--- title: Then Kulóskap was angry Yet in the rising flood He did not drown a s… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: Then Kulóskap was angry Yet in the rising flood He did not drown a soul, But for their arrogance Changed all to serpent form-- That of the Rattlesnake, Which crawls about the rocks, And so unto this day, Whene’er they see a man, They lift their heads and hiss; And move them up and down-- That is the --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/4/100/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Kulóskap the master, and other Algonki…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/) / [Opening, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/4/) / 100 # Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 4, sentence 100 Then Kulóskap was angry Yet in the rising flood He did not drown a soul, But for their arrogance Changed all to serpent form-- That of the Rattlesnake, Which crawls about the rocks, And so unto this day, Whene’er they see a man, They lift their heads and hiss; And move them up and down-- That is the way snakes dance, Shaking their rattles, too, As we do when we dance. **Who acts:** Kulóskap, arrogance, Rattlesnake, Indians, That, snakes · **What happens:** be, rise, not drown, change, serpent, crawl · **To what, where:** soul, rising flood, all, form, man, heads 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 (Kulóskap, arrogance, Rattlesnake, Indians), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg78673:4:100 # text = Then Kulóskap was angry Yet in the rising flood He did not drown a soul, But for their arrogance Changed all to serpent form-- That of the Rattlesnake, Which crawls about the rocks, And so unto this day, Whene’er they see a man, They lift their heads and hiss; And move them up and down-- That is the way snakes dance, Shaking their rattles, too, As we do when we dance. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 Kulóskap Kulóskap PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 angry angry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 Yet yet CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 rising rise VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 amod _ _ 9 flood flood NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 10 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 11 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 12 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 13 advmod _ _ 13 drown drown VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 soul soul NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 17 But but CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 18 for for SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 19 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 arrogance arrogance NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 21 Changed change VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 22 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 21 obj _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 serpent serpent VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 advcl _ _ 25 form form NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 -- -- PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 30 nsubj _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 Rattlesnake Rattlesnake PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 33 nsubj _ _ 33 crawls crawl VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 acl:relcl _ _ 34 about about ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 rocks rock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 38 And and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 39 so so ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 40 unto unto ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 42 det _ _ 42 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 44 Whene’er whene'er NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 conj _ _ 45 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 conj _ _ 47 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 50 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 51 lift lift VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 conj _ _ 52 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 53 nmod:poss _ _ 53 heads head NOUN NNS Number=Plur 51 obj _ _ 54 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 55 hiss hiss VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 51 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 56 ; ; PUNCT : _ 58 punct _ _ 57 And and CCONJ CC _ 58 cc _ _ 58 move move VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 59 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 58 obj _ _ 60 up up ADP RP _ 58 compound:prt _ _ 61 and and CCONJ CC _ 62 cc _ _ 62 down down ADV RB _ 60 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 63 -- -- PUNCT , _ 67 punct _ _ 64 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 67 nsubj _ _ 65 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 67 cop _ _ 66 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 67 det _ _ 67 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 obl:unmarked _ _ 68 snakes snake NOUN NNS Number=Plur 69 nsubj _ _ 69 dance dance VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 67 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 70 , , PUNCT , _ 71 punct _ _ 71 Shaking shake VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 69 obl _ _ 72 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 73 nmod:poss _ _ 73 rattles rattle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 71 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 74 , , PUNCT , _ 75 punct _ _ 75 too too ADV RB _ 71 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 76 , , PUNCT , _ 79 punct _ _ 77 As as SCONJ IN _ 79 mark _ _ 78 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 79 nsubj _ _ 79 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 58 parataxis _ _ 80 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 82 advmod _ _ 81 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 82 nsubj _ _ 82 dance dance VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 79 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 83 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | Kulóskap | | | | then | angry *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **rise** | gerund | | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **not** **drown** | past · do-support | Kulóskap | a soul | | the rising flood | | | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent soul=Patient | | 4 | **change** | past | Indians's arrogance | all | | | | of the Rattlesnake That | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent all=Patient | | 5 | **serpent** | to-infinitive | Indians's arrogance *not said here* | form | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **crawl** | present | the Rattlesnake That | | | | | about the rocks | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme about rock=Trajectory | | 7 | **see** | present | Indians *= indian* | a man | | | day | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer man=Stimulus | | 8 | **lift** | present | Indians *= indian* | Indians's heads | | | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Theme | | 9 | **hiss** | present | Indians *= indian* *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **move up** | infinitive | | Indians *= indian* | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 11 | **is a** | present | That | the way | | | | | tree rules | | 12 | **dance** | present | snakes | the way *not said here* | | | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location way=Theme | | 13 | **shake** | gerund | | Indians's rattles | | | | | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent rattle=Patient | | 14 | **do** | present | we | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 15 | **dance** | present | we | | | | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 16 | **rattle** | | Indians *= indian* | | | | | | nom rattle «event intransitive»: poss=agent | 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. **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. - ← previous: [sentence 99](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/4/99/) - next →: [sentence 101](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/4/101/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/4/)