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title: Kulóskap (Klûskâbe) is a god-man of truly Indian type who undoubtedl… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics
description: Kulóskap (Klûskâbe) is a god-man of truly Indian type who undoubtedly represents the principle of good, and particularly good nature, as opposed to his twin-brother Malsum the Wolf, who may be called the Ahrimân of the Wabanaki, although this is almost too dignified a term. Who acts: Kulóskap, India
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# Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 3, sentence 28

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Kulóskap (Klûskâbe) is a god-man of truly Indian type who undoubtedly represents the principle of good, and particularly good nature, as opposed to his twin-brother Malsum the Wolf, who may be called the Ahrimân of the Wabanaki, although this is almost too dignified a term.

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**Who acts:** Kulóskap, Indian type, this · **What happens:** be, represent, oppose, call · **To what, where:** god man, principle, Malsum · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems», Opening, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Kulóskap, Indian type, this), 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:pg78673:3:28
# text = Kulóskap (Klûskâbe) is a god-man of truly Indian type who undoubtedly represents the principle of good, and particularly good nature, as opposed to his twin-brother Malsum the Wolf, who may be called the Ahrimân of the Wabanaki, although this is almost too dignified a term.
1	Kulóskap	Kulóskap	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
2	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	Klûskâbe	Klûskâbe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	3	punct	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	god	god	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	truly	truly	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	Indian	Indian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	type	type	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
14	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	16	nsubj	_	_
15	undoubtedly	undoubtedly	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
16	represents	represent	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	acl:relcl	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	principle	principle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	_
19	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
22	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	25	cc	_	_
23	particularly	particularly	ADV	RB	_	25	advmod	_	_
24	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	25	amod	_	_
25	nature	nature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	_
27	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	28	mark	_	_
28	opposed	oppose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	parataxis	_	_
29	to	to	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
30	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	33	nmod:poss	_	_
31	twin	twin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	31	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	obl	_	_
34	Malsum	Malsum	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	33	appos	_	_
35	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	36	det	_	_
36	Wolf	Wolf	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	34	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	41	punct	_	_
38	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	41	nsubj:pass	_	_
39	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	41	aux	_	_
40	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	41	aux:pass	_	_
41	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	34	acl	_	_
42	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	43	det	_	_
43	Ahrimân	Ahrimân	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	41	xcomp	_	_
44	of	of	ADP	IN	_	46	case	_	_
45	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	46	det	_	_
46	Wabanaki	Wabanaki	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	43	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	53	punct	_	_
48	although	although	SCONJ	IN	_	53	mark	_	_
49	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	53	nsubj	_	_
50	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	53	cop	_	_
51	almost	almost	ADV	RB	_	53	advmod	_	_
52	too	too	ADV	RB	_	53	advmod	_	_
53	dignified	dignify	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	28	conj	_	_
54	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	55	det	_	_
55	term	term	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	53	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
56	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Kulóskap | a god man and good nature |  |  |  | of Indian type; good nature *conj* | tree rules |
| 2 | **represent** | present | Indian type | the principle of good |  |  |  | undoubtedly *property* | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot principle=Theme |
| 3 | **oppose** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | to Kulóskap's twin brother | vn amalgamate-22.2-3 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 4 | **call** | may · passive |  | Malsum |  |  |  | the Ahrimân of the Wabanaki *xcomp* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient |
| 5 | **is** | present | this |  |  |  |  | a term *obl:unmarked*; almost, dignify *property* | tree rules |

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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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