Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 15, sentence 131

The elder brother with him Was a brave among the braves, A fierce and terrible man Who had no dream of fear: And as he could do naught else He did the most desperate deed Which the wildest of the warriors Among the Wabanaki Has ever dared to do; For he went down to the river At midnight and alone, And sang the terrible song Which calls the Wîwilmekw, The Demon of the Worm, Even to devils a terror.

Who acts: fierce man, brother, terrible song · What happens: have, do, dare, go down, sing, call · To what, where: dream, naught, warriors, terrible song, devils, fear · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems», Opening, part 15. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (fierce man, brother, terrible song), 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	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 brother	det
2	elder	elder	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 brother	amod
3	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 brave	nsubj
4	with	with	ADP	_	5 him	case
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 brother	nmod
6	Was	Be	PROPN	Number=Plur	8 brave	nsubj
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 brave	det
8	brave	brave	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
9	among	among	ADP	_	11 braves	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 braves	det
11	braves	brave	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 brave	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 man	punct
13	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 man	det
14	fierce	fierce	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 man	amod
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 terrible	cc
16	terrible	terrible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 fierce	conj
17	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 braves	appos
18	Who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	19 had	nsubj
19	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 man	acl:relcl
20	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	21 dream	det
21	dream	dream	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 had	obj
22	of	of	ADP	_	23 fear	case
23	fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 dream	nmod
24	:	:	PUNCT	_	29 do	punct
25	And	and	CCONJ	_	29 do	cc
26	as	as	SCONJ	_	29 do	mark
27	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	29 do	nsubj
28	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	29 do	aux
29	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 brave	conj
30	naught	naught	PRON	PronType=Neg	29 do	obj
31	else	else	ADV	_	30 naught	advmod
32	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	33 did	nsubj
33	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	30 naught	acl:relcl
34	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	37 deed	det
35	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	36 desperate	advmod
36	desperate	desperate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	37 deed	amod
37	deed	deed	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 wildest	nsubj
38	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	40 wildest	nsubj
39	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	40 wildest	det
40	wildest	wild	ADJ	Degree=Sup	29 do	parataxis
41	of	of	ADP	_	43 warriors	case
42	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	43 warriors	det
43	warriors	warrior	NOUN	Number=Plur	40 wildest	obl
44	Among	among	ADP	_	46 Wabanaki	case
45	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	46 Wabanaki	det
46	Wabanaki	Wabanaki	PROPN	Number=Sing	49 dared	obl
47	Has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	49 dared	aux
48	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	49 dared	advmod
49	dared	dare	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	43 warriors	acl:relcl
50	to	to	PART	_	51 do	mark
51	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	49 dared	xcomp
52	;	;	PUNCT	_	55 went	punct
53	For	for	SCONJ	_	55 went	mark
54	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	55 went	nsubj
55	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 brave	parataxis
56	down	down	ADV	_	55 went	advmod
57	to	to	ADP	_	59 river	case
58	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	59 river	det
59	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 went	obl
60	At	at	ADP	_	61 midnight	case
61	midnight	midnight	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 went	obl
62	and	and	CCONJ	_	55 went	cc
63	alone	alone	ADV	_	55 went	advmod
64	,	,	PUNCT	_	66 sang	punct
65	And	and	CCONJ	_	66 sang	cc
66	sang	sing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	55 went	conj
67	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	69 song	det
68	terrible	terrible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	69 song	amod
69	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	66 sang	obj
70	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	71 calls	nsubj
71	calls	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	69 song	acl:relcl
72	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	73 Wîwilmekw	det
73	Wîwilmekw	Wîwilmekw	PROPN	Number=Sing	71 calls	xcomp
74	,	,	PUNCT	_	76 Demon	punct
75	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	76 Demon	det
76	Demon	Demon	PROPN	Number=Sing	73 Wîwilmekw	conj
77	of	of	ADP	_	79 Worm	case
78	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	79 Worm	det
79	Worm	worm	NOUN	Number=Sing	76 Demon	nmod
80	,	,	PUNCT	_	83 devils	punct
81	Even	even	ADV	_	83 devils	advmod
82	to	to	ADP	_	83 devils	case
83	devils	devil	NOUN	Number=Plur	71 calls	obl
84	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	85 terror	det
85	terror	terror	NOUN	Number=Sing	83 devils	nmod:unmarked
86	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 brave	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	a fierce man	no dream of fear				vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dream=Patient
2	do	could	brother	naught				vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent naught=Eventuality
3	do	past	brother					vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	dare	present · perfect		the warriors not said here		ever	among the Wabanaki	vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
5	do	to-infinitive						vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
6	go down	past	brother			midnight	to the river; alone, down property	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
7	sing speech: express	past	brother not said here	the terrible song				vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location song=Theme
8	call	present	the terrible song		devils a terror		the Wîwilmekw and the Demon of the Worm xcomp	vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to devil=Recipient
10	dream			fear				nom dream «cognition transitive»: of=patient

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 15, sentence 131