--- title: “Well, I think,” replied Kulóskap, “That he is talking of eggs For h… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: “Well, I think,” replied Kulóskap, “That he is talking of eggs For he cries ‘_Huwâh, Huwâh_’ As if he were trying to say _Wâhwun_--which means an egg In the Passamaquoddy tongue.” Who acts: Kulóskap, That, Wâhwun. 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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, That, Wâhwun), 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:pg78673:9:14 # text = “Well, I think,” replied Kulóskap, “That he is talking of eggs For he cries ‘_Huwâh, Huwâh_’ As if he were trying to say _Wâhwun_--which means an egg In the Passamaquoddy tongue.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Well well INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 think think VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 8 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 Kulóskap Kulóskap PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 11 “ " PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 15 nsubj _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 talking talk VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 advcl _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 eggs egg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obl _ _ 18 For for ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 cries cry VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 obl _ _ 21 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 Huwâh Huwâh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 25 Huwâh Huwâh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ’ ' NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 28 As as SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 29 if if SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 trying try VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 15 advcl _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 xcomp _ _ 35 _ _ PUNCT `` _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 Wâhwun Wâhwun PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 -- -- PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 40 nsubj _ _ 40 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 acl:relcl _ _ 41 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 egg egg NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 43 In in ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 45 Passamaquoddy Passamaquoddy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 compound _ _ 46 tongue tongue NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ” " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* *in a quote* | present | Kulóskap | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | Kulóskap | | | | | | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **talk** *in a quote* | present · progressive | That | Huwâh ’ | | | | of eggs; Kulóskap *nsubj* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **cry** *speech: express* *in a quote* | present | Kulóskap | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **try** *in a quote* | past · progressive | Kulóskap | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | Kulóskap *not said here* | Wâhwun | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent wâhwun=Topic | | 7 | **mean** *in a quote* | present | Wâhwun | a egg | | | | in the Passamaquoddy tongue | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot egg=Theme in tongue=Attribute | 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 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/9/13/) - next →: [sentence 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/9/15/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/9/)