Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 18, sentence 139

Then afar in a path in the forest He met with another man, And was greatly amazed at the sight, Because the other was bearing A very large birch wigwam, A dwelling with many rooms.

Who acts: game, large birch wigwam · What happens: meet, be, bear, dwell · To what, where: forest, sight, large birch wigwam

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 (game, large birch wigwam), 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	2 afar	advmod
2	afar	afar	ADJ	Degree=Pos	27 bearing	mark
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 path	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 path	det
5	path	path	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 afar	obl
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 forest	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 forest	det
8	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 path	nmod
9	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 met	nsubj
10	met	meet	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 forest	acl:relcl
11	with	with	ADP	_	13 man	case
12	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	13 man	det
13	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 met	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 amazed	punct
15	And	and	CCONJ	_	18 amazed	cc
16	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 amazed	cop
17	greatly	greatly	ADV	_	18 amazed	advmod
18	amazed	amazed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 afar	conj
19	at	at	ADP	_	21 sight	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 sight	det
21	sight	sight	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 amazed	obl
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 other	punct
23	Because	because	ADP	ExtPos=ADP	25 other	case
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 other	det
25	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 afar	conj
26	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	27 bearing	aux
27	bearing	bear	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
28	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	32 wigwam	det
29	very	very	ADV	_	30 large	advmod
30	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	32 wigwam	amod
31	birch	birch	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 wigwam	compound
32	wigwam	wigwam	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 bearing	obj
33	,	,	PUNCT	_	35 dwelling	punct
34	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	35 dwelling	det
35	dwelling	dwell	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	32 wigwam	acl
36	with	with	ADP	_	38 rooms	case
37	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	38 rooms	amod
38	rooms	room	NOUN	Number=Plur	35 dwelling	obl
39	.	.	PUNCT	_	27 bearing	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	meet	past	game	the forest not said here		with another man	vn satisfy-55.7 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent forest=Theme with man=Instrument
2	is	past			the sight	amazed, greatly property	tree rules
3	bear	past · progressive		a large birch wigwam			vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wigwam=Patient
4	dwell	gerund	a large birch wigwam not said here			with many rooms	vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with room=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 18, sentence 139