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title: Yet had they not gone far When coming round a point They saw another… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics
description: Yet had they not gone far When coming round a point They saw another beast, Also of giant size, Waiting to be their death; Abúkchelû the Skunk, A thing which many dread More than a raging wolf; And he, too, had his tail Uplifted in the air; But, ere the brute could make His hideous attack, The wary 
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# Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 6, sentence 32

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Yet had they not gone far When coming round a point They saw another beast, Also of giant size, Waiting to be their death; Abúkchelû the Skunk, A thing which many dread More than a raging wolf; And he, too, had his tail Uplifted in the air; But, ere the brute could make His hideous attack, The wary gifted one Caught up his hunting spear, And, hurling it with haste, So pierced Abúkchelû, That father of the skunks, That down he fell and died.

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**Who acts:** waves, many, As, brute, wary gifted one, hurling · **What happens:** not go, come, see, wait, be, dread · **To what, where:** Abúkchelû, point, beast, death, thing, tail

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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 (waves, many, As, brute), 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:pg78673:6:32
# text = Yet had they not gone far When coming round a point They saw another beast, Also of giant size, Waiting to be their death; Abúkchelû the Skunk, A thing which many dread More than a raging wolf; And he, too, had his tail Uplifted in the air; But, ere the brute could make His hideous attack, The wary gifted one Caught up his hunting spear, And, hurling it with haste, So pierced Abúkchelû, That father of the skunks, That down he fell and died.
1	Yet	yet	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
2	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	gone	go	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	8	advmod	_	_
7	When	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	_
8	coming	come	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	conj	_	_
9	round	round	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	point	point	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	acl:relcl	_	_
14	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	15	det	_	_
15	beast	beast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
17	Also	also	ADV	RB	_	20	advmod	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	giant	giant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	size	size	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
22	Waiting	wait	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	conj	_	_
23	to	to	PART	TO	_	26	mark	_	_
24	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	26	cop	_	_
25	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	26	nmod:poss	_	_
26	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	28	punct	_	_
28	Abúkchelû	Abúkchelû	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
29	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
30	Skunk	Skunk	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	28	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	_	_
32	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
33	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	appos	_	_
34	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	36	obj	_	_
35	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	36	nsubj	_	_
36	dread	dread	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	33	acl:relcl	_	_
37	More	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	36	obj	_	_
38	than	than	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
39	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	41	det	_	_
40	raging	rage	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	41	amod	_	_
41	wolf	wolf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	48	punct	_	_
43	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	48	cc	_	_
44	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	48	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	44	punct	_	_
46	too	too	ADV	RB	_	48	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	46	punct	_	_
48	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
49	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	50	nmod:poss	_	_
50	tail	tail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	48	obj	_	_
51	Uplifted	uplift	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	50	acl	_	_
52	in	in	ADP	IN	_	54	case	_	_
53	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	54	det	_	_
54	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	51	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
55	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	58	punct	_	_
56	But	but	CCONJ	CC	_	58	cc	_	SpaceAfter=No
57	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	56	punct	_	_
58	ere	ere	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	48	parataxis	_	_
59	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	60	det	_	_
60	brute	brute	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	62	nsubj	_	_
61	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	62	aux	_	_
62	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	58	ccomp	_	_
63	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	65	nmod:poss	_	_
64	hideous	hideous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	65	amod	_	_
65	attack	attack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	62	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
66	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	70	punct	_	_
67	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	70	det	_	_
68	wary	wary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	70	amod	_	_
69	gifted	gift	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	70	amod	_	_
70	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	65	appos	_	_
71	Caught	catch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	70	acl	_	_
72	up	up	ADP	RP	_	71	compound:prt	_	_
73	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	75	nmod:poss	_	_
74	hunting	hunting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	75	compound	_	_
75	spear	spear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	71	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
76	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	85	punct	_	_
77	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	85	cc	_	SpaceAfter=No
78	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	79	punct	_	_
79	hurling	hurl	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	85	csubj:pass	_	_
80	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	79	obj	_	_
81	with	with	ADP	IN	_	82	case	_	_
82	haste	haste	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	79	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
83	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	85	punct	_	_
84	So	so	ADV	RB	_	85	advmod	_	_
85	pierced	pierce	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	58	conj	_	_
86	Abúkchelû	Abúkchelû	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	85	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
87	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	89	punct	_	_
88	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	89	det	_	_
89	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	86	appos	_	_
90	of	of	ADP	IN	_	92	case	_	_
91	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	92	det	_	_
92	skunks	skunk	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	89	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
93	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	97	punct	_	_
94	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	97	nsubj	_	_
95	down	down	ADV	RB	_	97	advmod	_	_
96	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	97	nsubj	_	_
97	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	86	parataxis	_	_
98	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	99	cc	_	_
99	died	die	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	97	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
100	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **go** | past · perfect | waves *= wave* | Abúkchelû |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **come** | gerund | waves *= wave* *not said here* |  |  | a point |  | of giant size; far *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme round point=Initial\_Location of size=Destination |
| 3 | **see** | past | waves *= wave* | another beast |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer beast=Stimulus |
| 4 | **wait** | gerund | waves *= wave* *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 5 | **is a** | to-infinitive | waves *= wave* *not said here* | waves's death |  |  |  | waves *= wave* *nmod:poss* | tree rules |
| 6 | **dread** | present | many | a thing |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 7 | **rage** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn entity\_specific\_modes\_being-47.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 8 | **have** | past | As | As's tail |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tail=Patient |
| 9 | **uplift** | participle |  | As's tail *not said here* |  | the air |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 10 | **ere** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 11 | **make** | could | the brute | As's hideous attack |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset attack=Product |
| 12 | **gift** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
| 13 | **catch up** | participle | the wary gifted one *not said here* | As's hunting spear |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spear=Theme |
| 14 | **hurl** | gerund |  | tail |  |  |  | with haste | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 15 | **pierce** | participle | hurling | Abúkchelû |  |  |  |  | vn poke-19-1 «NP V NP PP.patient»: agent=Agent abúkchelû=Instrument |
| 16 | **fall** | past | That |  |  |  |  | As *nsubj*; down *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 17 | **die** | past | That *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 18 | **attack** |  | As |  |  |  |  |  | nom attack «act 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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