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title: When I was fifteen years I saw a man Who had become a demon of the w… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics
description: When I was fifteen years I saw a man Who had become a demon of the wood, A Miʿkumwess with power to change his size And art to sink into the rocky soil Up to his ankle-joints or knees as though ’twere sand. Who acts: I, man. A sentence of «Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems», Opening, par
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# Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 15, sentence 63

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When I was fifteen years I saw a man Who had become a demon of the wood, A Miʿkumwess with power to change his size And art to sink into the rocky soil Up to his ankle-joints or knees as though ’twere sand.

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**Who acts:** I, man · **What happens:** be, see, become, change, sink · **To what, where:** fifteen years, man, demon, size, ’, rocky soil

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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 (I, man), 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:pg78673:15:65
# text = When I was fifteen years I saw a man Who had become a demon of the wood, A Miʿkumwess with power to change his size And art to sink into the rocky soil Up to his ankle-joints or knees as though ’twere sand.
1	When	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
2	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	fifteen	fifteen	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	parataxis	_	_
6	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj	_	_
11	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	become	become	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	9	acl:relcl	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	demon	demon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	xcomp	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
19	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	Miʿkumwess	miʿkumwess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	_
21	with	with	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nmod	_	_
23	to	to	PART	TO	_	24	mark	_	_
24	change	change	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	20	acl	_	_
25	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	26	nmod:poss	_	_
26	size	size	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obj	_	_
27	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	28	cc	_	_
28	art	art	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	conj	_	_
29	to	to	PART	TO	_	30	mark	_	_
30	sink	sink	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	24	advcl	_	_
31	into	into	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
32	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	34	det	_	_
33	rocky	rocky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	34	amod	_	_
34	soil	soil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	obl	_	_
35	Up	up	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
36	to	to	ADP	IN	_	35	fixed	_	_
37	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	40	nmod:poss	_	_
38	ankle	ankle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	40	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	38	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	joints	joint	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	30	obl	_	_
41	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	42	cc	_	_
42	knees	knee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	40	conj	_	_
43	as	as	ADV	RB	_	44	advmod	_	_
44	though	though	ADV	RB	_	30	advmod	_	_
45	’	'	X	GW	_	30	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
46	twere	twere	X	RB	_	45	goeswith	_	_
47	sand	sand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	45	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | I | fifteen years |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **see** | past | I | a man |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer man=Stimulus |
| 3 | **become** | past · perfect | a man | a demon of the wood and a Miʿkumwess with power |  |  |  |  | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
| 4 | **change** | to-infinitive | a man *not said here* | Lacote's size and art |  |  |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent size=Patient |
| 5 | **sink** | to-infinitive | a man *not said here* | ’ |  | the rocky soil |  | up Lacote's ankle joints or knees; though *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent '=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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