Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 13, sentence 80

Some say that he sailed away In his marvellous stone canoe, Afar beyond the sea, To the country of the East; Some that he went to the West; And ’tis said that in days of old There were men who knew where he dwelt, And, making a pilgrimage Could get from him what they sought.

Who acts: Some, Kulóskap, tis, men, making, skies · What happens: say, sail away, go, be, know, dwell · To what, where: marvellous stone canoe, West, pilgrimage · 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 (Some, Kulóskap, tis, men), 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	Some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	2 say	nsubj
2	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	5 sailed	mark
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 sailed	nsubj
5	sailed	sail	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 say	ccomp
6	away	away	ADV	_	5 sailed	advmod
7	In	in	ADP	_	11 canoe	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 canoe	nmod:poss
9	marvellous	marvellous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 canoe	amod
10	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 canoe	compound
11	canoe	canoe	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sailed	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 Afar	punct
13	Afar	Afar	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 canoe	appos
14	beyond	beyond	ADP	_	16 sea	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 sea	det
16	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 Afar	nmod
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 country	punct
18	To	to	ADP	_	20 country	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 country	det
20	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sailed	obl
21	of	of	ADP	_	23 East	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 East	det
23	East	East	PROPN	Number=Sing	20 country	nmod
24	;	;	PUNCT	_	28 went	punct
25	Some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	28 went	nsubj
26	that	that	SCONJ	_	28 went	mark
27	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	28 went	nsubj
28	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 say	ccomp
29	to	to	ADP	_	31 West	case
30	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	31 West	det
31	West	West	PROPN	Number=Sing	28 went	obl
32	;	;	PUNCT	_	36 said	punct
33	And	and	CCONJ	_	36 said	cc
34	’	's	PART	_	33 And	case
35	tis	tis	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 said	nsubj
36	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 say	conj
37	that	that	SCONJ	_	41 old	mark
38	in	in	ADP	_	39 days	case
39	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	41 old	obl:unmarked
40	of	of	ADP	_	41 old	case
41	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	36 said	ccomp
42	There	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	43 were	expl
43	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	41 old	cop
44	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	43 were	nsubj
45	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	46 knew	nsubj
46	knew	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	44 men	acl:relcl
47	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	49 dwelt	advmod
48	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	49 dwelt	nsubj
49	dwelt	dwell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	46 knew	ccomp
50	,	,	PUNCT	_	57 get	punct
51	And	and	CCONJ	_	57 get	cc
52	,	,	PUNCT	_	53 making	punct
53	making	make	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	57 get	csubj
54	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	55 pilgrimage	det
55	pilgrimage	pilgrimage	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 making	obj
56	Could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	57 get	aux
57	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	46 knew	conj
58	from	from	ADP	_	59 him	case
59	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	57 get	obl
60	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	62 sought	obj
61	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	62 sought	nsubj
62	sought	seek	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	57 get	ccomp
63	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 say	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Some					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	sail away	past	Kulóskap		Kulóskap's marvellous stone canoe		to the country of the East; away property	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent to country=Trajectory
3	go	past	Some		the West		Kulóskap nsubj	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to west=Initial_Location
4	say speech: assert	past	tis					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
5	is	past				day	old property	tree rules
6	know	past	men					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
7	dwell	past	Kulóskap					vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
8	make	gerund		a pilgrimage				vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset pilgrimage=Product
9	get	could	making				from Kulóskap	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
10	seek	past	skies = sky				what obj	vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=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 80