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title: But he set an appointed mark Or space, and said that he must not Go… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics
description: But he set an appointed mark Or space, and said that he must not Go even an inch beyond it: So the Turtle went down to the sea, And caught a monstrous whale, And bore it up to the camp; It all seemed very easy, But he quite forgot that the power Was given him by the Master; So he took it all as his 
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# Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 9, sentence 38

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But he set an appointed mark Or space, and said that he must not Go even an inch beyond it: So the Turtle went down to the sea, And caught a monstrous whale, And bore it up to the camp; It all seemed very easy, But he quite forgot that the power Was given him by the Master; So he took it all as his own.

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**Who acts:** Was, Turtle, It, Master · **What happens:** set, appoint, say, not go, go down, catch · **To what, where:** appointed mark, inch, monstrous whale, sea, power, Was · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems», Opening, part 9. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Was, Turtle, It, 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:pg78673:9:38
# text = But he set an appointed mark Or space, and said that he must not Go even an inch beyond it: So the Turtle went down to the sea, And caught a monstrous whale, And bore it up to the camp; It all seemed very easy, But he quite forgot that the power Was given him by the Master; So he took it all as his own.
1	But	but	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	set	set	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	appointed	appoint	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	amod	_	_
6	mark	mark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	Or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	space	space	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
12	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
13	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
14	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
15	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	16	advmod	_	_
16	Go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	ccomp	_	_
17	even	even	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
18	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	inch	inch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
20	beyond	beyond	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	26	punct	_	_
23	So	so	ADV	RB	_	26	advmod	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	Turtle	Turtle	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	26	nsubj	_	_
26	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	conj	_	_
27	down	down	ADV	RB	_	26	advmod	_	_
28	to	to	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
29	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
30	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	_	_
32	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	33	cc	_	_
33	caught	catch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	26	parataxis	_	_
34	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	36	det	_	_
35	monstrous	monstrous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	36	amod	_	_
36	whale	whale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	39	punct	_	_
38	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	39	cc	_	_
39	bore	bear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	33	conj	_	_
40	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	39	obj	_	_
41	up	up	ADP	RP	_	39	compound:prt	_	_
42	to	to	ADP	IN	_	44	case	_	_
43	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	44	det	_	_
44	camp	camp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	48	punct	_	_
46	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	48	nsubj	_	_
47	all	all	ADV	RB	_	48	advmod	_	_
48	seemed	seem	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	parataxis	_	_
49	very	very	ADV	RB	_	50	advmod	_	_
50	easy	easy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	48	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	55	punct	_	_
52	But	but	CCONJ	CC	_	55	cc	_	_
53	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	55	nsubj	_	_
54	quite	quite	ADV	RB	_	55	advmod	_	_
55	forgot	forget	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	48	conj	_	_
56	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	60	mark	_	_
57	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	58	det	_	_
58	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	60	nsubj:pass	_	_
59	Was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	60	aux:pass	_	_
60	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	55	advcl	_	_
61	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	60	iobj	_	_
62	by	by	ADP	IN	_	64	case	_	_
63	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	64	det	_	_
64	Master	master	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	60	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
65	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	68	punct	_	_
66	So	so	ADV	RB	_	68	advmod	_	_
67	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	68	nsubj	_	_
68	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
69	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	68	obj	_	_
70	all	all	ADV	RB	_	73	advmod	_	_
71	as	as	ADP	IN	_	73	case	_	_
72	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	73	nmod:poss	_	_
73	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	68	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
74	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **set** | past | Was | a appointed mark or space |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient mark=Result |
| 2 | **appoint** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 4 | **not** **go** | must | Was | a inch |  |  |  | beyond inch | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme beyond it=Location |
| 5 | **go down** | past | the Turtle |  |  |  |  | to the sea; down *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 6 | **catch** | past |  | a monstrous whale |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whale=Theme |
| 7 | **bear up** | past |  | sea |  |  |  | to the camp | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
| 8 | **seem** | past | It |  |  |  |  | all, easy *property* | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme |
| 9 | **forget** | past | Was |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 10 | **give** | past · passive | the Master | the power | Was |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient he=Theme |
| 11 | **take** | past | Was | sea |  |  |  | as Was's own | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent it=Theme as own=Attribute |

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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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