--- title: Then Kulóskap, who was sitting On a skin in the tent beneath, Said:… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: Then Kulóskap, who was sitting On a skin in the tent beneath, Said: “Uncle the hour is come, Now will I make thee Sagem, Grand Sagamore of the Tortoise, The chief of the Lenni Lenâbe; Thou shalt bear up a great nation Which shall rest upon thy shell!” Who acts: Kulóskap, Thou, great nation. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Kulóskap, Thou, great nation), 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:pg78673:8:74 # text = Then Kulóskap, who was sitting On a skin in the tent beneath, Said: “Uncle the hour is come, Now will I make thee Sagem, Grand Sagamore of the Tortoise, The chief of the Lenni Lenâbe; Thou shalt bear up a great nation Which shall rest upon thy shell!” 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ _ 2 Kulóskap Kulóskap PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 4 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 sitting sit VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 acl _ _ 7 On on ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 tent tent NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 13 beneath beneath ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 15 Said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 16 : : PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 17 “ " PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 Uncle uncle VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 ccomp _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 hour hour NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 21 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux:pass _ _ 22 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 27 advmod _ _ 25 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 26 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 conj _ _ 28 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 27 obj _ _ 29 Sagem Sagem PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 Grand Grand ADJ NNP Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 Sagamore Sagamore PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 conj _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 Tortoise Tortoise PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 chief chief NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 appos _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 Lenni Lenni PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 compound _ _ 42 Lenâbe Lenâbe PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ; ; PUNCT : _ 46 punct _ _ 44 Thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 46 nsubj _ _ 45 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 46 bear bear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 ccomp _ _ 47 up up ADP RP _ 46 compound:prt _ _ 48 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 49 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 50 nation nation NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obj _ _ 51 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 53 nsubj _ _ 52 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 53 aux _ _ 53 rest rest VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 50 acl:relcl _ _ 54 upon upon ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 56 nmod:poss _ _ 56 shell shell NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 57 ! ! PUNCT . _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 58 ” " PUNCT '' _ 46 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sit** | past · progressive | Kulóskap | | | a skin | | in the tent; beneath *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on skin=Location | | 2 | **say** *speech: express* | past | Kulóskap | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **uncle** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **come** *in a quote* | present · passive | | the hour | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | | 5 | **make** *in a quote* | future | Kulóskap | thee | | | now | Sagem and Grand Sagamore of the Tortoise *obl* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=Product | | 6 | **bear up** *in a quote* | shall | Thou | a great nation | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nation=Patient | | 7 | **rest** *in a quote* | shall | a great nation | | | thy shell | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon shell=Location | 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 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/8/73/) - next →: [sentence 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/8/75/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/8/)