--- title: So then the gifted one, Stepping upon the shore, Took up a long dead… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: So then the gifted one, Stepping upon the shore, Took up a long dead pine Which lay upon the shore, And, as he stuck its point Into Abúkchelû, Lifted him high in air, And, fastening the tree Firmly into the ground, Left him, and said with scorn, Even as he turned away; “Just show your tail now, ther --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/6/34/) [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/) / 34 # Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 6, sentence 34 So then the gifted one, Stepping upon the shore, Took up a long dead pine Which lay upon the shore, And, as he stuck its point Into Abúkchelû, Lifted him high in air, And, fastening the tree Firmly into the ground, Left him, and said with scorn, Even as he turned away; “Just show your tail now, there!” **Who acts:** gifted one, shore, long dead pine, Thrice · **What happens:** gift, step, take up, lie, stick, lift · **To what, where:** shore, long dead pine, point, Abúkchelû, Thrice, tree · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (gifted one, shore, long dead pine, Thrice), 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:pg78673:6:34 # text = So then the gifted one, Stepping upon the shore, Took up a long dead pine Which lay upon the shore, And, as he stuck its point Into Abúkchelû, Lifted him high in air, And, fastening the tree Firmly into the ground, Left him, and said with scorn, Even as he turned away; “Just show your tail now, there!” 1 So so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 2 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 gifted gift VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 amod _ _ 5 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 Stepping step VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 acl _ _ 8 upon upon ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 shore shore NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 Took take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 acl _ _ 13 up up ADP RP _ 12 compound:prt _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 15 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 16 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 pine pine NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 18 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 19 nsubj _ _ 19 lay lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 acl:relcl _ _ 20 upon upon ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 shore shore NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 24 And and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 26 as as SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 stuck stick VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 advcl _ _ 29 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 point point NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 31 Into into ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 Abúkchelû Abúkchelû PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 34 Lifted lift VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 35 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ _ 36 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 xcomp _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 40 And and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 42 fastening fasten VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 34 advcl _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ _ 45 Firmly firmly ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 46 into into ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 50 Left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 conj _ _ 51 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 54 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 conj _ _ 55 with with ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 56 scorn scorn NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 58 Even even ADV RB _ 61 advmod _ _ 59 as as SCONJ IN _ 61 mark _ _ 60 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 61 nsubj _ _ 61 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 54 conj _ _ 62 away away ADV RB _ 61 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 63 ; ; PUNCT : _ 66 punct _ _ 64 “ " PUNCT `` _ 66 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 65 Just just ADV RB _ 66 advmod _ _ 66 show show VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 54 parataxis _ _ 67 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 68 nmod:poss _ _ 68 tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 obj _ _ 69 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 66 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 70 , , PUNCT , _ 71 punct _ _ 71 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 66 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 72 ! ! PUNCT . _ 66 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 73 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **gift** | participle | | | | | | | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **step** | gerund | the gifted one *not said here* | | | the shore | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon shore=Trajectory | | 3 | **take up** | participle | the shore *not said here* | a long dead pine | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pine=Theme | | 4 | **lie** | past | a long dead pine | | | the shore | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent upon shore=Location | | 5 | **stick** | past | Thrice | shore's point | | Abúkchelû | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent point=Theme into abúkchelû=Destination | | 6 | **lift** | past | | Thrice | | | | high *property* | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 7 | **fasten** | gerund | | the tree | | | | into the ground; firmly *property* | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent tree=Patient into ground=Co-Patient | | 8 | **leave** | past | | Thrice | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 9 | **say** *speech: express* | past | | | | | | with scorn | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 10 | **turn away** | past | Thrice | | | | | away *property* | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **show** *in a quote* | infinitive | | your tail | | | now | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent tail=Recipient | | 13 | **point** | | shore | | | | | | nom point «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | 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 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/6/33/) - next →: [sentence 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/6/35/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/6/)