Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 16, sentence 57

Dwelt on the birch-tree; All the birds of the forest, Even the little insects, Even the little worms, Crawled up the great birch To see their good friend.

Who acts: little worms · What happens: dwell, crawl up, see · To what, where: birch tree, great birch, good friend

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 (little worms), 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	Dwelt	dwell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	on	on	ADP	_	6 tree	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 tree	det
4	birch	birch	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 tree	compound
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 birch	punct
6	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Dwelt	obl
7	;	;	PUNCT	_	10 birds	punct
8	All	all	DET	PronType=Tot	10 birds	det:predet
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 birds	det
10	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Dwelt	conj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 forest	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 forest	det
13	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 birds	nmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 insects	punct
15	Even	even	ADV	_	18 insects	advmod
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 insects	det
17	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 insects	amod
18	insects	insect	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 forest	nmod
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 worms	punct
20	Even	even	ADV	_	23 worms	advmod
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 worms	det
22	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 worms	amod
23	worms	worm	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 insects	parataxis
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 Crawled	punct
25	Crawled	crawl	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	23 worms	acl
26	up	up	ADP	_	25 Crawled	compound:prt
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	29 birch	det
28	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	29 birch	amod
29	birch	birch	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 Crawled	obj
30	To	to	PART	_	31 see	mark
31	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	25 Crawled	advcl
32	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	34 friend	nmod:poss
33	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	34 friend	amod
34	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 see	obj
35	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Dwelt	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	dwell	participle			the birch tree	all birds of the forest the little insects the little worms conj	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on tree=Location
2	crawl up	participle	the little worms not said here	the great birch			vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location birch=Theme
3	see	to-infinitive	the little worms not said here	insects's good friend			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer friend=Stimulus

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 57

The tree

Pragmatics

Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 16, sentence 57