Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 18, sentence 137

Then, while they greatly wondered, Taking his axe, he showed them How to cut down trees in a hurry; But made it a condition That when the Raccoon should be taken They might have his meat and eat it, But the pelt should be his portion.

Who acts: Twas, stranger, pelt · What happens: wonder, take, show, cut down, make, have · To what, where: axe, Twas, trees, hurry, tree, Raccoon

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 (Twas, stranger, pelt), 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	Then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 wondered	advmod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 wondered	punct
3	while	while	SCONJ	_	6 wondered	mark
4	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 wondered	nsubj
5	greatly	greatly	ADV	_	6 wondered	advmod
6	wondered	wonder	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 Taking	punct
8	Taking	take	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 wondered	advcl
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 axe	nmod:poss
10	axe	axe	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 Taking	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 showed	punct
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 showed	nsubj
13	showed	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 wondered	conj
14	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 showed	obj
15	How	how	ADV	PronType=Int	17 cut	advmod
16	to	to	PART	_	17 cut	mark
17	cut	cut	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 showed	xcomp
18	down	down	ADP	_	17 cut	compound:prt
19	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 cut	obj
20	in	in	ADP	_	22 hurry	case
21	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	22 hurry	det
22	hurry	hurry	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 cut	obl
23	;	;	PUNCT	_	25 made	punct
24	But	but	CCONJ	_	25 made	cc
25	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 wondered	conj
26	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 made	obj
27	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	28 condition	det
28	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 made	obj
29	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	25 made	obj
30	when	when	SCONJ	_	35 taken	mark
31	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	32 Raccoon	det
32	Raccoon	Raccoon	PROPN	Number=Sing	35 taken	nsubj
33	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	35 taken	aux
34	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	35 taken	aux:pass
35	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	25 made	parataxis
36	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	38 have	nsubj
37	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	38 have	aux
38	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	35 taken	parataxis
39	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	40 meat	nmod:poss
40	meat	meat	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 have	obj
41	and	and	CCONJ	_	42 eat	cc
42	eat	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	38 have	conj
43	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	42 eat	obj
44	,	,	PUNCT	_	51 portion	punct
45	But	but	CCONJ	_	51 portion	cc
46	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	47 pelt	det
47	pelt	pelt	NOUN	Number=Sing	51 portion	nsubj
48	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	51 portion	aux
49	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	51 portion	cop
50	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	51 portion	nmod:poss
51	portion	portion	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 made	parataxis
52	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 wondered	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wonder speech: ask	past	Twas = twa			then	greatly property	vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	take	gerund	Twas = twa not said here	stranger's axe				vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent axe=Theme
3	show	past	stranger	Twas = twa				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic
4	cut down	to-infinitive	stranger not said here	trees	a hurry			vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset tree=Product
5	make	past	Twas = twa not said here	tree			a condition obj; That obj	tree rules
6	take	should · passive		the Raccoon				vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Destination
7	have	might	Twas = twa	stranger's meat				vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meat=Patient
8	eat	present	Twas = twa not said here	tree				vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient
9	is a	should	the pelt	stranger's portion			stranger nmod:poss	tree rules

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 18, sentence 137