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title: The Indians whooped again, And got out all their rattles, Which were… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics
description: The Indians whooped again, And got out all their rattles, Which were made of turtle shell Containing little pebbles, And rattled with all their might In a daring dance to the Flood. Who acts: Indians, turtle shell. A sentence of «Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems», Opening, part 4, with 
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# Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 4, sentence 95

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The Indians whooped again, And got out all their rattles, Which were made of turtle shell Containing little pebbles, And rattled with all their might In a daring dance to the Flood.

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**Who acts:** Indians, turtle shell · **What happens:** whoop, get out, make, contain, rattle, dance · **To what, where:** rattles, little pebbles, Flood

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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 (Indians, turtle shell), 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:pg78673:4:95
# text = The Indians whooped again, And got out all their rattles, Which were made of turtle shell Containing little pebbles, And rattled with all their might In a daring dance to the Flood.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Indians	Indian	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	whooped	whoop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	again	again	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
8	out	out	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
9	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	11	det:predet	_	_
10	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	rattles	rattle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	15	nsubj:pass	_	_
14	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux:pass	_	_
15	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	acl	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	turtle	turtle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	compound	_	_
18	shell	shell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
19	Containing	contain	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	18	acl	_	_
20	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	pebbles	pebble	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
23	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
24	rattled	rattle	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
25	with	with	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
26	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	32	det:predet	_	_
27	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	32	nmod:poss	_	_
28	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	32	aux	_	_
29	In	in	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
30	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
31	daring	daring	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	32	amod	_	_
32	dance	dance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obl	_	_
33	to	to	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
34	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	35	det	_	_
35	Flood	flood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
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## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **whoop** *speech: other* | past | the Indians |  |  |  | again |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **get out** | past | the Indians *not said here* | Indians's rattles |  |  |  | out *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **make** | past · passive |  | Indians's rattles |  |  |  | of turtle shell | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |
| 4 | **contain** | gerund | turtle shell *not said here* | little pebbles |  |  |  |  | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot pebble=Theme |
| 5 | **rattle** | participle | the Indians *not said here* |  | the Flood |  |  | with Indians's daring dance | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to flood=Recipient |
| 6 | **rattle** |  | Indians *= indian* |  |  |  |  |  | nom rattle «event intransitive»: poss=agent |
| 7 | **dance** |  | Indians *= indian* |  |  |  |  |  | nom dance «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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