Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 17, sentence 49

So in the greenwood they lived together; Other singers often assembled, Other birds were often about them, Coming to see the beautiful stranger, Longing to try with hers their voices, But at every trial the Little Fire Flew in her melody far above them, Even as she went beyond them in beauty.

Who acts: music, Other birds, Squʿtes · What happens: live together, assemble, be, come, see, long · To what, where: Other singers, greenwood, beautiful stranger, voices, beauty

This is a sentence of «Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems», Opening, part 17. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (music, Other birds, Squʿtes), 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	_	6 lived	advmod
2	in	in	ADP	_	4 greenwood	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 greenwood	det
4	greenwood	greenwood	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 lived	obl
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 lived	nsubj
6	lived	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	together	together	ADV	_	6 lived	advmod
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	10 singers	punct
9	Other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 singers	amod
10	singers	singer	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 lived	obl
11	often	often	ADV	_	12 assembled	advmod
12	assembled	assemble	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 singers	acl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 birds	punct
14	Other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 birds	amod
15	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 them	nsubj
16	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 them	cop
17	often	often	ADV	_	19 them	advmod
18	about	about	ADP	_	19 them	case
19	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 singers	acl:relcl
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 Coming	punct
21	Coming	come	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 lived	advcl
22	to	to	PART	_	23 see	mark
23	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	21 Coming	advcl
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 stranger	det
25	beautiful	beautiful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	26 stranger	amod
26	stranger	stranger	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 see	obj
27	,	,	PUNCT	_	28 Longing	punct
28	Longing	long	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	21 Coming	conj
29	to	to	PART	_	30 try	mark
30	try	try	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	28 Longing	xcomp
31	with	with	ADP	_	32 hers	case
32	hers	her	PRON	Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	30 try	obl
33	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	34 voices	nmod:poss
34	voices	voice	NOUN	Number=Plur	30 try	obj
35	,	,	PUNCT	_	39 trial	punct
36	But	but	CCONJ	_	39 trial	cc
37	at	at	ADP	_	39 trial	case
38	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	39 trial	det
39	trial	trial	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 lived	obl
40	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	43 Flew	det
41	Little	Little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	42 Fire	amod
42	Fire	Fire	PROPN	Number=Sing	43 Flew	compound
43	Flew	Flew	PROPN	Number=Sing	39 trial	appos
44	in	in	ADP	_	46 melody	case
45	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	46 melody	nmod:poss
46	melody	melody	NOUN	Number=Sing	43 Flew	nmod
47	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	49 them	advmod
48	above	above	ADP	_	49 them	case
49	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	46 melody	nmod
50	,	,	PUNCT	_	54 went	punct
51	Even	even	ADV	_	54 went	advmod
52	as	as	SCONJ	_	54 went	mark
53	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	54 went	nsubj
54	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	43 Flew	conj
55	beyond	beyond	ADP	_	56 them	case
56	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	54 went	obl
57	in	in	ADP	_	58 beauty	case
58	beauty	beauty	NOUN	Number=Sing	54 went	obl
59	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 lived	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	live together	past	music	Other singers	the greenwood	at every trial; together property	vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in greenwood=Location
2	assemble	participle		Other singers not said here		often property	vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	is	past	Other birds	Other singers not said here		about birds = bird; often property	tree rules
4	come	gerund	music not said here				vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	see	to-infinitive	music not said here	the beautiful stranger			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer stranger=Stimulus
6	long	gerund	music not said here				vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
7	try not said to happen	to-infinitive	music not said here	music's voices		with Squʿtes	vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP PP.theme PP.attribute»: agent=Agent voice=Patient with her=Theme
8	go	past	Squʿtes		beauty	beyond music	vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme beyond they=Location

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 17, sentence 49