Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 12, sentence 1

When the Lord was on the warpath Seeking the sorcerer Winpe Who had carried away his household, He came to Ogomkeok Where he found a great birch wigwam, And, in the wigwam seated Bending over a fire, A strange old woman--a horror Of all old hags and ugliest-- Trembling in every limb, As if death stood at her elbow, Dirty, ragged and loathsome, He never had seen the like.

Who acts: Lord, death · What happens: seek, carry away, come, find, seat, bend · To what, where: sorcerer, warpath, Ogomkeok, great birch wigwam, wigwam, strange old woman

This is a sentence of «Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems», Opening, part 12. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Lord, death), 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	ADV	PronType=Int	8 Seeking	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Lord	det
3	Lord	Lord	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Seeking	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 Seeking	aux
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 warpath	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 warpath	det
7	warpath	warpath	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 Seeking	obl
8	Seeking	seek	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	20 came	advcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 sorcerer	det
10	sorcerer	sorcerer	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 Seeking	obj
11	Winpe	Winpe	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 sorcerer	appos
12	Who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 carried	nsubj:pass
13	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 carried	aux
14	carried	carry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 sorcerer	acl
15	away	away	ADV	_	14 carried	advmod
16	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 household	nmod:poss
17	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 carried	obj
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 Seeking	punct
19	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 came	nsubj
20	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
21	to	to	ADP	_	22 Ogomkeok	case
22	Ogomkeok	Ogomkeok	PROPN	Number=Sing	20 came	obl
23	Where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	25 found	advmod
24	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 found	nsubj
25	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 came	advcl
26	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	29 wigwam	det
27	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	29 wigwam	amod
28	birch	birch	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 wigwam	compound
29	wigwam	wigwam	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 found	obj
30	,	,	PUNCT	_	36 seated	punct
31	And	and	CCONJ	_	36 seated	cc
32	,	,	PUNCT	_	31 And	punct
33	in	in	ADP	_	35 wigwam	case
34	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	35 wigwam	det
35	wigwam	wigwam	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 seated	obl
36	seated	seat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 came	parataxis
37	Bending	bend	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	36 seated	xcomp
38	over	over	ADP	_	40 fire	case
39	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	40 fire	det
40	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 Bending	obl
41	,	,	PUNCT	_	45 woman	punct
42	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	45 woman	det
43	strange	strange	ADJ	Degree=Pos	45 woman	amod
44	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	45 woman	amod
45	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 Bending	obl
46	--	--	PUNCT	_	48 horror	punct
47	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	48 horror	det
48	horror	horror	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 woman	appos
49	Of	of	ADP	_	52 hags	case
50	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	52 hags	det
51	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	52 hags	amod
52	hags	hag	NOUN	Number=Plur	48 horror	nmod
53	and	and	CCONJ	_	54 ugliest	cc
54	ugliest	ugly	ADJ	Degree=Sup	52 hags	conj
55	--	--	PUNCT	_	56 Trembling	punct
56	Trembling	tremble	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	37 Bending	conj
57	in	in	ADP	_	59 limb	case
58	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	59 limb	det
59	limb	limb	NOUN	Number=Sing	56 Trembling	obl
60	,	,	PUNCT	_	64 stood	punct
61	As	as	SCONJ	_	64 stood	mark
62	if	if	SCONJ	_	64 stood	mark
63	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	64 stood	nsubj
64	stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	36 seated	conj
65	at	at	ADP	_	67 elbow	case
66	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	67 elbow	nmod:poss
67	elbow	elbow	NOUN	Number=Sing	64 stood	obl
68	,	,	PUNCT	_	69 Dirty	punct
69	Dirty	dirty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	67 elbow	amod
70	,	,	PUNCT	_	71 ragged	punct
71	ragged	ragged	ADJ	Degree=Pos	69 Dirty	conj
72	and	and	CCONJ	_	73 loathsome	cc
73	loathsome	loathsome	ADJ	Degree=Pos	69 Dirty	conj
74	,	,	PUNCT	_	78 seen	punct
75	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	78 seen	nsubj
76	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	78 seen	advmod
77	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	78 seen	aux
78	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	64 stood	advcl
79	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	80 like	det
80	like	like	ADJ	Degree=Pos	78 seen	obj
81	.	.	PUNCT	_	20 came	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	seek	past · progressive	the Lord	the sorcerer	the warpath		vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent sorcerer=Theme on warpath=Location
2	carry away	past · perfect · passive		the sorcerer		Lord's household obj; away property	vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary household=Value
3	come	past	Lord		Ogomkeok		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to ogomkeok=Initial_Location
4	find	past	Lord	a great birch wigwam			vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wigwam=Topic
5	seat	past			the wigwam		tree rules
6	bend	gerund		a strange old woman	a fire		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent over fire=Location
7	tremble	gerund			every limb		vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in limb=Location
8	stand a condition, not said to happen	past	death		death's elbow		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at elbow=Location
9	not see	past · perfect	Lord	the like			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer like=Stimulus

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 12, sentence 1