Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 1, sentence 99

And, as my manuscript exactly fitted the cover, I placed it therein, where it rested for many years, undisturbed even by a thought save when it occurred to me how the great and savage master, who was himself a poet, would have rejoiced among Indians and liked their lyrics!

Who acts: manuscript, I, cover, great master, manuscripts · What happens: fit, place, rest, save, occur, be · To what, where: cover, great master, me, Master, lyrics

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 (manuscript, I, cover, great master), 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	And	and	CCONJ	_	7 fitted	cc
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 manuscript	punct
3	as	as	ADP	_	5 manuscript	case
4	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 manuscript	nmod:poss
5	manuscript	manuscript	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 fitted	nsubj
6	exactly	exactly	ADV	_	7 fitted	advmod
7	fitted	fit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 cover	det
9	cover	cover	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 fitted	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 placed	punct
11	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	12 placed	nsubj
12	placed	place	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 fitted	conj
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 placed	obj
14	therein	therein	ADV	_	12 placed	advmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 rested	punct
16	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	18 rested	advmod
17	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 rested	nsubj
18	rested	rest	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 placed	parataxis
19	for	for	ADP	_	21 years	case
20	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 years	amod
21	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 rested	obl
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 undisturbed	punct
23	undisturbed	undisturbed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 rested	conj
24	even	even	ADV	_	27 thought	advmod
25	by	by	ADP	_	27 thought	case
26	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	27 thought	det
27	thought	thought	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 save	obl
28	save	save	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	23 undisturbed	ccomp
29	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	31 occurred	advmod
30	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	31 occurred	nsubj
31	occurred	occur	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	28 save	advcl
32	to	to	ADP	_	33 me	case
33	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	31 occurred	obl
34	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	39 master	advmod
35	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	39 master	det
36	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	39 master	amod
37	and	and	CCONJ	_	38 savage	cc
38	savage	savage	ADJ	Degree=Pos	36 great	conj
39	master	master	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 occurred	obl
40	,	,	PUNCT	_	43 himself	punct
41	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	43 himself	nsubj
42	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	43 himself	cop
43	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	39 master	conj
44	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	45 poet	det
45	poet	poet	NOUN	Number=Sing	43 himself	nsubj
46	,	,	PUNCT	_	49 rejoiced	punct
47	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	49 rejoiced	aux
48	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	49 rejoiced	aux
49	rejoiced	rejoice	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	39 master	conj
50	among	among	ADP	_	51 Indians	case
51	Indians	Indian	PROPN	Number=Plur	49 rejoiced	obl
52	and	and	CCONJ	_	53 liked	cc
53	liked	like	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	31 occurred	conj
54	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	55 lyrics	nmod:poss
55	lyrics	lyric	NOUN	Number=Plur	53 liked	obj
56	!	!	PUNCT	_	7 fitted	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	fit	past	my manuscript	the cover			exactly property	vn adjust-26.9 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cover=Patient
2	place	past	I	cover			therein property	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
3	rest	past	cover			year		vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	save	infinitive	cover not said here				by a thought	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
5	occur	past	cover	the great master	me			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
6	is a	past	the great master	Master			a poet nsubj	tree rules
7	rejoice	would · perfect	cover not said here				among Indians	vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
8	like	past	cover not said here	manuscripts's lyrics				vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot lyric=Theme
9	lyric		manuscripts = manuscript					nom lyric «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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 99