Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 15, sentence 84

So, thinking the light of his being Was soon to go out, the old uncle Called to his bedside the young man To hear his last words of affection.

Who acts: Afar · What happens: think, be, go out, call, hear, word · To what, where: light, old uncle, bedside, last words, affection · 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 (Afar), 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 thinking	advmod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 So	punct
3	thinking	think	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 light	det
5	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 thinking	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 Was	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 Was	nmod:poss
8	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 Was	cop
9	Was	Was	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 light	nmod
10	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	3 thinking	advmod
11	to	to	PART	_	12 go	mark
12	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 thinking	advcl
13	out	out	ADV	_	12 go	advmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 thinking	punct
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 uncle	det
16	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 uncle	amod
17	uncle	uncle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 thinking	obj
18	Called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	17 uncle	acl
19	to	to	ADP	_	21 bedside	case
20	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	21 bedside	nmod:poss
21	bedside	bedside	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 Called	obl
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 man	det
23	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 man	amod
24	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 bedside	appos
25	To	to	PART	_	26 hear	mark
26	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	24 man	acl
27	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	29 words	nmod:poss
28	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	29 words	amod
29	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	26 hear	obj
30	of	of	ADP	_	31 affection	case
31	affection	affection	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 words	nmod
32	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 thinking	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	gerund		the light		the old uncle obj; soon property	vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent light=Theme uncle=Attribute
2	is	gerund				of Afar's Was; Afar nmod:poss	tree rules
3	go out	to-infinitive				out property	vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	call	participle		the old uncle not said here	Afar's bedside		vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to bedside=Recipient
5	hear	to-infinitive		Afar's last words of affection			vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer word=Stimulus
6	word		Afar	affection			nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent 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 84