--- title: Then the wise Kulóskap Thought how when he was born Malsumsis in his… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: Then the wise Kulóskap Thought how when he was born Malsumsis in his pride Had slain his mother; And he said: “If Wolf knew The secret of my life, That life would soon be o’er.” Who acts: wise Kulóskap, Kulóskap, Wolf, life. 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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 (wise Kulóskap, Kulóskap, Wolf, life), 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:pg78673:4:6 # text = Then the wise Kulóskap Thought how when he was born Malsumsis in his pride Had slain his mother; And he said: “If Wolf knew The secret of my life, That life would soon be o’er.” 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 wise wise ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 Kulóskap Kulóskap PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 Thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 10 advmod _ _ 7 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 10 advmod _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj:pass _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux:pass _ _ 10 born bear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 ccomp _ _ 11 Malsumsis Malsumsis PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 12 in in SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 pride pride NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj:pass _ _ 15 Had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 slain slay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 advcl _ _ 17 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 20 And and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 23 : : PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 24 “ " PUNCT `` _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 If if SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 26 Wolf Wolf PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 27 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 ccomp _ _ 28 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 secret secret NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 34 That that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 35 det _ _ 35 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 36 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 37 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 39 advmod _ _ 38 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 39 cop _ _ 39 o’er o'er NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ” " PUNCT '' _ 22 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | the wise Kulóskap | | | | then | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **bear** | past · passive | | Kulóskap | | | | Malsumsis *obj* | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary malsumsis=Patient | | 3 | **slay** | past · perfect · passive | | Kulóskap's pride | | | | Kulóskap's mother *obj* | tree rules | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Kulóskap | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **know** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | past | Wolf | the secret of my life | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer secret=Stimulus | | 6 | **is a** *in a quote* | would | that life | o’er | | | | soon *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **pride** | | Kulóskap | | | | | | nom pride «feeling transitive»: 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 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/4/5/) - next →: [sentence 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/4/7/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/4/)