Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 13, sentence 60

Then he sent messengers forth Inviting all to a feast, The richest ever known By the great Lake Minas shore, On the silver water’s edge; And all the beasts of the wood, The fathers of all the tribes, Came to the feast in state, Came at the call, to revel; But the Lord had little to say.

Who acts: Was, Lord, little · What happens: send, invite, know, revel, have, say · To what, where: messengers, all, little · Speech: someone speaks here

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 (Was, Lord, little), 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	Then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 sent	advmod
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 sent	nsubj
3	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	messengers	messenger	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 sent	obj
5	forth	forth	ADV	_	3 sent	advmod
6	Inviting	invite	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 sent	advcl
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 Inviting	obj
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 feast	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 feast	det
10	feast	feast	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 Inviting	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 richest	punct
12	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 richest	det
13	richest	rich	ADJ	Degree=Sup	3 sent	advcl
14	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	15 known	advmod
15	known	know	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 richest	acl
16	By	by	ADP	_	21 shore	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 shore	det
18	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 shore	amod
19	Lake	Lake	PROPN	Number=Sing	21 shore	compound
20	Minas	Minas	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 Lake	flat
21	shore	shore	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 known	obl
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	28 edge	punct
23	On	on	ADP	_	28 edge	case
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 water	det
25	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 water	compound
26	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 edge	nmod:poss
27	’s	's	PART	_	26 water	case
28	edge	edge	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 shore	conj
29	;	;	PUNCT	_	33 beasts	punct
30	And	and	CCONJ	_	33 beasts	cc
31	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	33 beasts	det:predet
32	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	33 beasts	det
33	beasts	beast	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 sent	parataxis
34	of	of	ADP	_	36 wood	case
35	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	36 wood	det
36	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 beasts	nmod
37	,	,	PUNCT	_	39 fathers	punct
38	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	39 fathers	det
39	fathers	father	NOUN	Number=Plur	33 beasts	conj
40	of	of	ADP	_	43 tribes	case
41	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	43 tribes	det:predet
42	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	43 tribes	det
43	tribes	tribe	NOUN	Number=Plur	39 fathers	nmod
44	,	,	PUNCT	_	45 Came	punct
45	Came	came	NOUN	Number=Sing	43 tribes	conj
46	to	to	ADP	_	48 feast	case
47	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	48 feast	det
48	feast	feast	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 Came	nmod
49	in	in	ADP	_	50 state	case
50	state	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 feast	nmod
51	,	,	PUNCT	_	52 Came	punct
52	Came	Came	PROPN	Number=Sing	48 feast	appos
53	at	at	ADP	_	55 call	case
54	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	55 call	det
55	call	call	NOUN	Number=Sing	52 Came	nmod
56	,	,	PUNCT	_	58 revel	punct
57	to	to	PART	_	58 revel	mark
58	revel	revel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	52 Came	conj
59	;	;	PUNCT	_	63 had	punct
60	But	but	CCONJ	_	63 had	cc
61	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	62 Lord	det
62	Lord	Lord	PROPN	Number=Sing	63 had	nsubj
63	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 sent	conj
64	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	63 had	obj
65	to	to	PART	_	66 say	mark
66	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	64 little	xcomp
67	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 sent	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	send	past	Was	messengers	then	all beasts of the wood and the fathers of all tribes and Came to the feast in state parataxis; forth property	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent messenger=Theme
2	invite	gerund	Was not said here	all		to a feast	vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent all=Recipient
3	know	participle			ever	by the great Lake shore and the silver water's edge	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
4	revel	to-infinitive	Was not said here				vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
5	have	past	the Lord	little			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent little=Patient
6	say speech: assert	to-infinitive	little not said here				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

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 60