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title: To such a grand proposal; So, without loss of time, The maiden swept… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics
description: To such a grand proposal; So, without loss of time, The maiden swept out a wigwam, And made a bed of sprays, Or of leaves, upon the floor, Spreading out a great white bear skin As a cover over all. Who acts: maiden. A sentence of «Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems», Opening, part 8, with
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# Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 8, sentence 61

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To such a grand proposal; So, without loss of time, The maiden swept out a wigwam, And made a bed of sprays, Or of leaves, upon the floor, Spreading out a great white bear skin As a cover over all.

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**Who acts:** maiden · **What happens:** sweep out, make, spread out · **To what, where:** wigwam, bed, great white bear skin

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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 (maiden), 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:pg78673:8:61
# text = To such a grand proposal; So, without loss of time, The maiden swept out a wigwam, And made a bed of sprays, Or of leaves, upon the floor, Spreading out a great white bear skin As a cover over all.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
2	such	such	DET	PDT	PronType=Ind	5	det:predet	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	grand	grand	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	proposal	proposal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	So	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	without	without	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	loss	loss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
14	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	maiden	maiden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
16	swept	sweep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
17	out	out	ADP	RP	_	16	compound:prt	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	wigwam	wigwam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
21	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
22	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	conj	_	_
23	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	obj	_	_
25	of	of	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
26	sprays	spray	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	24	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	30	punct	_	_
28	Or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	30	cc	_	_
29	of	of	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
30	leaves	leaf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	22	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	34	punct	_	_
32	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
33	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	34	det	_	_
34	floor	floor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
36	Spreading	spread	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	22	parataxis	_	_
37	out	out	ADP	RP	_	36	compound:prt	_	_
38	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	42	det	_	_
39	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	42	amod	_	_
40	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	42	amod	_	_
41	bear	bear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	compound	_	_
42	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	obj	_	_
43	As	as	ADP	IN	_	45	case	_	_
44	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	45	det	_	_
45	cover	cover	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	obl	_	_
46	over	over	ADP	IN	_	47	case	_	_
47	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	45	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	16	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sweep out** | past | the maiden | a wigwam |  |  |  | such grand proposal and loss of time *advcl* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme wigwam=Trajectory |
| 2 | **make** | past | the maiden *not said here* | a bed of sprays |  |  |  | of leaves; upon the floor | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset bed=Product |
| 3 | **spread out** | gerund |  | a great white bear skin |  |  |  | as a cover over all | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location skin=Theme |

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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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