Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 10, sentence 70

The Giant Bird replied: “Even from the earliest time, And from the earliest days, Ere aught beside on earth Had ever uttered word, I moved my wings and spoke In Wind unto the World; For mine was the first Voice E’er heard in life or time, Therefore I’ll ever speak, And ever move my wings, At freedom, as I will.”

Who acts: Giant Bird, first Voice · What happens: reply, utter, move, speak, be, hear · To what, where: word, earth, wings, Wind, life, freedom · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems», Opening, part 10. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Giant Bird, first Voice), 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	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Bird	det
2	Giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 Bird	amod
3	Bird	Bird	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 replied	nsubj
4	replied	reply	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	:	:	PUNCT	_	11 time	punct
6	“	"	PUNCT	_	11 time	punct
7	Even	even	ADV	_	11 time	advmod
8	from	from	ADP	_	11 time	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 time	det
10	earliest	early	ADJ	Degree=Sup	11 time	amod
11	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 replied	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 days	punct
13	And	and	CCONJ	_	17 days	cc
14	from	from	ADP	_	17 days	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 days	det
16	earliest	early	ADJ	Degree=Sup	17 days	amod
17	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 time	parataxis
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 aught	punct
19	Ere	Ere	PROPN	Number=Sing	20 aught	compound
20	aught	aught	PRON	PronType=Ind	11 time	appos
21	beside	beside	ADP	_	26 uttered	mark
22	on	on	ADP	_	23 earth	case
23	earth	earth	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 uttered	obl
24	Had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	26 uttered	aux
25	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	26 uttered	advmod
26	uttered	utter	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	20 aught	acl:relcl
27	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 uttered	obj
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	30 moved	punct
29	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	30 moved	nsubj
30	moved	move	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 replied	parataxis
31	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	32 wings	nmod:poss
32	wings	wing	NOUN	Number=Plur	30 moved	obj
33	and	and	CCONJ	_	34 spoke	cc
34	spoke	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	30 moved	conj
35	In	in	ADP	_	36 Wind	case
36	Wind	Wind	PROPN	Number=Sing	34 spoke	obl
37	unto	unto	ADP	_	39 World	case
38	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	39 World	det
39	World	World	PROPN	Number=Sing	36 Wind	nmod
40	;	;	PUNCT	_	48 heard	punct
41	For	for	ADP	_	46 Voice	case
42	mine	my	PRON	Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	46 Voice	nsubj
43	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	46 Voice	cop
44	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	46 Voice	det
45	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	46 Voice	amod
46	Voice	Voice	PROPN	Number=Sing	48 heard	nsubj
47	E’er	E'er	PROPN	Number=Sing	46 Voice	flat
48	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 replied	parataxis
49	in	in	ADP	_	50 life	case
50	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 heard	obl
51	or	or	CCONJ	_	52 time	cc
52	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	50 life	conj
53	,	,	PUNCT	_	58 speak	punct
54	Therefore	therefore	ADV	_	58 speak	advmod
55	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	58 speak	nsubj
56	’ll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	58 speak	aux
57	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	58 speak	advmod
58	speak	speak	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	48 heard	conj
59	,	,	PUNCT	_	62 move	punct
60	And	and	CCONJ	_	62 move	cc
61	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	62 move	advmod
62	move	move	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	48 heard	parataxis
63	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	64 wings	nmod:poss
64	wings	wing	NOUN	Number=Plur	62 move	obj
65	,	,	PUNCT	_	67 freedom	punct
66	At	at	ADP	_	67 freedom	case
67	freedom	freedom	NOUN	Number=Sing	62 move	obl
68	,	,	PUNCT	_	71 will	punct
69	as	as	SCONJ	_	71 will	mark
70	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	71 will	nsubj
71	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	62 move	advcl
72	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 replied	punct
73	”	"	PUNCT	_	4 replied	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reply speech: assert	past	the Giant Bird			time		vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	utter speech: other in a quote	past · perfect		word	earth	ever		vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent word=Topic
3	move in a quote	past	the Giant Bird = bird	my wings				vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent wing=Theme
4	speak speech: other in a quote	past	the Giant Bird = bird not said here		Wind unto the World			vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	is in a quote	past	the Giant Bird = bird				for the first Voice	tree rules
6	hear in a quote	past	the first Voice		life or time			vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer
7	speak speech: other in a quote	future	the Giant Bird = bird			ever	therefore property	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
8	move in a quote	infinitive		my wings	freedom	ever		vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent wing=Theme

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 10, sentence 70