Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 12, sentence 47

There was an Indian village Wherein dwelt many people, Who were all of the Pogumʾk Or of the Black Cat totem; And wisest and bravest among them Was Kulóskap the chief; And when he went forth a-hunting With the _tumʾhîgʾn_ (tomahawk), The knife and bow and arrow, He slew the moose and the bear; So he gave meat to the poor, So he fed all the tribe, Yet, though he was chief of the Black Cats, He was by his mother a Bear.

Who acts: Indian village, village · What happens: be, dwell, go, hunt, slay, give · To what, where: Kulóskap chief, many people, tomahawk, moose, meat, poor

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 (Indian village, village), 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	There	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	2 was	expl
2	was	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 village	det
4	Indian	Indian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 village	amod
5	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 was	nsubj
6	Wherein	wherein	ADV	PronType=Int	7 dwelt	advmod
7	dwelt	dwell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 village	acl:relcl
8	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 people	amod
9	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 dwelt	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 all	punct
11	Who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 all	nsubj
12	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 all	cop
13	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 people	conj
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 Pogumʾk	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 Pogumʾk	det
16	Pogumʾk	Pogumʾk	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 all	nmod
17	Or	or	CCONJ	_	22 totem	cc
18	of	of	ADP	_	22 totem	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 totem	det
20	Black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 totem	amod
21	Cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 totem	compound
22	totem	totem	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 Pogumʾk	conj
23	;	;	PUNCT	_	33 chief	punct
24	And	and	CCONJ	_	25 wisest	cc
25	wisest	wise	ADJ	Degree=Sup	31 Kulóskap	punct
26	and	and	CCONJ	_	27 bravest	cc
27	bravest	brave	ADJ	Degree=Sup	25 wisest	conj
28	among	among	ADP	_	29 them	case
29	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	27 bravest	obl
30	Was	Was	PROPN	Number=Sing	31 Kulóskap	compound
31	Kulóskap	Kulóskap	PROPN	Number=Sing	33 chief	compound
32	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	33 chief	det
33	chief	chief	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 was	obl
34	;	;	PUNCT	_	38 went	punct
35	And	and	CCONJ	_	38 went	cc
36	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	38 went	advmod
37	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	38 went	nsubj
38	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 was	parataxis
39	forth	forth	ADV	_	38 went	advmod
40	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	42 hunting	det
41	-	-	PUNCT	_	40 a	punct
42	hunting	hunt	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	38 went	advcl
43	With	with	ADP	_	46 tumʾhîgʾn	case
44	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	46 tumʾhîgʾn	det
45	_	_	PUNCT	_	46 tumʾhîgʾn	punct
46	tumʾhîgʾn	tumʾhîgʾn	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 hunting	obl
47	_	_	PUNCT	_	42 hunting	punct
48	(	(	PUNCT	_	49 tomahawk	punct
49	tomahawk	tomahawk	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 hunting	obl
50	)	)	PUNCT	_	49 tomahawk	punct
51	,	,	PUNCT	_	53 knife	punct
52	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	53 knife	det
53	knife	knife	NOUN	Number=Sing	49 tomahawk	conj
54	and	and	CCONJ	_	55 bow	cc
55	bow	bow	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 knife	conj
56	and	and	CCONJ	_	57 arrow	cc
57	arrow	arrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 knife	conj
58	,	,	PUNCT	_	60 slew	punct
59	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	60 slew	nsubj
60	slew	slay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	49 tomahawk	conj
61	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	62 moose	det
62	moose	moose	NOUN	Number=Sing	60 slew	obj
63	and	and	CCONJ	_	65 bear	cc
64	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	65 bear	det
65	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	62 moose	conj
66	;	;	PUNCT	_	69 gave	punct
67	So	so	ADV	_	69 gave	advmod
68	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	69 gave	nsubj
69	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 was	parataxis
70	meat	meat	NOUN	Number=Sing	69 gave	obj
71	to	to	ADP	_	73 poor	case
72	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	73 poor	det
73	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	69 gave	obl
74	,	,	PUNCT	_	77 fed	punct
75	So	so	ADV	_	77 fed	advmod
76	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	77 fed	nsubj
77	fed	feed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	69 gave	conj
78	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	80 tribe	det:predet
79	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	80 tribe	det
80	tribe	tribe	NOUN	Number=Sing	77 fed	obj
81	,	,	PUNCT	_	87 chief	punct
82	Yet	yet	CCONJ	_	87 chief	cc
83	,	,	PUNCT	_	82 Yet	punct
84	though	though	SCONJ	_	87 chief	mark
85	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	87 chief	nsubj
86	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	87 chief	cop
87	chief	chief	ADJ	Degree=Pos	69 gave	advcl
88	of	of	ADP	_	91 Cats	case
89	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	91 Cats	det
90	Black	Black	PROPN	Number=Sing	91 Cats	compound
91	Cats	cat	NOUN	Number=Plur	87 chief	obl
92	,	,	PUNCT	_	87 chief	punct
93	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	97 mother	nsubj
94	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	97 mother	cop
95	by	by	ADP	_	97 mother	case
96	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	97 mother	nmod:poss
97	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	87 chief	conj
98	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	99 Bear	det
99	Bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	97 mother	nsubj
100	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 was	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	be	past	a Indian village	the Kulóskap chief		there		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	dwell	past		many people			wherein property	vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme people=Location
3	go	past	village				forth property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	hunt	gerund	village not said here	tomahawk and the knife and bow and arrow			with the tumʾhîgʾn	vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	slay	past	village	the moose and the bear				vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent moose=Patient
6	give	past	village	meat	the poor			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent meat=Theme to poor=Recipient
7	feed	past	village	all tribe				vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tribe=Recipient
8	is	past	village				of the Black Cats; chief property	tree rules
9	is	past	village				by village's mother; a Bear nsubj	tree rules

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 47