Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 12, sentence 107

It is told in old traditions, And even in them with a difference, According to the nations In which these songs are sung, That “in these olden times,” Kulóskap’s seven neighbors, That is, seven beasts of the forest, Stole his family from him And that he long pursued them Even to Néwfoundlánd.

Who acts: That, song · What happens: tell, accord, sing, be, steal, pursue · To what, where: most, old traditions, songs, nations, family, beasts · Speech: someone speaks here

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 (That, song), 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	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 told	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 told	aux:pass
3	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 traditions	case
5	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 traditions	amod
6	traditions	tradition	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 told	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 difference	punct
8	And	and	CCONJ	_	14 difference	cc
9	even	even	ADV	_	14 difference	advmod
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 them	case
11	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 even	obl
12	with	with	ADP	_	14 difference	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 difference	det
14	difference	difference	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 told	parataxis
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 nations	punct
16	According	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	19 nations	case
17	to	to	ADP	_	16 According	fixed
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 nations	det
19	nations	nation	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 difference	conj
20	In	in	ADP	_	21 which	case
21	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	25 sung	obl
22	these	this	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	23 songs	det
23	songs	song	NOUN	Number=Plur	25 sung	nsubj:pass
24	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	25 sung	aux:pass
25	sung	sing	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	19 nations	acl:relcl
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	49 Stole	punct
27	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	49 Stole	nsubj
28	“	"	PUNCT	_	49 Stole	punct
29	in	in	ADP	_	32 times	case
30	these	this	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	32 times	det
31	olden	olden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	32 times	amod
32	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	49 Stole	obl
33	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 times	punct
34	”	"	PUNCT	_	32 times	punct
35	Kulóskap	Kulóskap	PROPN	Number=Sing	38 neighbors	nmod:poss
36	’s	's	PART	_	35 Kulóskap	case
37	seven	seven	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	38 neighbors	nummod
38	neighbors	neighbor	NOUN	Number=Plur	49 Stole	nsubj
39	,	,	PUNCT	_	47 forest	punct
40	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	47 forest	nsubj
41	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	47 forest	cop
42	,	,	PUNCT	_	41 is	punct
43	seven	seven	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	44 beasts	nummod
44	beasts	beast	NOUN	Number=Plur	47 forest	nsubj
45	of	of	ADP	_	47 forest	case
46	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	47 forest	det
47	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 neighbors	appos
48	,	,	PUNCT	_	47 forest	punct
49	Stole	steal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 difference	parataxis
50	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	51 family	nmod:poss
51	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	49 Stole	obj
52	from	from	ADP	_	53 him	case
53	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	49 Stole	obl
54	And	and	CCONJ	_	58 pursued	cc
55	that	that	SCONJ	_	58 pursued	mark
56	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	58 pursued	nsubj
57	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	58 pursued	advmod
58	pursued	pursue	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	49 Stole	conj
59	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	58 pursued	obj
60	Even	even	ADV	_	62 Néwfoundlánd	advmod
61	to	to	ADP	_	62 Néwfoundlánd	case
62	Néwfoundlánd	Néwfoundlánd	PROPN	Number=Sing	58 pursued	obl
63	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 told	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	present · passive		most	old traditions		a difference and the nations parataxis	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient
2	accord	gerund						vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
3	sing speech: express	present · passive		this songs	the nations			vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme
4	is	present	That				of the forest; seven beasts nsubj	tree rules
5	steal	past	That	Kulóskap's family		time	from Kulóskap; Kulóskap's seven neighbors nsubj	vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent family=Theme from he=Source
6	pursue	past	song	beasts = beast	Néwfoundlánd		long property	vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent they=Theme to néwfoundlánd=Trajectory

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 107