--- title: [19] Kwâbît had placed himself Under the water, with His tail uprais… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: [19] Kwâbît had placed himself Under the water, with His tail upraised above The level of the waves, That he might sink the barque With one tremendous blow, As is the Beaver’s way; But he of magic power With well directed stroke Of the _tumîhîgʾn_, or His tomahawk, then cut The body from the tail, L --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/6/31/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Kulóskap the master, and other Algonki…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/) / [Opening, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/6/) / 31 # Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 6, sentence 31 \[19\] Kwâbît had placed himself Under the water, with His tail upraised above The level of the waves, That he might sink the barque With one tremendous blow, As is the Beaver’s way; But he of magic power With well directed stroke Of the \_tumîhîgʾn\_, or His tomahawk, then cut The body from the tail, Leaving the Beaver dead; Then blithely sailed away. **Who acts:** That, As · **What happens:** place, upraise, sink, be, direct, cut · **To what, where:** Kwâbît, water, tail, level, barque, way 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 (That, As), 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:pg78673:6:31 # text = [19] Kwâbît had placed himself Under the water, with His tail upraised above The level of the waves, That he might sink the barque With one tremendous blow, As is the Beaver’s way; But he of magic power With well directed stroke Of the _tumîhîgʾn_, or His tomahawk, then cut The body from the tail, Leaving the Beaver dead; Then blithely sailed away. 1 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 19 19 NUM LS NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 2 punct _ _ 4 Kwâbît Kwâbît PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 placed place VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 6 obj _ _ 8 Under under ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 with with ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 15 upraised upraise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 acl _ _ 16 above above ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 level level NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 waves wave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 26 nsubj _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 sink sink VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 barque barque NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 29 With with ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 30 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 32 nummod _ _ 31 tremendous tremendous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 blow blow NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 34 As As PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 35 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 Beaver Beaver PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ’s 's PART POS _ 37 case _ _ 39 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ; ; PUNCT : _ 45 punct _ _ 41 But but CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 42 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 magic magic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 46 With with ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 47 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 48 advmod _ _ 48 directed direct VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 49 amod _ _ 49 stroke stroke NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nmod _ _ 50 Of of ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 52 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 53 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 tumîhîgʾn tumîhîgʾn NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 54 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 56 or or CCONJ CC _ 58 cc _ _ 57 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 58 nmod:poss _ _ 58 tomahawk tomahawk NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 59 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 60 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 61 advmod _ _ 61 cut cut VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 62 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 63 det _ _ 63 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 obj _ _ 64 from from ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 65 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 66 det _ _ 66 tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 67 , , PUNCT , _ 68 punct _ _ 68 Leaving leave VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 61 advcl _ _ 69 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 70 det _ _ 70 Beaver Beaver PROPN NNP Number=Sing 68 obj _ _ 71 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 68 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 72 ; ; PUNCT : _ 75 punct _ _ 73 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 75 advmod _ _ 74 blithely blithely ADV RB _ 75 advmod _ _ 75 sailed sail VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 76 away away ADV RB _ 75 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 77 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **place** | past · perfect · passive | | Kwâbît | | the water | | with Kwâbît's tail; of magic power Kwâbît with directed stroke of the tumîhîgʾn; Kwâbît's tomahawk *obl*; 19 *discourse* | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme himself=Destination | | 2 | **upraise** | participle | | Kwâbît's tail *not said here* | | the level of the waves | | | tree rules | | 3 | **sink** | might | That | the barque | | | | with one tremendous blow; Kwâbît *nsubj* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent barque=Patient with blow=Instrument | | 4 | **is a** | present | As | the Beaver's way | | | | the Beaver *nmod:poss* | tree rules | | 5 | **direct** | participle | | | | | | well *property* | vn performance-26.7 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **cut** | infinitive | | the body | | the tail | then | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: agent=Asset body=Product from tail=Material | | 7 | **leave** | gerund | | the Beaver | | | | dead *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent beaver=Theme | | 8 | **sail away** | past | | | | | then | away, blithely *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **stroke** | | | the tumîhîgʾn | | | | | nom stroke «act transitive»: of=patient | 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 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/6/30/) - next →: [sentence 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/6/32/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/6/)