Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 19, sentence 108

Each representative recited the history of his nation, telling all the cruelties, tortures and hardships they had suffered during their wars and stating that the time had now come to think of and take pity on their women and children, their lame and old, all of whom had suffered equally with the strongest and bravest warriors.

Who acts: representative, representatives · What happens: recite, tell, suffer, state, come, think · To what, where: history, cruelties, pity · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems», Opening, part 19. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (representative, representatives), 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	Each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	2 representative	det
2	representative	representative	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 recited	nsubj
3	recited	recite	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 history	det
5	history	history	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 recited	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 nation	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 nation	nmod:poss
8	nation	nation	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 history	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 telling	punct
10	telling	tell	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 recited	advcl
11	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	13 cruelties	det:predet
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 cruelties	det
13	cruelties	cruelty	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 telling	obj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 tortures	punct
15	tortures	torture	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 cruelties	conj
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 hardships	cc
17	hardships	hardship	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 cruelties	conj
18	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 suffered	nsubj
19	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 suffered	aux
20	suffered	suffer	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	13 cruelties	acl:relcl
21	during	during	ADP	_	23 wars	case
22	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	23 wars	nmod:poss
23	wars	war	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 suffered	obl
24	and	and	CCONJ	_	25 stating	cc
25	stating	state	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 telling	conj
26	that	that	SCONJ	_	31 come	mark
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 time	det
28	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 come	obl:unmarked
29	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	31 come	aux
30	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	31 come	advmod
31	come	come	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	25 stating	ccomp
32	to	to	PART	_	33 think	mark
33	think	think	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	31 come	xcomp
34	of	of	ADP	_	33 think	obl
35	and	and	CCONJ	_	36 take	cc
36	take	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 recited	conj
37	pity	pity	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 take	obj
38	on	on	ADP	_	40 women	case
39	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	40 women	nmod:poss
40	women	woman	NOUN	Number=Plur	36 take	obl
41	and	and	CCONJ	_	42 children	cc
42	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	40 women	conj
43	,	,	PUNCT	_	45 lame	punct
44	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	45 lame	nmod:poss
45	lame	lame	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 women	conj
46	and	and	CCONJ	_	47 old	cc
47	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	45 lame	conj
48	,	,	PUNCT	_	53 suffered	punct
49	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	53 suffered	advmod
50	of	of	ADP	_	51 whom	case
51	whom	whom	PRON	PronType=Rel	53 suffered	obl
52	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	53 suffered	aux
53	suffered	suffer	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	3 recited	conj
54	equally	equally	ADV	_	53 suffered	advmod
55	with	with	ADP	_	60 warriors	case
56	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	60 warriors	det
57	strongest	strong	ADJ	Degree=Sup	60 warriors	amod
58	and	and	CCONJ	_	59 bravest	cc
59	bravest	brave	ADJ	Degree=Sup	57 strongest	conj
60	warriors	warrior	NOUN	Number=Plur	53 suffered	obl
61	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 recited	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	recite	past	each representative	the history of Oratory's nation			vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent history=Theme
2	tell speech: assert	gerund	each representative not said here	all cruelties and tortures and hardships			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent cruelty=Recipient
3	suffer	past · perfect	representatives = representative	all cruelties and tortures and hardships not said here	during representatives's wars		vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cruelty=Stimulus
4	state speech: other	gerund	each representative not said here				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
5	come	past · perfect			now; time		tree rules
6	think speech: other	to-infinitive					vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
7	take	present	each representative not said here	pity		on representatives's women and children and representatives's lame	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent pity=Theme on woman=Destination
8	suffer	past · perfect	each representative not said here			with the strongest warriors; whom obl; equally property	vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
9	war		representatives = representative				nom war «act intransitive»: poss=agent

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 19, sentence 108