Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 11, sentence 53

When he had eaten, they brought A mighty bone; the jaw Of a whale, and the elder brother With great ado, and using Both arms and all his strength, Bent it a little, and proudly He held it to the Master Who with the thumb and finger Of his right hand alone, Snapped it like a green twig, And crumbled it to powder.

Who acts: Master, brothers · What happens: eat, bring, use, hold, snap, crumble · To what, where: mighty bone, arms, bone

This is a sentence of «Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems», Opening, part 11. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Master, brothers), 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	SCONJ	_	4 eaten	mark
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 eaten	nsubj
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 eaten	aux
4	eaten	eat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 brought	punct
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 brought	nsubj
7	brought	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 eaten	conj
8	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 bone	det
9	mighty	mighty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 bone	amod
10	bone	bone	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 brought	obj
11	;	;	PUNCT	_	13 jaw	punct
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 jaw	det
13	jaw	jaw	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 eaten	conj
14	Of	of	ADP	_	16 whale	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 whale	det
16	whale	whale	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 jaw	nmod
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 brother	punct
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 brother	cc
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 brother	det
20	elder	elder	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 brother	amod
21	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 eaten	conj
22	With	with	ADP	_	24 ado	case
23	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 ado	amod
24	ado	ado	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 brother	nmod
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 using	punct
26	and	and	CCONJ	_	27 using	cc
27	using	use	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 eaten	advcl
28	Both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	29 arms	det
29	arms	arm	NOUN	Number=Plur	27 using	obj
30	and	and	CCONJ	_	33 strength	cc
31	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	33 strength	det:predet
32	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	33 strength	nmod:poss
33	strength	strength	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 arms	conj
34	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 using	punct
35	Bent	Bent	PROPN	Number=Sing	27 using	obj
36	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	35 Bent	appos
37	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	38 little	det
38	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	35 Bent	obl:unmarked
39	,	,	PUNCT	_	43 held	punct
40	and	and	CCONJ	_	43 held	cc
41	proudly	proudly	ADV	_	43 held	advmod
42	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	43 held	nsubj
43	held	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	35 Bent	acl:relcl
44	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	43 held	obj
45	to	to	ADP	_	47 Master	case
46	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	47 Master	det
47	Master	Master	PROPN	Number=Sing	43 held	obl
48	Who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	60 Snapped	nsubj
49	with	with	ADP	_	51 thumb	case
50	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	51 thumb	det
51	thumb	thumb	NOUN	Number=Sing	60 Snapped	obl
52	and	and	CCONJ	_	53 finger	cc
53	finger	finger	NOUN	Number=Sing	51 thumb	conj
54	Of	of	ADP	_	57 hand	case
55	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	57 hand	nmod:poss
56	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	57 hand	amod
57	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 finger	nmod
58	alone	alone	ADV	_	57 hand	advmod
59	,	,	PUNCT	_	51 thumb	punct
60	Snapped	snap	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	47 Master	acl:relcl
61	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	60 Snapped	obj
62	like	like	ADP	_	65 twig	case
63	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	65 twig	det
64	green	green	ADJ	Degree=Pos	65 twig	amod
65	twig	twig	NOUN	Number=Sing	60 Snapped	obl
66	,	,	PUNCT	_	68 crumbled	punct
67	And	and	CCONJ	_	68 crumbled	cc
68	crumbled	crumble	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	43 held	conj
69	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	68 crumbled	obj
70	to	to	PART	_	71 powder	mark
71	powder	powder	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	68 crumbled	xcomp
72	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 eaten	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	eat	past · perfect	Master		the jaw of a whale conj; the elder brother with great ado conj	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	bring	past	brothers = brother	a mighty bone		vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent bone=Theme
3	use	gerund	Master not said here	both arms and Master's strength	Bent obj	tree rules
4	hold	past	Master	bone	to the Master; proudly property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
5	snap	past	the Master	bone	with the thumb and finger of Master's right hand; like a green twig	vn break-45.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent it=Patient with thumb=Instrument
6	crumble	past	Master not said here	bone		tree rules
7	powder	to-infinitive	Master not said here			vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=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 11, sentence 53