Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 10, sentence 90

Yet ere this came to pass There was a middle time When they could change their forms To beasts or men at will; Yet more and more and more Even as men, they showed In all, the Animal.

Who acts: this, middle time, men · What happens: come, pass, be, change, show, form · To what, where: forms, all

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 (this, middle time, 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	Yet	yet	CCONJ	_	4 came	cc
2	ere	ere	ADV	_	4 came	advmod
3	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 came	nsubj
4	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 pass	mark
6	pass	pass	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 came	xcomp
7	There	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	8 was	expl
8	was	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 pass	ccomp
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 time	det
10	middle	middle	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 time	amod
11	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 was	nsubj
12	When	when	SCONJ	_	15 change	mark
13	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 change	nsubj
14	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 change	aux
15	change	change	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 time	acl
16	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 forms	nmod:poss
17	forms	form	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 change	obj
18	To	to	ADP	_	19 beasts	case
19	beasts	beast	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 change	obl
20	or	or	CCONJ	_	21 men	cc
21	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 beasts	conj
22	at	at	ADP	_	23 will	case
23	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 change	advcl
24	;	;	PUNCT	_	26 more	punct
25	Yet	yet	CCONJ	_	26 more	cc
26	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 came	parataxis
27	and	and	CCONJ	_	33 men	cc
28	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	33 men	advmod
29	and	and	CCONJ	_	30 more	cc
30	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	28 more	conj
31	Even	even	ADV	_	33 men	advmod
32	as	as	ADP	_	33 men	case
33	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	26 more	conj
34	,	,	PUNCT	_	36 showed	punct
35	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	36 showed	nsubj
36	showed	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 came	conj
37	In	in	ADP	_	38 all	case
38	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	36 showed	obl
39	,	,	PUNCT	_	41 Animal	punct
40	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	41 Animal	det
41	Animal	Animal	PROPN	Number=Sing	38 all	nmod
42	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 came	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	come	past	this			ere property	tree rules
2	pass	to-infinitive	this not said here				tree rules
3	be	past	a middle time		there		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	change	could	men = man	men's forms		to beasts or men	vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent form=Patient
5	show	past	men = man		all the Animal		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
6	form		men = man				nom form «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 10, sentence 90