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title: So then the race was set, And Thunder should compete, But at the tim… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics
description: So then the race was set, And Thunder should compete, But at the time his friend Lent him the magic pipe Which gave him wondrous power Over all dark sorcery Such as Būʾūinuk use And witches dark and vile. Who acts: Thunder, friend, magic pipe. A sentence of «Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin p
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# Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 6, sentence 8

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So then the race was set, And Thunder should compete, But at the time his friend Lent him the magic pipe Which gave him wondrous power Over all dark sorcery Such as Būʾūinuk use And witches dark and vile.

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**Who acts:** Thunder, friend, magic pipe · **What happens:** set, compete, lend, give, use, witch · **To what, where:** race, Thunder, wondrous power, dark sorcery

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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 (Thunder, friend, magic pipe), 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:pg78673:6:8
# text = So then the race was set, And Thunder should compete, But at the time his friend Lent him the magic pipe Which gave him wondrous power Over all dark sorcery Such as Būʾūinuk use And witches dark and vile.
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
2	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	6	advmod	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	race	race	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	set	set	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	Thunder	thunder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
10	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	compete	compete	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
13	But	but	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
14	at	at	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	_
17	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nsubj	_	_
19	Lent	lend	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
20	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	obj	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
22	magic	magic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	compound	_	_
23	pipe	pipe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	nsubj	_	_
24	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	25	nsubj	_	_
25	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	23	acl:relcl	_	_
26	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	25	iobj	_	_
27	wondrous	wondrous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	28	amod	_	_
28	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	obj	_	_
29	Over	over	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
30	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	32	det	_	_
31	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	32	amod	_	_
32	sorcery	sorcery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	obl	_	_
33	Such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	35	case	_	_
34	as	as	ADP	IN	_	33	fixed	_	_
35	Būʾūinuk	Būʾūinuk	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	32	nmod	_	_
36	use	use	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	parataxis	_	_
37	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	38	cc	_	_
38	witches	witch	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	36	conj	_	_
39	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	38	xcomp	_	_
40	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	41	cc	_	_
41	vile	vile	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	39	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **set** | past · passive |  | the race |  |  | then |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Result |
| 2 | **compete** | should | Thunder |  |  |  |  |  | vn battle-36.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **lend** | past | Thunder's friend | Thunder |  |  | time |  | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
| 4 | **give** | past | the magic pipe | wondrous power | Thunder | all dark sorcery such Būʾūinuk |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient power=Theme |
| 5 | **use** | present | the magic pipe |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 6 | **witch** | present | the magic pipe *not said here* |  |  |  |  | dark *property* | tree rules |

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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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