Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 16, sentence 10

In truth this Indian was As savage, wild and brave, As was the Devil himself; He had great need indeed To be all that he was; For the Wîwilmekw, Most terrible to see, Grew fiercer than before, Yet the man drew out his knife And boldly scraped away, Until the Demon said: “Now hold!

Who acts: As, Wîwilmekw, man, Demon · What happens: be, have, need, see, draw out, scrape away · To what, where: Devil, knife · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems», Opening, part 16. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (As, Wîwilmekw, man, Demon), 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	In	in	ADP	_	2 truth	case
2	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 Indian	obl
3	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 Indian	nsubj
4	Indian	Indian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 savage	cop
6	As	as	ADP	_	7 savage	case
7	savage	savage	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 Indian	ccomp
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 wild	punct
9	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 savage	conj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 brave	cc
11	brave	brave	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 savage	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 Devil	punct
13	As	As	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 Devil	nsubj
14	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 Devil	cop
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 Devil	det
16	Devil	Devil	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 savage	conj
17	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	16 Devil	nmod
18	;	;	PUNCT	_	20 had	punct
19	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 had	nsubj
20	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 Indian	parataxis
21	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 need	amod
22	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 had	ccomp
23	indeed	indeed	ADV	_	22 need	advmod
24	To	to	PART	_	41 fiercer	mark
25	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	41 fiercer	cop
26	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	41 fiercer	det:predet
27	that	that	SCONJ	_	41 fiercer	mark
28	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	33 Wîwilmekw	nsubj
29	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	33 Wîwilmekw	cop
30	;	;	PUNCT	_	33 Wîwilmekw	punct
31	For	for	ADP	_	33 Wîwilmekw	case
32	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	33 Wîwilmekw	det
33	Wîwilmekw	Wîwilmekw	PROPN	Number=Sing	41 fiercer	nsubj
34	,	,	PUNCT	_	36 terrible	punct
35	Most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	36 terrible	amod
36	terrible	terrible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	33 Wîwilmekw	conj
37	to	to	PART	_	38 see	mark
38	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	36 terrible	xcomp
39	,	,	PUNCT	_	40 Grew	punct
40	Grew	Grew	PROPN	Number=Sing	41 fiercer	obl
41	fiercer	fierce	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	22 need	advcl
42	than	than	ADP	_	43 before	case
43	before	before	ADV	_	41 fiercer	obl
44	,	,	PUNCT	_	48 drew	punct
45	Yet	yet	CCONJ	_	48 drew	cc
46	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	47 man	det
47	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 drew	nsubj
48	drew	draw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	41 fiercer	conj
49	out	out	ADP	_	48 drew	compound:prt
50	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	51 knife	nmod:poss
51	knife	knife	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 drew	obj
52	And	and	CCONJ	_	54 scraped	cc
53	boldly	boldly	ADV	Degree=Pos	54 scraped	advmod
54	scraped	scrape	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	48 drew	conj
55	away	away	ADV	_	54 scraped	advmod
56	,	,	PUNCT	_	60 said	punct
57	Until	until	SCONJ	_	60 said	mark
58	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	59 Demon	det
59	Demon	demon	NOUN	Number=Sing	60 said	nsubj
60	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	48 drew	conj
61	:	:	PUNCT	_	64 hold	punct
62	“	"	PUNCT	_	64 hold	punct
63	Now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	64 hold	advmod
64	hold	hold	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	60 said	ccomp
65	!	!	PUNCT	_	4 Indian	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	is	past				savage property	tree rules
2	be						tree rules
3	be						tree rules
4	is a	past	As	the Devil		As nmod	tree rules
5	have	past	As				tree rules
6	need	present	As not said here			indeed property	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot
7	is	past	As			for the Wîwilmekw	tree rules
8	be		As not said here				tree rules
9	see	to-infinitive	As not said here				vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
10	is	to-infinitive	the Wîwilmekw			Grew obl; fierce property	tree rules
11	draw out	past	the man	man's knife			vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent knife=Theme
12	scrape away	participle	the man not said here			away, boldly property	vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient
13	say speech: express	past	the Demon				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
14	hold in a quote	infinitive			now		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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 16, sentence 10