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title: In sooth, this was a lie Although no evil one, And yet from uttering… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics
description: In sooth, this was a lie Although no evil one, And yet from uttering it Kulóskap got his name Which means the Liar, or, As Indians mean the word: A wise and crafty man. Who acts: this, uttering, name, Indians. A sentence of «Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems», Opening, part 4, with its d
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# Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 4, sentence 9

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In sooth, this was a lie Although no evil one, And yet from uttering it Kulóskap got his name Which means the Liar, or, As Indians mean the word: A wise and crafty man.

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**Who acts:** this, uttering, name, Indians, Kulóskap · **What happens:** be, utter, get, mean, name · **To what, where:** lie, sooth, life, name, Liar, word

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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 (this, uttering, name, Indians), 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:pg78673:4:9
# text = In sooth, this was a lie Although no evil one, And yet from uttering it Kulóskap got his name Which means the Liar, or, As Indians mean the word: A wise and crafty man.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	sooth	sooth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	7	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	lie	lie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	Although	although	SCONJ	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	11	det	_	_
10	evil	evil	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
13	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
14	yet	yet	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
15	from	from	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
16	uttering	utter	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	19	csubj	_	_
17	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	obj	_	_
18	Kulóskap	Kulóskap	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	_
19	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	parataxis	_	_
20	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	21	nmod:poss	_	_
21	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obj	_	_
22	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	23	nsubj	_	_
23	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	21	acl:relcl	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	Liar	Liar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	23	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	31	punct	_	_
27	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	31	cc	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
29	As	as	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
30	Indians	Indian	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	31	nsubj	_	_
31	mean	mean	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	conj	_	_
32	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
33	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	39	punct	_	_
35	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	39	det	_	_
36	wise	wise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	39	amod	_	_
37	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	38	cc	_	_
38	crafty	crafty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	36	conj	_	_
39	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | this | a lie |  | sooth |  | although no evil one | tree rules |
| 2 | **utter** *speech: other* | gerund |  | life |  |  | yet | Kulóskap *obj* | tree rules |
| 3 | **get** | past | uttering | Kulóskap's name |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer name=Stimulus |
| 4 | **mean** | present | Kulóskap's name | the Liar |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent liar=Topic |
| 5 | **mean** | present | Indians | the word |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Topic |
| 6 | **name** |  | Kulóskap |  |  |  |  |  | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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