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title: Kulóskap gave the names To everything on earth; He first made man an… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics
description: Kulóskap gave the names To everything on earth; He first made man and woman Bestowing on them life; He also made the winds To make the waters move; The Turtle was his uncle, Tiakēūch the Mink Was his adopted son, While Mūnŭmkwech, the Woodchuck-- She was his grandmother. Who acts: Kulóskap, waters, 
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# Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 8, sentence 4

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Kulóskap gave the names To everything on earth; He first made man and woman Bestowing on them life; He also made the winds To make the waters move; The Turtle was his uncle, Tiakēūch the Mink Was his adopted son, While Mūnŭmkwech, the Woodchuck-- She was his grandmother.

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**Who acts:** Kulóskap, waters, Turtle, uncle, woman · **What happens:** give, make, bestow, move, be, adopt · **To what, where:** names, man, life, winds, uncle, adopted son

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This is a sentence of «Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems», Opening, part 8. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Kulóskap, waters, Turtle, uncle), 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:pg78673:8:4
# text = Kulóskap gave the names To everything on earth; He first made man and woman Bestowing on them life; He also made the winds To make the waters move; The Turtle was his uncle, Tiakēūch the Mink Was his adopted son, While Mūnŭmkwech, the Woodchuck-- She was his grandmother.
1	Kulóskap	Kulóskap	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	names	name	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	To	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	4	nmod	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	earth	earth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
11	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	12	advmod	_	_
12	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
13	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	_
16	Bestowing	bestow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	12	advcl	_	_
17	on	on	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	obl	_	_
19	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	23	punct	_	_
21	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	23	nsubj	_	_
22	also	also	ADV	RB	_	23	advmod	_	_
23	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	winds	wind	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	23	obj	_	_
26	To	to	PART	TO	_	27	mark	_	_
27	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	23	advcl	_	_
28	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
29	waters	water	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	30	nsubj	_	_
30	move	move	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	27	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	36	punct	_	_
32	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
33	Turtle	Turtle	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	36	nsubj	_	_
34	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	36	cop	_	_
35	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	36	nmod:poss	_	_
36	uncle	uncle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	44	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	38	punct	_	_
38	Tiakēūch	Tiakēūch	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	36	appos	_	_
39	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	40	det	_	_
40	Mink	Mink	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	38	appos	_	_
41	Was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	44	cop	_	_
42	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	44	nmod:poss	_	_
43	adopted	adopt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	44	amod	_	_
44	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	iobj	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	47	punct	_	_
46	While	while	SCONJ	IN	_	47	mark	_	_
47	Mūnŭmkwech	Mūnŭmkwech	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	50	punct	_	_
49	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	50	det	_	_
50	Woodchuck	Woodchuck	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	47	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	55	punct	_	_
52	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	55	nsubj	_	_
53	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	55	cop	_	_
54	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	55	nmod:poss	_	_
55	grandmother	grandmother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
56	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | Kulóskap | the names |  |  |  | to everything on earth; Mūnŭmkwech and the Woodchuck *obl* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent son=Recipient name=Theme |
| 2 | **make** | past | Kulóskap | man and woman |  |  |  | first *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Product |
| 3 | **bestow** | gerund | Kulóskap *not said here* | life |  |  |  | on man | tree rules |
| 4 | **make** | past | Kulóskap | the winds |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wind=Product |
| 5 | **make** | to-infinitive | Kulóskap *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **move** | present | the waters |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
| 7 | **is a** | past | the Turtle | Kulóskap's uncle |  |  |  | Kulóskap *nmod:poss*; Tiakēūch *appos* | tree rules |
| 8 | **adopt** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 9 | **is a** | past | Kulóskap's uncle | Kulóskap's adopted son |  |  |  | Kulóskap *nmod:poss* | tree rules |
| 10 | **is a** | past | woman | Kulóskap's grandmother |  |  |  | Kulóskap *nmod:poss* | 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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