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title: And then it came to pass That in the after-days Kwâbîtsis the son Of… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics
description: And then it came to pass That in the after-days Kwâbîtsis the son Of the Great Beaver, or As others tell the tale Miʿko the squirrel, or else The very devil himself Who dwelt within his heart, Tempted Malsum to slay His brother Kulóskap; For in those early days All men were wicked--all Lived but in 
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# Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 4, sentence 10

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And then it came to pass That in the after-days Kwâbîtsis the son Of the Great Beaver, or As others tell the tale Miʿko the squirrel, or else The very devil himself Who dwelt within his heart, Tempted Malsum to slay His brother Kulóskap; For in those early days All men were wicked--all Lived but in evil deeds.

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**Who acts:** life, others, squirrel, men · **What happens:** come, pass, tell, dwell, tempt, slay · **To what, where:** That, Kwâbîtsis, tale, squirrel, Malsum, brother · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems», Opening, part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (life, others, squirrel, men), 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:pg78673:4:10
# text = And then it came to pass That in the after-days Kwâbîtsis the son Of the Great Beaver, or As others tell the tale Miʿko the squirrel, or else The very devil himself Who dwelt within his heart, Tempted Malsum to slay His brother Kulóskap; For in those early days All men were wicked--all Lived but in evil deeds.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
2	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	advmod	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	pass	pass	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	24	advcl	_	_
7	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	6	obj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
10	after	after	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obl	_	_
13	Kwâbîtsis	Kwâbîtsis	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	vocative	_	_
16	Of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	Great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	Beaver	Beaver	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
21	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
22	As	as	SCONJ	IN	_	24	mark	_	_
23	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	24	nsubj	_	_
24	tell	tell	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	tale	tale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obj	_	_
27	Miʿko	Miʿko	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	26	appos	_	_
28	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
29	squirrel	squirrel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	35	punct	_	_
31	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	35	cc	_	_
32	else	else	ADV	RB	_	35	advmod	_	_
33	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	35	det	_	_
34	very	very	ADV	RB	_	35	advmod	_	_
35	devil	devil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	parataxis	_	_
36	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	38	nsubj	_	_
37	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	38	nsubj	_	_
38	dwelt	dwell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	35	acl:relcl	_	_
39	within	within	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
40	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	41	nmod:poss	_	_
41	heart	heart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	43	punct	_	_
43	Tempted	tempt	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	38	conj	_	_
44	Malsum	Malsum	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	43	obj	_	_
45	to	to	PART	TO	_	46	mark	_	_
46	slay	slay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	43	xcomp	_	_
47	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	48	nmod:poss	_	_
48	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	46	obj	_	_
49	Kulóskap	Kulóskap	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	48	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
50	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	59	punct	_	_
51	For	for	ADP	IN	_	55	case	_	_
52	in	in	ADP	IN	_	55	case	_	_
53	those	that	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	55	det	_	_
54	early	early	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	55	amod	_	_
55	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	59	obl	_	_
56	All	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	57	det	_	_
57	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	59	nsubj	_	_
58	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	59	cop	_	_
59	wicked	wicked	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	24	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
60	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	62	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
61	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	62	advmod	_	_
62	Lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	59	parataxis	_	_
63	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	66	cc	_	_
64	in	in	ADP	IN	_	66	case	_	_
65	evil	evil	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	66	amod	_	_
66	deeds	deed	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	62	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
67	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | life |  |  |  | then |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **pass** | to-infinitive | others *not said here* | That |  | the Kwâbîtsis after days |  | the son of the Great Beaver *vocative* | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent that=Theme in kwâbîtsis=Destination |
| 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present | others | the tale | the squirrel |  |  | the devil *parataxis* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent tale=Recipient squirrel=Topic |
| 4 | **dwell** | past | squirrel |  |  |  |  | within squirrel's heart; the devil *nsubj* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 5 | **tempt** | past | squirrel *not said here* | Malsum |  |  |  |  | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent malsum=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 6 | **slay** | to-infinitive | squirrel *not said here* | squirrel's brother |  |  |  |  | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brother=Patient |
| 7 | **is** | past | all men |  |  |  | day | wicked *property* | tree rules |
| 8 | **live** | past |  |  |  |  |  | evil deeds *conj* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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