Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 18, sentence 100

And so to her he said: “Declare unto thy folk That they shall never ask Of thee, who was the sire Of this brave lad, our son; They’ll know it all right well If they but see his face, And thou shalt not be teased By questions and by talk From fools who fain would know The by-ways of a god.”

Who acts: Katahdin, That, tribes, questions, fools · What happens: say, declare, not ask, be, know, see · To what, where: girl, sire, lad, face, thou, The · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems», Opening, part 18. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Katahdin, That, tribes, questions), 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	And	and	CCONJ	_	6 said	cc
2	so	so	ADV	_	6 said	advmod
3	to	to	ADP	_	4 her	case
4	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 said	obl
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 said	nsubj
6	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	:	:	PUNCT	_	9 Declare	punct
8	“	"	PUNCT	_	9 Declare	punct
9	Declare	declare	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 said	ccomp
10	unto	unto	ADP	_	12 folk	case
11	thy	thy	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch	12 folk	nmod:poss
12	folk	folk	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 Declare	obl
13	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	17 ask	nsubj
14	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 ask	nsubj
15	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 ask	aux
16	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	17 ask	advmod
17	ask	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 Declare	conj
18	Of	of	ADP	_	19 thee	case
19	thee	thou	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	17 ask	obl
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 sire	punct
21	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	24 sire	nsubj
22	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	24 sire	cop
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 sire	det
24	sire	sire	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 Declare	obl
25	Of	of	ADP	_	28 lad	case
26	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	28 lad	det
27	brave	brave	ADJ	Degree=Pos	28 lad	amod
28	lad	lad	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 sire	nmod
29	,	,	PUNCT	_	31 son	punct
30	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	31 son	nmod:poss
31	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 Declare	vocative
32	;	;	PUNCT	_	35 know	punct
33	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	35 know	nsubj
34	’ll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	35 know	aux
35	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 said	ccomp
36	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	35 know	obj
37	all	all	ADV	_	38 right	advmod
38	right	right	ADV	_	39 well	advmod
39	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	35 know	advmod
40	If	if	SCONJ	_	43 see	mark
41	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	43 see	nsubj
42	but	but	CCONJ	_	43 see	cc
43	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	35 know	advcl
44	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	45 face	nmod:poss
45	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	43 see	obj
46	,	,	PUNCT	_	52 teased	punct
47	And	and	CCONJ	_	52 teased	cc
48	thou	thou	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	52 teased	nsubj:pass
49	shalt	shall	AUX	Style=Arch VerbForm=Fin	52 teased	aux
50	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	52 teased	advmod
51	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	52 teased	aux:pass
52	teased	tease	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	35 know	parataxis
53	By	by	ADP	_	54 questions	case
54	questions	question	NOUN	Number=Plur	52 teased	obl
55	and	and	CCONJ	_	63 know	cc
56	by	by	ADP	_	57 talk	case
57	talk	talk	NOUN	Number=Sing	63 know	obl
58	From	from	ADP	_	59 fools	case
59	fools	fool	NOUN	Number=Plur	57 talk	nmod
60	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	61 fain	nsubj
61	fain	fain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	59 fools	acl:relcl
62	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	63 know	aux
63	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	52 teased	conj
64	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	63 know	obj
65	by	by	ADP	_	67 ways	case
66	-	-	PUNCT	_	65 by	punct
67	ways	way	NOUN	Number=Plur	63 know	obl
68	of	of	ADP	_	70 god	case
69	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	70 god	det
70	god	god	NOUN	Number=Sing	67 ways	nmod
71	.	.	PUNCT	_	52 teased	punct
72	”	"	PUNCT	_	35 know	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	Katahdin		girl		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to she=Recipient clause=Topic
2	declare speech: other in a quote	infinitive				unto thy folk; our son vocative	vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent
3	not ask speech: ask in a quote	shall	That			of thee; tribes = tribe nsubj	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V PP.recipient how S»: agent=Agent of thou=Recipient
4	is a in a quote	past		the sire		of this brave lad; who nsubj	tree rules
5	know in a quote	future	tribes = tribe	lad		well property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus
6	see a condition, not said to happen, in a quote	infinitive	tribes = tribe	Katahdin's face			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer face=Stimulus
7	not tease in a quote	shall · passive	questions	thou			vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient
8	fain in a quote	present	fools				tree rules
9	know in a quote	would	questions not said here	The		by talk from fools; by ways of a god	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer the=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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