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title: Now in those times the beavers Were beasts of monstrous size, And th… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics
description: Now in those times the beavers Were beasts of monstrous size, And the Master, though kind of heart, Seems to have had indeed But little love for them Since the day when young Kwâbîtsis, The son of the Great Beaver, Tempted Malsum to slay his brother In the very early time. Who acts: beavers, Master.
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# Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 7, sentence 91

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Now in those times the beavers Were beasts of monstrous size, And the Master, though kind of heart, Seems to have had indeed But little love for them Since the day when young Kwâbîtsis, The son of the Great Beaver, Tempted Malsum to slay his brother In the very early time.

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**Who acts:** beavers, Master · **What happens:** be, seem, have, slay · **To what, where:** beasts, young Kwâbîtsis, brother

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This is a sentence of «Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems», Opening, part 7. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (beavers, Master), 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:pg78673:7:91
# text = Now in those times the beavers Were beasts of monstrous size, And the Master, though kind of heart, Seems to have had indeed But little love for them Since the day when young Kwâbîtsis, The son of the Great Beaver, Tempted Malsum to slay his brother In the very early time.
1	Now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	8	advmod	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	those	that	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	4	det	_	_
4	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	beavers	beaver	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
7	Were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	beasts	beast	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	monstrous	monstrous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	size	size	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
13	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	Master	Master	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	22	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
17	though	though	SCONJ	IN	_	18	mark	_	_
18	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	appos	_	_
19	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	heart	heart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
22	Seems	seem	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	conj	_	_
23	to	to	PART	TO	_	25	mark	_	_
24	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	25	aux	_	_
25	had	have	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	22	xcomp	_	_
26	indeed	indeed	ADV	RB	_	25	advmod	_	_
27	But	but	CCONJ	CC	_	29	cc	_	_
28	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	29	amod	_	_
29	love	love	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	conj	_	_
30	for	for	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
31	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	29	nmod	_	_
32	Since	since	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
33	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	34	det	_	_
34	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	obl	_	_
35	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	37	advmod	_	_
36	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	37	amod	_	_
37	Kwâbîtsis	Kwâbîtsis	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	25	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	40	punct	_	_
39	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	40	det	_	_
40	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	appos	_	_
41	of	of	ADP	IN	_	44	case	_	_
42	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	44	det	_	_
43	Great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	44	amod	_	_
44	Beaver	Beaver	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	40	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	46	punct	_	_
46	Tempted	Tempted	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	44	conj	_	_
47	Malsum	Malsum	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	46	flat	_	_
48	to	to	PART	TO	_	49	mark	_	_
49	slay	slay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	37	acl	_	_
50	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	51	nmod:poss	_	_
51	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	49	obj	_	_
52	In	in	ADP	IN	_	56	case	_	_
53	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	56	det	_	_
54	very	very	ADV	RB	_	55	advmod	_	_
55	early	early	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	56	amod	_	_
56	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	49	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
57	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the beavers | beasts |  |  | now; time | of monstrous size | tree rules |
| 2 | **seem** | present | the Master |  |  |  |  |  | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute |
| 3 | **have** | to-infinitive · perfect | the Master *not said here* | young Kwâbîtsis |  |  | day | little love for beavers *conj*; indeed *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **slay** | to-infinitive | the Master *not said here* | Master's brother |  |  | time |  | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brother=Patient |

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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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