--- title: Now at that time, Miʿko, The Squirrel, was as great, Or, some say, f… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: Now at that time, Miʿko, The Squirrel, was as great, Or, some say, far more great Than even the Northern Bear; So the Lord Kulóskap Took Miʿko ’neath his hands, And softly smoothed him down; And as he felt the touch Miʿko grew less and less, And dwindled until he Was what we see him now. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (some, Lord Kulóskap, Kulóskap, touch), 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:pg78673:4:114 # text = Now at that time, Miʿko, The Squirrel, was as great, Or, some say, far more great Than even the Northern Bear; So the Lord Kulóskap Took Miʿko ’neath his hands, And softly smoothed him down; And as he felt the touch Miʿko grew less and less, And dwindled until he Was what we see him now. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 13 advmod _ _ 2 at at ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 det _ _ 4 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 Miʿko Miʿko PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 Squirrel Squirrel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 12 as as ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 Or or CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 17 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 18 nsubj _ _ 18 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 21 advmod _ _ 21 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 22 advmod _ _ 22 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 Than Than PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 24 even even ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 Northern northern ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 Bear bear NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 29 So so ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 Lord Lord PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 compound _ _ 32 Kulóskap Kulóskap PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 33 Took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 acl:relcl _ _ 34 Miʿko Miʿko PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 35 ’ 's PART POS _ 34 case _ SpaceAfter=No 36 neath neath ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 40 And and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 41 softly softly ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 42 smoothed smooth VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 conj _ _ 43 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ _ 44 down down ADP RP _ 42 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ; ; PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 46 And and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 47 as as SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 48 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 49 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 conj _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 touch touch NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 nsubj _ _ 52 Miʿko Miʿko PROPN NNP Number=Sing 53 nsubj _ _ 53 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 ccomp _ _ 54 less less ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 53 advmod _ _ 55 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 56 less less ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 54 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 58 And and CCONJ CC _ 59 cc _ _ 59 dwindled dwindle VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 53 conj _ _ 60 until until SCONJ IN _ 63 mark _ _ 61 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 63 nsubj _ _ 62 Was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 63 cop _ _ 63 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 59 obj _ _ 64 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 65 nsubj _ _ 65 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 63 acl:relcl _ _ 66 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 65 obj _ _ 67 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 65 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 68 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | | | | | now; time | great *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | some | great Than the Northern Bear | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent than=Topic | | 3 | **take** | past | the Lord Kulóskap | | Miʿko | | | neath Kulóskap's hands | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument miʿko=Destination | | 4 | **smooth down** | past | the Lord Kulóskap *not said here* | Kulóskap | | | | softly *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 5 | **feel** | past | Kulóskap | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 6 | **grow** | past | the touch | | | | | Miʿko *nsubj*; less *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **dwindle** | past | the touch *not said here* | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 8 | **is a** | past | Miʿko | | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **see** | present | we | Miʿko | | | now | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | 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 113](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/4/113/) - next →: [sentence 115](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/4/115/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/4/)