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title: In the Delaware tale given below, a similar instance of cannibalism… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics
description: In the Delaware tale given below, a similar instance of cannibalism is cited; only in this case, the wizard, who is evidently a being similar in nature to the Passamaquoddy _Kiwaʿkw_ or the Micmac _Chînu_, desires to devour a very old, worn-out man. Who acts: case. A sentence of «Kulóskap the master
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# Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 3, sentence 58

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In the Delaware tale given below, a similar instance of cannibalism is cited; only in this case, the wizard, who is evidently a being similar in nature to the Passamaquoddy \_Kiwaʿkw\_ or the Micmac \_Chînu\_, desires to devour a very old, worn-out man.

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**Who acts:** case · **What happens:** give, cite, be, desire, devour, instance · **To what, where:** Delaware tale, similar instance, nature, old out man, cannibalism

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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 (case), 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:pg78673:3:58
# text = In the Delaware tale given below, a similar instance of cannibalism is cited; only in this case, the wizard, who is evidently a being similar in nature to the Passamaquoddy _Kiwaʿkw_ or the Micmac _Chînu_, desires to devour a very old, worn-out man.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	Delaware	Delaware	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	tale	tale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
5	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	below	below	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	similar	similar	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	instance	instance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj:pass	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	cannibalism	cannibalism	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
13	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux:pass	_	_
14	cited	cite	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	19	punct	_	_
16	only	only	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
17	in	in	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	19	det	_	_
19	case	case	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	wizard	wizard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	_
24	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	29	nsubj	_	_
25	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	29	cop	_	_
26	evidently	evidently	ADV	RB	_	29	advmod	_	_
27	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
28	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	29	cop	_	_
29	similar	similar	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	parataxis	_	_
30	in	in	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
31	nature	nature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	obl	_	_
32	to	to	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
33	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	34	det	_	_
34	Passamaquoddy	Passamaquoddy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	29	obl	_	_
35	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	36	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	Kiwaʿkw	Kiwaʿkw	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	29	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	36	punct	_	_
38	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	40	cc	_	_
39	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	40	det	_	_
40	Micmac	Micmac	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	36	conj	_	_
41	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	36	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	Chînu	Chînu	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	36	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	29	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	45	punct	_	_
45	desires	desire	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	parataxis	_	_
46	to	to	PART	TO	_	47	mark	_	_
47	devour	devour	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	45	xcomp	_	_
48	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	55	det	_	_
49	very	very	ADV	RB	_	50	advmod	_	_
50	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	55	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	50	punct	_	_
52	worn	worn	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	54	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
53	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	52	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
54	out	out	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	55	compound	_	_
55	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
56	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | participle |  | the Delaware tale *not said here* |  |  |  | below *property* | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **cite** | present · passive |  | a similar instance of cannibalism |  | the Delaware tale |  | this case *parataxis* | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 3 | **is** | present | this case |  |  | nature |  | to the Passamaquoddy; Kiwaʿkw or the Micmac *obl*; evidently, similar *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **desire** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 5 | **devour** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  | a old out man |  |  |  |  | vn devour-39.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Patient |
| 6 | **instance** |  |  | cannibalism |  |  |  |  | nom instance «event 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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