Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 12, sentence 65

But the journey lasted long, For what seemed unto the Master To be ten feet, was really Ten miles--and the wind was high, And the waves were wild and beat them, For the witch had raised a storm; And it was late in the evening Before they reached the land.

Who acts: journey, wind, waves · What happens: last, seem, be, beat, raise, reach · To what, where: ten feet, Ten miles, waves, storm, land

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 (journey, wind, waves), 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	But	but	CCONJ	_	4 lasted	cc
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 journey	det
3	journey	journey	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lasted	nsubj
4	lasted	last	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 lasted	xcomp
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 seemed	punct
7	For	for	ADP	_	9 seemed	case
8	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	9 seemed	nsubj
9	seemed	seem	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 lasted	conj
10	unto	unto	ADP	_	12 Master	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Master	det
12	Master	master	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 seemed	obl
13	To	to	PART	_	16 feet	mark
14	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	16 feet	cop
15	ten	ten	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	16 feet	nummod
16	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 seemed	advcl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 miles	punct
18	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	21 miles	cop
19	really	really	ADV	_	21 miles	advmod
20	Ten	ten	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	21 miles	nummod
21	miles	mile	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 feet	conj
22	--	--	PUNCT	_	27 high	punct
23	and	and	CCONJ	_	27 high	cc
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 wind	det
25	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 high	nsubj
26	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	27 high	cop
27	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 lasted	parataxis
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	33 wild	punct
29	And	and	CCONJ	_	33 wild	cc
30	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	31 waves	det
31	waves	wave	NOUN	Number=Plur	33 wild	nsubj
32	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	33 wild	cop
33	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	27 high	conj
34	and	and	CCONJ	_	35 beat	cc
35	beat	beat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	33 wild	conj
36	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	35 beat	obj
37	,	,	PUNCT	_	42 raised	punct
38	For	for	ADP	_	40 witch	case
39	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	40 witch	det
40	witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 raised	obl
41	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	42 raised	aux
42	raised	raise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	35 beat	parataxis
43	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	44 storm	det
44	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 raised	obj
45	;	;	PUNCT	_	49 late	punct
46	And	and	CCONJ	_	49 late	cc
47	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	49 late	nsubj
48	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	49 late	cop
49	late	late	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 lasted	parataxis
50	in	in	ADP	_	52 evening	case
51	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	52 evening	det
52	evening	evening	NOUN	Number=Sing	49 late	obl
53	Before	before	SCONJ	_	55 reached	mark
54	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	55 reached	nsubj
55	reached	reach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	49 late	advcl
56	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	57 land	det
57	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 reached	obj
58	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 lasted	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	last	past	the journey			long property	vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme
2	seem	past				unto the Master; what nsubj	vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme
3	is a	to-infinitive		ten feet and Ten miles			tree rules
4	is a	past		Ten miles			tree rules
5	is	past	the wind			high property	tree rules
6	is	past	the waves			wild property	tree rules
7	beat	present	the waves not said here	waves = wave			vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location they=Theme
8	raise	past · perfect		a storm		for the witch	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent storm=Theme
9	is	past	wind		evening	late property	tree rules
10	reach	past	waves = wave	the land			vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent land=Theme

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 65