	obj	_	_
43	Of	of	ADP	IN	_	44	case	_	_
44	Neʿseyik	Neʿseyik	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	42	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	47	punct	_	_
46	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	47	nsubj	_	_
47	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	42	parataxis	_	_
48	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	51	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	51	det	_	_
50	muddy	muddy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	51	amod	_	_
51	lake	lake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
52	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	51	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
53	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	51	punct	_	_
54	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	58	mark	_	_
55	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	56	nmod:poss	_	_
56	strife	strife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	58	nsubj:pass	_	_
57	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	58	aux	_	_
58	stirred	stir	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	47	advcl	_	_
59	up	up	ADP	RP	_	58	compound:prt	_	_
60	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	62	det:predet	_	_
61	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	62	det	_	_
62	soil	soil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	58	obl:unmarked	_	_
63	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	64	cc	_	_
64	weeds	weed	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	58	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
65	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	67	punct	_	_
66	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	67	cc	_	_
67	roiled	roil	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	conj	_	_
68	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	69	det	_	_
69	waters	water	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	67	obj	_	_
70	of	of	ADP	IN	_	72	case	_	_
71	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	72	det	_	_
72	pool	pool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	69	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
73	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | past | Joe  a giant turtle's form |  |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **change** | past | the other | Joe |  |  |  | into a snake *result* | vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP V NP.patient PP.result»: agent=Agent himself=Patient into snake=Result |
| 3 | **meet** | past | the twain |  |  |  | then | within the waters of a little lake; dire *property* | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **fight** | past | the twain *not said here* |  |  | combat |  |  | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **bear** | present · perfect |  | a little lake |  |  | ever; time | the name of Neʿseyik *obj* | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent which=Beneficiary name=Patient |
| 6 | **mean** | present | the name of Neʿseyik | the muddy lake |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lake=Topic |
| 7 | **stir up** | past · perfect · passive |  | waters's strife |  |  |  | all soil *obl:unmarked* | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 8 | **weed** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 9 | **roil** | past | Joe  a giant turtle's form *not said here* | the waters of that pool |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus water=Experiencer |
| 10 | **form** |  | a giant turtle |  |  |  |  |  | nom form «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
| 11 | **name** |  |  | Neʿseyik |  |  |  |  | nom name «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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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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