Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 1, sentence 125

When an Indian, an Italian mountaineer, an Arab, and sometimes a Gypsy (I have had experience of all in this respect) would spin off some long romantic yarn, he either gives you a choice, or, more frequently, begins to intone or chant the tale in a manner which is something between plain-song and the singing of “Captain Kidd” in a northeaster by one who has no vocal gift.

Who acts: I, Gypsy, Italian mountaineer, some, manner · What happens: have, experience, spin off, yarn, give, begin · To what, where: respect, choice, you, tale, manner, something

This is a sentence of «Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems», Opening, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, Gypsy, Italian mountaineer, some), 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	When	when	ADV	PronType=Int	3 Indian	advmod
2	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 Indian	det
3	Indian	Indian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	28 spin	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 mountaineer	punct
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 mountaineer	det
6	Italian	Italian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 mountaineer	amod
7	mountaineer	mountaineer	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 spin	nsubj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 Arab	punct
9	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 Arab	det
10	Arab	Arab	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 mountaineer	appos
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 experience	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 experience	cc
13	sometimes	sometimes	ADV	PronType=Ind	20 experience	advmod
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 Gypsy	det
15	Gypsy	Gypsy	PROPN	Number=Sing	20 experience	nsubj
16	(	(	PUNCT	_	19 had	punct
17	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	19 had	nsubj
18	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 had	aux
19	had	have	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	20 experience	amod
20	experience	experience	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 Arab	conj
21	of	of	ADP	_	22 all	case
22	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	20 experience	nmod
23	in	in	ADP	_	25 respect	case
24	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	25 respect	det
25	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 experience	nmod
26	)	)	PUNCT	_	10 Arab	punct
27	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	28 spin	aux
28	spin	spin	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
29	off	off	ADP	_	28 spin	compound:prt
30	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	33 yarn	nsubj
31	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	33 yarn	amod
32	romantic	romantic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	33 yarn	amod
33	yarn	yarn	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 spin	parataxis
34	,	,	PUNCT	_	37 gives	punct
35	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	37 gives	nsubj
36	either	either	ADV	PronType=Ind	37 gives	advmod
37	gives	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	28 spin	parataxis
38	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	37 gives	iobj
39	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	40 choice	det
40	choice	choice	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 gives	obj
41	,	,	PUNCT	_	47 begins	punct
42	or	or	CCONJ	_	47 begins	cc
43	,	,	PUNCT	_	42 or	punct
44	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	45 frequently	advmod
45	frequently	frequently	ADV	_	47 begins	advmod
46	,	,	PUNCT	_	47 begins	punct
47	begins	begin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	37 gives	conj
48	to	to	PART	_	49 intone	mark
49	intone	intone	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	47 begins	xcomp
50	or	or	CCONJ	_	51 chant	cc
51	chant	chant	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	49 intone	conj
52	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	53 tale	det
53	tale	tale	NOUN	Number=Sing	51 chant	obj
54	in	in	ADP	_	56 manner	case
55	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	56 manner	det
56	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	51 chant	obl
57	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	59 something	nsubj
58	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	59 something	cop
59	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	56 manner	conj
60	between	between	ADP	_	63 song	case
61	plain	plain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	63 song	amod
62	-	-	PUNCT	_	61 plain	punct
63	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	59 something	nmod
64	and	and	CCONJ	_	66 singing	cc
65	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	66 singing	det
66	singing	singing	NOUN	Number=Sing	59 something	conj
67	of	of	ADP	_	70 Kidd	case
68	“	"	PUNCT	_	70 Kidd	punct
69	Captain	Captain	PROPN	Number=Sing	70 Kidd	compound
70	Kidd	Kidd	PROPN	Number=Sing	66 singing	nmod
71	”	"	PUNCT	_	66 singing	punct
72	in	in	ADP	_	74 northeaster	case
73	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	74 northeaster	det
74	northeaster	northeaster	NOUN	Number=Sing	59 something	nmod
75	by	by	ADP	_	76 one	case
76	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	51 chant	obl
77	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	78 has	nsubj
78	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	76 one	acl:relcl
79	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	81 gift	det
80	vocal	vocal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	81 gift	amod
81	gift	gift	NOUN	Number=Sing	78 has	obj
82	.	.	PUNCT	_	28 spin	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	have	present · perfect	I					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	experience		a Gypsy			this respect	of all; sometimes property	tree rules
3	spin off	would	a Italian mountaineer					vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
4	yarn		some					tree rules
5	give	present	Gypsy	a choice	you		either property	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient choice=Theme
6	begin	present	Gypsy not said here				frequently property	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
7	intone	to-infinitive	Gypsy not said here					vn performance-26.7 «NP V»: agent=Agent
8	chant	infinitive	Gypsy not said here	the tale		a manner	by one	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tale=Topic
9	is a	present	a manner	something		a northeaster	between plain song; the singing of Captain Kidd conj	tree rules
10	have	present		no vocal gift			who nsubj	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gift=Patient
11	sing			Captain Kidd				nom singing «act transitive»: of=patient

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.

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Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 1, sentence 125