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title: So they sailed ever on Over a sunlit sea, And yet it was not long Er… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics
description: So they sailed ever on Over a sunlit sea, And yet it was not long Ere the elf-gifted one Saw rising ’mid the waves A dark and curious form, That of a monstrous beast Fast-coming as a foe, And then they knew it was The Giant Beaver, called Kwâbît, in fearful rage; But when the mighty one Saw this, he
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# Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 6, sentence 30

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So they sailed ever on Over a sunlit sea, And yet it was not long Ere the elf-gifted one Saw rising ’mid the waves A dark and curious form, That of a monstrous beast Fast-coming as a foe, And then they knew it was The Giant Beaver, called Kwâbît, in fearful rage; But when the mighty one Saw this, he sailed direct Even at the monster’s jaws, And, coming to him, said: “Lo, I am the great foe Of all thy race and called The Beaver-Hunter; I, Am he who butchers them; Full many a one ere now Has perished by my hand.”

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**Who acts:** lungs, flood, long Ere, That, mighty one, Ere · **What happens:** sail, be, gift, see, rise, come · **To what, where:** many, sunlit sea, long Ere, Giant Beaver, fearful rage, this · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems», Opening, part 6. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (lungs, flood, long Ere, That), 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:pg78673:6:30
# text = So they sailed ever on Over a sunlit sea, And yet it was not long Ere the elf-gifted one Saw rising ’mid the waves A dark and curious form, That of a monstrous beast Fast-coming as a foe, And then they knew it was The Giant Beaver, called Kwâbît, in fearful rage; But when the mighty one Saw this, he sailed direct Even at the monster’s jaws, And, coming to him, said: “Lo, I am the great foe Of all thy race and called The Beaver-Hunter; I, Am he who butchers them; Full many a one ere now Has perished by my hand.”
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	sailed	sail	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	5	advmod	_	_
5	on	on	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
6	Over	over	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	sunlit	sunlit	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
11	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
12	yet	yet	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
14	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
15	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	16	advmod	_	_
16	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	Ere	Ere	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	23	nsubj	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
19	elf	elf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	gifted	gift	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	22	amod	_	_
22	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	nsubj	_	_
23	Saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
24	rising	rise	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	23	xcomp	_	_
25	’	'	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	mid	mid	X	AFX	_	3	parataxis	_	_
27	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
28	waves	wave	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	26	obj	_	_
29	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
30	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	33	amod	_	_
31	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	32	cc	_	_
32	curious	curious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	30	conj	_	_
33	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	42	punct	_	_
35	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	42	nsubj	_	_
36	of	of	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
37	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	39	det	_	_
38	monstrous	monstrous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	39	amod	_	_
39	beast	beast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	obl	_	_
40	Fast	fast	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	42	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	40	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	coming	come	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
43	as	as	ADP	IN	_	45	case	_	_
44	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	45	det	_	_
45	foe	foe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
46	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	50	punct	_	_
47	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	50	cc	_	_
48	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	50	advmod	_	_
49	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	50	nsubj	_	_
50	knew	know	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
51	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	55	nsubj	_	_
52	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	55	cop	_	_
53	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	55	det	_	_
54	Giant	giant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	55	amod	_	_
55	Beaver	Beaver	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	50	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
56	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	57	punct	_	_
57	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	55	acl	_	_
58	Kwâbît	Kwâbît	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	57	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
59	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	62	punct	_	_
60	in	in	ADP	IN	_	62	case	_	_
61	fearful	fearful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	62	amod	_	_
62	rage	rage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	57	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
63	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	69	punct	_	_
64	But	but	CCONJ	CC	_	69	cc	_	_
65	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	69	advmod	_	_
66	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	68	det	_	_
67	mighty	mighty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	68	amod	_	_
68	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	69	nsubj	_	_
69	Saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
70	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	69	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
71	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	73	punct	_	_
72	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	73	nsubj	_	_
73	sailed	sail	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
74	direct	direct	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	73	xcomp	_	_
75	Even	even	ADV	RB	_	80	advmod	_	_
76	at	at	ADP	IN	_	80	case	_	_
77	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	78	det	_	_
78	monster	monster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	80	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
79	’s	's	PART	POS	_	78	case	_	_
80	jaws	jaw	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	74	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
81	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	84	punct	_	_
82	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	84	cc	_	SpaceAfter=No
83	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	84	punct	_	_
84	coming	come	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	73	advcl	_	_
85	to	to	ADP	IN	_	86	case	_	_
86	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	84	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
87	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	88	punct	_	_
88	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
89	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	97	punct	_	_
90	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	97	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
91	Lo	lo	INTJ	UH	_	97	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
92	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	91	punct	_	_
93	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	97	nsubj	_	_
94	am	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	97	cop	_	_
95	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	97	det	_	_
96	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	97	amod	_	_
97	foe	foe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	88	ccomp	_	_
98	Of	of	ADP	IN	_	101	case	_	_
99	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	101	det	_	_
100	thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	101	nmod:poss	_	_
101	race	race	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	97	nmod	_	_
102	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	103	cc	_	_
103	called	call	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	88	conj	_	_
104	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	107	det	_	_
105	Beaver	Beaver	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	107	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
106	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	105	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
107	Hunter	Hunter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	103	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
108	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	114	punct	_	_
109	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	114	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
110	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	109	punct	_	_
111	Am	Am	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	112	compound	_	_
112	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	109	conj	_	_
113	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	114	nsubj	_	_
114	butchers	butcher	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
115	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	114	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
116	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	118	punct	_	_
117	Full	full	ADV	RB	_	118	advmod	_	_
118	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	obl	_	_
119	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	121	det	_	_
120	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	121	nummod	_	_
121	ere	ere	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	118	nsubj	_	_
122	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	124	advmod	_	_
123	Has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	124	aux	_	_
124	perished	perish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	121	acl	_	_
125	by	by	ADP	IN	_	127	case	_	_
126	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	127	nmod:poss	_	_
127	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	124	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
128	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
129	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sail** | past | lungs *= lung* | many  a one ere |  | a sunlit sea | ever |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent over sea=Trajectory |
| 2 | **is a** | past | flood | long Ere |  |  | yet |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **gift** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | elf *compound* | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **see** | past | long Ere |  |  |  |  | the gifted one *nsubj* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 5 | **rise** | gerund | long Ere *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 6 | **come** | gerund | That |  |  |  |  | of a monstrous beast; as a foe | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme of beast=Initial\_Location |
| 7 | **know** | past | lungs *= lung* |  |  |  | then |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 8 | **is a** | past | flood | the Giant Beaver |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 9 | **call** | participle |  | the Giant Beaver *not said here* |  | fearful rage |  | Kwâbît *xcomp* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 10 | **see** | past | the mighty one | this |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer this=Stimulus |
| 11 | **sail** | past | Ere |  |  |  |  | direct *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |
| 12 | **come** | gerund | Ere *not said here* |  | Ere |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to he=Initial\_Location |
| 13 | **say** *speech: assert* | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 14 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | I | the great foe |  |  |  | of thy race | tree rules |
| 15 | **call** *in a quote* | past |  |  | the Beaver Hunter |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent hunter=Recipient |
| 16 | **butcher** *in a quote* | present | I | lungs *= lung* |  |  |  | who *nsubj* | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |
| 17 | **perish** *in a quote* | present · perfect |  | a one ere *not said here* |  |  | now | by my hand | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 18 | **race** *in a quote* |  | thy |  |  |  |  |  | nom race «event intransitive»: 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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