Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 17, sentence 57

While you are here you are always in safety: But when away from it, ever in danger From one who is ever seeking to kill you: The little Indian boy Monimques, Who, armed with a terrible bow and arrows, Shoots all the little birds of the forest, And carries them home to old Monimques, Who roasts them all in the fire and eats them.

Who acts: you, one, old Monimques · What happens: be, seek, kill, carry, roast, eat · To what, where: safety, you, birds, old Monimques

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 (you, one, old Monimques), 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	While	while	SCONJ	_	4 here	mark
2	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 here	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 here	cop
4	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	root	root
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 safety	nsubj
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 safety	cop
7	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	9 safety	advmod
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 safety	case
9	safety	safety	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 here	parataxis
10	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 here	punct
11	But	but	CCONJ	_	13 away	cc
12	when	when	SCONJ	_	13 away	mark
13	away	away	ADV	_	4 here	conj
14	from	from	ADP	_	15 it	case
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 away	obl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 danger	punct
17	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	19 danger	advmod
18	in	in	ADP	_	19 danger	case
19	danger	danger	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 here	appos
20	From	from	SCONJ	_	25 seeking	mark
21	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	25 seeking	nsubj
22	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	25 seeking	nsubj
23	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	25 seeking	aux
24	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	25 seeking	advmod
25	seeking	seek	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	19 danger	acl
26	to	to	PART	_	27 kill	mark
27	kill	kill	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	25 seeking	xcomp
28	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	27 kill	obj
29	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 here	punct
30	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	33 boy	det
31	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	33 boy	amod
32	Indian	Indian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	33 boy	amod
33	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 here	nsubj
34	Monimques	Monimques	PROPN	Number=Sing	33 boy	appos
35	,	,	PUNCT	_	38 armed	punct
36	Who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	38 armed	nsubj
37	,	,	PUNCT	_	38 armed	punct
38	armed	armed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	33 boy	amod
39	with	with	ADP	_	42 bow	case
40	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	42 bow	det
41	terrible	terrible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	42 bow	amod
42	bow	bow	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 armed	obl
43	and	and	CCONJ	_	44 arrows	cc
44	arrows	arrow	NOUN	Number=Plur	42 bow	conj
45	,	,	PUNCT	_	46 Shoots	punct
46	Shoots	shoot	NOUN	Number=Plur	42 bow	conj
47	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	50 birds	det:predet
48	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	50 birds	det
49	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	50 birds	amod
50	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 here	nsubj
51	of	of	ADP	_	53 forest	case
52	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	53 forest	det
53	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	50 birds	nmod
54	,	,	PUNCT	_	56 carries	punct
55	And	and	CCONJ	_	56 carries	cc
56	carries	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 here	conj
57	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	56 carries	obj
58	home	home	ADV	_	56 carries	advmod
59	to	to	ADP	_	61 Monimques	case
60	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	61 Monimques	amod
61	Monimques	Monimques	PROPN	Number=Sing	56 carries	obl
62	,	,	PUNCT	_	64 roasts	punct
63	Who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	64 roasts	nsubj
64	roasts	roast	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	61 Monimques	acl:relcl
65	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	64 roasts	obj
66	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	65 them	nmod:unmarked
67	in	in	ADP	_	69 fire	case
68	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	69 fire	det
69	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	64 roasts	obl
70	and	and	CCONJ	_	71 eats	cc
71	eats	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	64 roasts	conj
72	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	71 eats	obj
73	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 here	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	you					danger appos; the little Indian boy nsubj; all little birds of the forest nsubj; here property	tree rules
2	is	present	you			safety		always property	tree rules
3	seek	present · progressive	one				ever	danger nsubj	tree rules
4	kill not said to happen	to-infinitive	one not said here	you					vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme
5	carry	present	you not said here	birds = bird	old Monimques			home property	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme to monimques=Destination
6	roast	present	old Monimques	birds = bird				in the fire	vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent they=Patient in fire=Instrument
7	eat	present	old Monimques not said here	birds = bird					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=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 17, sentence 57