Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 15, sentence 34

His uncle was a wizard full of power, So he at once departed for a time And then, returning, said: “I’ve found thy foe, He lives within thy shanty in the woods, He’s taken his abode within the cracks Where thou hast sewn the bark upon thy roof.”

Who acts: uncle, I · What happens: be, depart, return, say, have, find · To what, where: foe, woods, uncle, thou · 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 (uncle, I), 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	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 uncle	nmod:poss
2	uncle	uncle	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 power	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 power	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 power	det
5	wizard	wizard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 power	amod
6	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 power	amod
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 power	case
8	power	power	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 said	ccomp
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 departed	punct
10	So	so	ADV	_	14 departed	advmod
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 departed	nsubj
12	at	at	ADP	_	13 once	case
13	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	14 departed	obl
14	departed	depart	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 power	conj
15	for	for	ADP	_	17 time	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 time	det
17	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 departed	obl
18	And	and	CCONJ	_	21 returning	cc
19	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	21 returning	advmod
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 returning	punct
21	returning	return	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	17 time	conj
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 power	punct
23	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
24	:	:	PUNCT	_	27 ’ve	punct
25	“	"	PUNCT	_	27 ’ve	punct
26	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	27 ’ve	nsubj
27	’ve	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	23 said	ccomp
28	found	find	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	27 ’ve	ccomp
29	thy	thy	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch	30 foe	nmod:poss
30	foe	foe	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 found	obj
31	,	,	PUNCT	_	33 lives	punct
32	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	33 lives	nsubj
33	lives	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	27 ’ve	conj
34	within	within	ADP	_	36 shanty	case
35	thy	thy	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch	36 shanty	nmod:poss
36	shanty	shanty	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 lives	obl
37	in	in	ADP	_	39 woods	case
38	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	39 woods	det
39	woods	wood	NOUN	Number=Plur	33 lives	obl
40	,	,	PUNCT	_	43 taken	punct
41	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	43 taken	nsubj
42	’s	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	43 taken	aux:pass
43	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	23 said	conj
44	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	45 abode	nmod:poss
45	abode	abode	NOUN	Number=Sing	43 taken	obj
46	within	within	ADP	_	48 cracks	case
47	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	48 cracks	det
48	cracks	crack	NOUN	Number=Plur	43 taken	obl
49	Where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	52 sewn	advmod
50	thou	thou	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	52 sewn	nsubj:pass
51	hast	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	52 sewn	aux:pass
52	sewn	sew	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	48 cracks	acl:relcl
53	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	54 bark	det
54	bark	bark	NOUN	Number=Sing	52 sewn	obj
55	upon	upon	ADP	_	57 roof	case
56	thy	thy	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch	57 roof	nmod:poss
57	roof	roof	NOUN	Number=Sing	52 sewn	obl
58	.	.	PUNCT	_	23 said	punct
59	”	"	PUNCT	_	23 said	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	uncle's uncle				of a wizard full power	tree rules
2	depart	participle	uncle			time		vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	return	gerund	uncle not said here			then		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	say speech: assert	past						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
5	have in a quote	present	I					tree rules
6	find in a quote	participle	I not said here	thy foe				vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent foe=Topic
7	live in a quote	present	uncle		the woods		within thy shanty	vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in wood=Location
8	take in a quote	present · passive		uncle			within the cracks; uncle's abode obj	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme abode=Destination
9	sew in a quote	present · passive		thou			upon thy roof; the bark obj	vn build-26.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP PP»: subject=Beneficiary bark=Product

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 34