Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 11, sentence 75

Then the Master sang the song, The magic song which changes All creatures to other forms, Which changed the Three and their father Into the Chinames, A fish which is long and broad As a man, and they all went headlong Down in the flood to the ocean Where they must dwell forever And are caught unto this day.

Who acts: Master, magic song, other forms, fish, Three · What happens: sing, change, be, go down, dwell, catch · To what, where: song, creatures, Three, Chinames

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, magic song, other forms, fish), 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	Then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 sang	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Master	det
3	Master	Master	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 sang	nsubj
4	sang	sing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 song	det
6	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sang	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 song	punct
8	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 song	det
9	magic	magic	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 song	compound
10	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 song	appos
11	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 changes	nsubj
12	changes	change	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 song	acl:relcl
13	All	all	DET	PronType=Tot	14 creatures	det
14	creatures	creature	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 changes	obj
15	to	to	ADP	_	17 forms	case
16	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 forms	amod
17	forms	form	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 creatures	nmod
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 changed	punct
19	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	20 changed	nsubj
20	changed	change	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 forms	acl:relcl
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 Three	det
22	Three	Three	PROPN	Number=Sing	20 changed	obj
23	and	and	CCONJ	_	25 father	cc
24	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	25 father	nmod:poss
25	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 Three	conj
26	Into	into	ADP	_	28 Chinames	case
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 Chinames	det
28	Chinames	chiname	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 changed	obl
29	,	,	PUNCT	_	31 fish	punct
30	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	31 fish	det
31	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 creatures	conj
32	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	34 long	nsubj
33	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	34 long	cop
34	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	31 fish	acl:relcl
35	and	and	CCONJ	_	36 broad	cc
36	broad	broad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	34 long	conj
37	As	as	ADP	_	39 man	case
38	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	39 man	det
39	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 long	obl
40	,	,	PUNCT	_	44 went	punct
41	and	and	CCONJ	_	44 went	cc
42	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	44 went	nsubj
43	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	42 they	det
44	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 sang	conj
45	headlong	headlong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	44 went	xcomp
46	Down	down	ADV	_	44 went	advmod
47	in	in	ADP	_	49 flood	case
48	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	49 flood	det
49	flood	flood	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 went	obl
50	to	to	ADP	_	52 ocean	case
51	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	52 ocean	det
52	ocean	ocean	NOUN	Number=Sing	49 flood	nmod
53	Where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	56 dwell	advmod
54	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	56 dwell	nsubj
55	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	56 dwell	aux
56	dwell	dwell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	52 ocean	acl:relcl
57	forever	forever	ADV	_	56 dwell	advmod
58	And	and	CCONJ	_	60 caught	cc
59	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	60 caught	aux:pass
60	caught	catch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	44 went	conj
61	unto	unto	ADP	_	63 day	case
62	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	63 day	det
63	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	60 caught	obl
64	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 sang	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	sing speech: express	past	the Master	the song	then		vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location song=Theme
2	change	present	the magic song	all creatures and a fish		to other forms	vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent creature=Patient
3	change	past	other forms	the Three and Three's father		into the Chinames result	vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP V NP.patient PP.result»: agent=Agent three=Patient into chiname=Result
4	is	present	a fish			as a man; long property	tree rules
5	be		a fish not said here				tree rules
6	go down	past	Three			in the flood to the ocean; down, headlong property	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in flood=Attribute
7	dwell	must	Three			forever property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
8	catch	present · passive	Three not said here		day		vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»

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 75