--- title: This is an ancient tale of the Lord, Told ’mid the tales of the spir… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: This is an ancient tale of the Lord, Told ’mid the tales of the spirit time, How the Master of Beasts and Men Was born in the Sunrise land, The land of the Wabanaki; Though other traditions tell That he came from across the ocean In a great stone canoe, A barque which was all of granite, Covered wit --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/4/110/) [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/) / 110 # Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 4, sentence 110 This is an ancient tale of the Lord, Told ’mid the tales of the spirit time, How the Master of Beasts and Men Was born in the Sunrise land, The land of the Wabanaki; Though other traditions tell That he came from across the ocean In a great stone canoe, A barque which was all of granite, Covered with trees for masts. **Who acts:** This, other traditions, That, spirit time · **What happens:** be, bear, tell, come, cover · **To what, where:** ancient tale, Master, Sunrise land, ocean, barque · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (This, other traditions, That, spirit time), 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:pg78673:4:110 # text = This is an ancient tale of the Lord, Told ’mid the tales of the spirit time, How the Master of Beasts and Men Was born in the Sunrise land, The land of the Wabanaki; Though other traditions tell That he came from across the ocean In a great stone canoe, A barque which was all of granite, Covered with trees for masts. 1 This this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 ancient ancient ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 tale tale NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 Lord Lord PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 Told Told PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 appos _ _ 11 ’ ' PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 mid mid ADJ AFX Degree=Pos|Typo=Yes 14 amod _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 tales tale NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nmod _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 spirit spirit NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 compound _ _ 18 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 20 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 28 advmod _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 Master Master PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nsubj:pass _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 Beasts Beast PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 22 nmod _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 Men Men PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 conj _ _ 27 Was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux:pass _ _ 28 born bear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 parataxis _ _ 29 in in ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 Sunrise sunrise ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 appos _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 Wabanaki Wabanaki PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ; ; PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 40 Though though SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 41 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 traditions tradition NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 nsubj _ _ 43 tell tell VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ _ 44 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 46 nsubj _ _ 45 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 ccomp _ _ 47 from from ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 48 across across ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 ocean ocean NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ _ 51 In in ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 52 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 53 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 55 amod _ _ 54 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 compound _ _ 55 canoe canoe NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 57 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 58 barque barque NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 appos _ _ 59 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 61 nsubj _ _ 60 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 61 cop _ _ 61 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 58 conj _ _ 62 of of ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 63 granite granite NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 64 , , PUNCT , _ 65 punct _ _ 65 Covered cover VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 58 acl _ _ 66 with with ADP IN _ 67 case _ _ 67 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 65 obl _ _ 68 for for ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 69 masts mast NOUN NNS Number=Plur 65 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 70 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | This | a ancient tale | | | | of the Lord; the mid tales of the spirit time *nmod* | tree rules | | 2 | **bear** | past · passive | | the Master of Beasts and Men | | the Sunrise land | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present | other traditions | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **come** | past | That | | | the ocean | | in a great stone canoe; Master *nsubj* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from ocean=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **cover** | participle | | a barque *not said here* | | | | with trees; for masts | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with tree=Theme | | 6 | **tell** | | the spirit time | | | | | | nom tale «communication intransitive»: of=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 109](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/4/109/) - next →: [sentence 111](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/4/111/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/4/)