Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 16, sentence 42

Now these were hideous River-elves, and when they had beheld The Indians, they called to them: “O ye of fairer face And better looks go back,” and then tipped over their canoe, Which, as it rolled, the Indians perceived to be of stone, And nevermore thereafter did they see the River-elves, Who when the loud-voiced Whites had settled all the country-side, Withdrew far up the rushing stream where no canoe may pass Save only stone ones.

Who acts: these, ELVES, O, canoe, Indians · What happens: be, behold, call, go back, tip, roll · To what, where: hideous River elves, waves, canoe, River elves, stone ones, Save · 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 (these, ELVES, O, canoe), 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	Now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	7 elves	advmod
2	these	this	PRON	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	7 elves	nsubj
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 elves	cop
4	hideous	hideous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 elves	amod
5	River	River	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 elves	compound
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 River	punct
7	elves	elf	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 called	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 beheld	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 beheld	cc
10	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	13 beheld	advmod
11	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 beheld	nsubj
12	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 beheld	aux
13	beheld	behold	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	7 elves	conj
14	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 Indians	det
15	Indians	Indian	PROPN	Number=Plur	13 beheld	obl:agent
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 elves	punct
17	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 called	nsubj
18	called	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
19	to	to	ADP	_	20 them	case
20	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 called	obl
21	:	:	PUNCT	_	23 O	punct
22	“	"	PUNCT	_	23 O	punct
23	O	o	X	_	31 go	nsubj
24	ye	ye	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	31 go	nsubj
25	of	of	ADP	_	27 face	case
26	fairer	fair	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	27 face	amod
27	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 go	obl
28	And	and	CCONJ	_	30 looks	cc
29	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	30 looks	amod
30	looks	look	NOUN	Number=Plur	27 face	conj
31	go	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 called	parataxis
32	back	back	ADV	_	31 go	advmod
33	,	,	PUNCT	_	31 go	punct
34	”	"	PUNCT	_	18 called	punct
35	and	and	CCONJ	_	37 tipped	cc
36	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	37 tipped	advmod
37	tipped	tip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 called	conj
38	over	over	ADP	_	40 canoe	case
39	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	40 canoe	nmod:poss
40	canoe	canoe	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 tipped	obl
41	,	,	PUNCT	_	46 rolled	punct
42	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	46 rolled	nsubj
43	,	,	PUNCT	_	46 rolled	punct
44	as	as	SCONJ	_	46 rolled	mark
45	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	46 rolled	nsubj
46	rolled	roll	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	40 canoe	acl:relcl
47	,	,	PUNCT	_	50 perceived	punct
48	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	49 Indians	det
49	Indians	Indian	PROPN	Number=Plur	50 perceived	nsubj
50	perceived	perceive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	46 rolled	conj
51	to	to	PART	_	54 stone	mark
52	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	54 stone	cop
53	of	of	ADP	_	54 stone	case
54	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	50 perceived	ccomp
55	,	,	PUNCT	_	61 see	punct
56	And	and	CCONJ	_	61 see	cc
57	nevermore	nevermore	ADV	_	58 thereafter	advmod
58	thereafter	thereafter	ADV	_	61 see	advmod
59	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	61 see	aux
60	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	61 see	nsubj
61	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	18 called	conj
62	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	65 elves	det
63	River	River	PROPN	Number=Sing	65 elves	compound
64	-	-	PUNCT	_	63 River	punct
65	elves	elf	NOUN	Number=Plur	61 see	obj
66	,	,	PUNCT	_	75 settled	punct
67	Who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	75 settled	nsubj:pass
68	when	when	SCONJ	_	75 settled	mark
69	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	73 Whites	det
70	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	73 Whites	amod
71	-	-	PUNCT	_	70 loud	punct
72	voiced	voiced	ADJ	Degree=Pos	73 Whites	amod
73	Whites	white	NOUN	Number=Plur	75 settled	nsubj:pass
74	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	75 settled	aux
75	settled	settle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	65 elves	acl
76	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	80 side	det:predet
77	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	80 side	det
78	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	80 side	compound
79	-	-	PUNCT	_	78 country	punct
80	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	75 settled	obl:unmarked
81	,	,	PUNCT	_	82 Withdrew	punct
82	Withdrew	Withdrew	PROPN	Number=Sing	65 elves	nmod
83	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	92 pass	advmod
84	up	up	ADP	_	87 stream	case
85	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	87 stream	det
86	rushing	rush	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	87 stream	amod
87	stream	stream	NOUN	Number=Sing	92 pass	obl
88	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	92 pass	advmod
89	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	90 canoe	det
90	canoe	canoe	NOUN	Number=Sing	92 pass	nsubj
91	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	92 pass	aux
92	pass	pass	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	61 see	advcl
93	Save	Save	PROPN	Number=Sing	92 pass	obj
94	only	only	ADV	_	96 ones	advmod
95	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	96 ones	compound
96	ones	one	NOUN	Number=Plur	92 pass	obj
97	.	.	PUNCT	_	18 called	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	these	hideous River elves			now		tree rules
2	behold	past · perfect	ELVES = elf					the Indians obl:agent	vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer
3	call speech: assert	past	ELVES = elf		waves = wave				vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Agent to they=Recipient clause=Topic
4	go back in a quote	present	O					of fairer face and better looks; ye nsubj	vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient
5	tip	past	ELVES = elf not said here			waves's canoe	then		vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent over canoe=Destination
6	roll	past	waves's canoe						vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
7	perceive	past	the Indians						vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
8	is	to-infinitive	the Indians not said here					of stone	tree rules
9	see	past · do-support	ELVES = elf	the River elves Withdrew				thereafter property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer elf=Stimulus
10	settle	past · perfect · passive		the River elves Withdrew				all country side obl:unmarked; the loud voiced Whites nsubj:pass	vn odge-46-1 «NP V ADV»: subject=Location
11	rush	gerund							vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
12	pass	may	no canoe	stone ones	Save			up the rushing stream; far property	vn give-13.1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent save=Recipient one=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 42