Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 13, sentence 11

So they sailed away down the stream Till they came to mighty cliffs Which ever grew higher and closer, Till they met in an arch overhead, But the river ran on beneath them, And ever far underground, Deep into earth and deeper, Till it dashed into roaring rapids Among rocks and wild ravines; Then under cataracts, So horrible that death Seemed to come and go as they darted With every plunge and motion Headlong in their canoe.

Who acts: rabbits, mighty cliffs, river, earth, death · What happens: sail away, come, grow, meet, run, dash · To what, where: earth, mighty cliffs, arch overhead, rapids

This is a sentence of «Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems», Opening, part 13. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (rabbits, mighty cliffs, river, earth), 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	So	so	ADV	_	3 sailed	advmod
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 sailed	nsubj
3	sailed	sail	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	away	away	ADV	_	3 sailed	advmod
5	down	down	ADP	_	7 stream	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 stream	det
7	stream	stream	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sailed	obl
8	Till	till	SCONJ	_	10 came	mark
9	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 came	nsubj
10	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 sailed	advcl
11	to	to	ADP	_	13 cliffs	case
12	mighty	mighty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 cliffs	amod
13	cliffs	cliff	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 came	obl
14	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	16 grew	nsubj
15	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	16 grew	advmod
16	grew	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 cliffs	acl:relcl
17	higher	high	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	16 grew	xcomp
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 closer	cc
19	closer	close	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	17 higher	conj
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 met	punct
21	Till	till	SCONJ	_	23 met	mark
22	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 met	nsubj
23	met	meet	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 came	conj
24	in	in	ADP	_	27 overhead	case
25	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	27 overhead	det
26	arch	arch	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 overhead	compound
27	overhead	overhead	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 met	obl
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 ran	punct
29	But	but	CCONJ	_	32 ran	cc
30	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	31 river	det
31	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 ran	nsubj
32	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 sailed	conj
33	on	on	ADP	_	35 them	case
34	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	35 them	case
35	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	32 ran	obl
36	,	,	PUNCT	_	44 earth	punct
37	And	and	CCONJ	_	44 earth	cc
38	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	39 far	advmod
39	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	40 underground	advmod
40	underground	underground	ADV	_	44 earth	advmod
41	,	,	PUNCT	_	44 earth	punct
42	Deep	deep	ADV	_	44 earth	advmod
43	into	into	ADP	_	44 earth	case
44	earth	earth	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sailed	obl
45	and	and	CCONJ	_	46 deeper	cc
46	deeper	deep	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	44 earth	conj
47	,	,	PUNCT	_	50 dashed	punct
48	Till	till	SCONJ	_	50 dashed	mark
49	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	50 dashed	nsubj
50	dashed	dash	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 sailed	conj
51	into	into	SCONJ	_	52 roaring	mark
52	roaring	roar	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	50 dashed	advcl
53	rapids	rapid	NOUN	Number=Plur	52 roaring	obj
54	Among	among	ADP	_	55 rocks	case
55	rocks	rock	NOUN	Number=Plur	52 roaring	obl
56	and	and	CCONJ	_	58 ravines	cc
57	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	58 ravines	amod
58	ravines	ravine	NOUN	Number=Plur	55 rocks	conj
59	;	;	PUNCT	_	62 cataracts	punct
60	Then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	62 cataracts	advmod
61	under	under	ADP	_	62 cataracts	case
62	cataracts	cataract	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 sailed	obl
63	,	,	PUNCT	_	65 horrible	punct
64	So	so	ADV	_	65 horrible	advmod
65	horrible	horrible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 sailed	conj
66	that	that	SCONJ	_	68 Seemed	mark
67	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	68 Seemed	nsubj
68	Seemed	seem	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	65 horrible	ccomp
69	to	to	PART	_	70 come	mark
70	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	68 Seemed	xcomp
71	and	and	CCONJ	_	72 go	cc
72	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	70 come	conj
73	as	as	SCONJ	_	75 darted	mark
74	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	75 darted	nsubj
75	darted	dart	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	72 go	advcl
76	With	with	ADP	_	78 plunge	case
77	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	78 plunge	det
78	plunge	plunge	NOUN	Number=Sing	75 darted	obl
79	and	and	CCONJ	_	80 motion	cc
80	motion	motion	NOUN	Number=Sing	78 plunge	conj
81	Headlong	Headlong	PROPN	Number=Sing	80 motion	appos
82	in	in	ADP	_	84 canoe	case
83	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	84 canoe	nmod:poss
84	canoe	canoe	NOUN	Number=Sing	81 Headlong	nmod
85	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 sailed	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sail away	past	rabbits = rabbit		earth		down the stream; under cataracts; away property	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent down stream=Trajectory
2	come	past	rabbits = rabbit		mighty cliffs			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to cliff=Initial_Location
3	grow	past	mighty cliffs			ever	high property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	meet	past	rabbits = rabbit		a arch overhead			vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	run	past	the river				on rabbits = rabbit	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on they=Trajectory
6	dash	past	earth					vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
7	roar	gerund	earth not said here	rapids			among rocks and wild ravines	vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location rapid=Theme
8	seem	participle	death					vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute
9	come	to-infinitive	death not said here					vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
10	go	infinitive	death not said here					vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
11	dart	past	river				with every plunge and motion	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=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 13, sentence 11