Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 10, sentence 89

But how this mystery was, No one can understand, Though some explain it thus: As Man was made the first, All creatures first were men, But as they gave themselves To this or that desire Like that of animals, And all their souls to it, So were they changed to brutes.

Who acts: one, some, men · What happens: be, explain, make, give, desire · To what, where: mystery, Man, men, desire, animals

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 (one, some, men), 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	But	but	CCONJ	_	10 understand	cc
2	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	5 was	advmod
3	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 mystery	det
4	mystery	mystery	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 was	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 understand	cop
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 was	punct
7	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	8 one	det
8	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 understand	nsubj
9	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 understand	aux
10	understand	understand	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 explain	punct
12	Though	though	SCONJ	_	14 explain	mark
13	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	14 explain	nsubj
14	explain	explain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 understand	conj
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 explain	obj
16	thus	thus	ADV	_	14 explain	advmod
17	:	:	PUNCT	_	21 made	punct
18	As	as	SCONJ	_	21 made	mark
19	Man	Man	PROPN	Number=Sing	21 made	nsubj
20	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	21 made	aux:pass
21	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 understand	parataxis
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 first	det
23	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	21 made	xcomp
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 creatures	punct
25	All	all	DET	PronType=Tot	26 creatures	det
26	creatures	creature	NOUN	Number=Plur	21 made	obl
27	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	29 men	advmod
28	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	29 men	cop
29	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	26 creatures	nmod
30	,	,	PUNCT	_	34 gave	punct
31	But	but	CCONJ	_	34 gave	cc
32	as	as	SCONJ	_	34 gave	mark
33	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	34 gave	nsubj
34	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	21 made	conj
35	themselves	themselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	34 gave	obj
36	To	to	ADP	_	40 desire	case
37	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	40 desire	nsubj
38	or	or	CCONJ	_	40 desire	cc
39	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	40 desire	det
40	desire	desire	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 gave	obl
41	Like	like	ADP	_	42 that	case
42	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	40 desire	nmod
43	of	of	ADP	_	44 animals	case
44	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	40 desire	nmod
45	,	,	PUNCT	_	49 souls	punct
46	And	and	CCONJ	_	49 souls	cc
47	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	49 souls	det:predet
48	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	49 souls	nmod:poss
49	souls	soul	NOUN	Number=Plur	34 gave	obl
50	to	to	ADP	_	51 it	case
51	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	49 souls	nmod
52	,	,	PUNCT	_	56 changed	punct
53	So	so	ADV	_	56 changed	advmod
54	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	56 changed	cop
55	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	56 changed	nsubj
56	changed	change	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	21 made	conj
57	to	to	ADP	_	58 brutes	case
58	brutes	brute	NOUN	Number=Plur	56 changed	obl
59	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 understand	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	is	can · past	no one			understand property	tree rules
2	explain speech: assert	present	some	mystery		thus property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic
3	make	past · passive		Man		all creatures obl; first property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product
4	is a	past		men		first property	tree rules
5	give	past	men = man	men = man	that desire this like that of animals	men's souls to mystery obl	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent themselves=Theme to desire=Recipient
6	is	past	men = man			to brutes; change property	tree rules
7	desire			animals		like that	nom desire «feeling transitive»: like=obl 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 10, sentence 89