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description: It should be added, moreover, that in every case of such sexual relations between snakes and man among the Wabanaki the serpent was always a wizard (_Mʾdeolin_) in disguise, a fact which shows that in the later superstition at least the unusual character of such monstrous serpents was fully apprecia
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# Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 3, sentence 71

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It should be added, moreover, that in every case of such sexual relations between snakes and man among the Wabanaki the serpent was always a wizard (\_Mʾdeolin\_) in disguise, a fact which shows that in the later superstition at least the unusual character of such monstrous serpents was fully appreciated.

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**Who acts:** serpent, fact · **What happens:** add, be, show, appreciate · **To what, where:** superstition, wizard, unusual character · **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 (serpent, fact), 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:pg78673:3:71
# text = It should be added, moreover, that in every case of such sexual relations between snakes and man among the Wabanaki the serpent was always a wizard (_Mʾdeolin_) in disguise, a fact which shows that in the later superstition at least the unusual character of such monstrous serpents was fully appreciated.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	added	add	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	moreover	moreover	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	det	_	_
11	case	case	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	parataxis	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
14	sexual	sexual	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	relations	relation	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	_
16	between	between	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	snakes	snake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nmod	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
19	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	conj	_	_
20	among	among	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	Wabanaki	Wabanaki	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	nmod	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	serpent	serpent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	nsubj	_	_
25	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	28	cop	_	_
26	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	28	advmod	_	_
27	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
28	wizard	wizard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	acl:relcl	_	_
29	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	31	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	31	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	Mʾdeolin	Mʾdeolin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	28	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	31	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	31	punct	_	_
34	in	in	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
35	disguise	disguise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	38	punct	_	_
37	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
38	fact	fact	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	appos	_	_
39	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	40	nsubj	_	_
40	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	38	acl:relcl	_	_
41	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	57	mark	_	_
42	in	in	ADP	IN	_	45	case	_	_
43	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	45	det	_	_
44	later	late	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	45	amod	_	_
45	superstition	superstition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	57	obl	_	_
46	at	at	ADP	IN	_	47	case	_	_
47	least	least	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	50	nmod	_	_
48	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	50	det	_	_
49	unusual	unusual	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	50	amod	_	_
50	character	character	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	57	nsubj:pass	_	_
51	of	of	ADP	IN	_	54	case	_	_
52	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	54	amod	_	_
53	monstrous	monstrous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	54	amod	_	_
54	serpents	serpent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	50	nmod	_	_
55	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	57	aux:pass	_	_
56	fully	fully	ADV	RB	_	57	advmod	_	_
57	appreciated	appreciate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	40	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
58	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **add** *speech: assert* | should · passive |  | superstition |  |  |  | every case of such sexual relations between snakes and man among the Wabanaki *parataxis*; moreover *property* | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 2 | **is a** | past | the serpent | a wizard |  |  |  | Mʾdeolin in disguise *appos*; always *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **show** | present | a fact |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 4 | **appreciate** | past · passive |  | the unusual character at least of such monstrous serpents |  |  |  | in the later superstition; fully *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute NP.extent PP.source PP.goal»: subject=Extent in superstition=Attribute |

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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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