Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 19, sentence 13

So Lox went trudging on, Away unto the West; And, as he went, he thought Of the great gift of the Peculiar pious race, And, wondering to himself If ’twere not all a flam, Since ’twas his nature to Suspect all kinds of deeds, As he had ne’er done one Save to some evil end, And being curious And very anxious to Behold some strange new thing, He said unto himself: “Tush!

Who acts: Lox · What happens: go, trudge on, think, wonder, suspect, do · To what, where: ’, Lox, kinds, one Save, strange new thing, Peculiar pious race · 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 (Lox), 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	So	so	ADV	_	3 went	advmod
2	Lox	Lox	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 went	nsubj
3	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	trudging	trudge	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 went	xcomp
5	on	on	ADP	_	4 trudging	compound:prt
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 Away	punct
7	Away	away	ADV	_	4 trudging	advmod
8	unto	unto	ADP	_	10 West	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 West	det
10	West	West	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 Away	obl
11	;	;	PUNCT	_	19 thought	punct
12	And	and	CCONJ	_	19 thought	cc
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 And	punct
14	as	as	SCONJ	_	16 went	mark
15	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 went	nsubj
16	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 thought	advcl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 went	punct
18	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 thought	nsubj
19	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 went	parataxis
20	Of	of	ADP	_	23 gift	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 gift	det
22	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 gift	amod
23	gift	gift	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 thought	obl
24	of	of	ADP	_	28 race	case
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 race	det
26	Peculiar	Peculiar	PROPN	Number=Sing	28 race	compound
27	pious	pious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	28 race	amod
28	race	race	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 gift	nmod
29	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 wondering	punct
30	And	and	CCONJ	_	32 wondering	cc
31	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 wondering	punct
32	wondering	wonder	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	19 thought	conj
33	to	to	ADP	_	34 himself	case
34	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	32 wondering	obl
35	If	if	SCONJ	_	36 ’	mark
36	’	'	X	_	32 wondering	obj
37	twere	twere	X	_	36 ’	goeswith
38	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	39 all	advmod
39	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	41 flam	det:predet
40	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	41 flam	det
41	flam	flam	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 ’	flat
42	,	,	PUNCT	_	45 twas	punct
43	Since	since	ADP	_	45 twas	case
44	’	'	PUNCT	_	43 Since	punct
45	twas	twa	NOUN	Number=Plur	32 wondering	obl
46	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	47 nature	nmod:poss
47	nature	nature	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 twas	nmod
48	to	to	PART	_	49 Suspect	mark
49	Suspect	suspect	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	32 wondering	advcl
50	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	51 kinds	det
51	kinds	kind	NOUN	Number=Plur	49 Suspect	obj
52	of	of	ADP	_	53 deeds	case
53	deeds	deed	NOUN	Number=Plur	51 kinds	nmod
54	,	,	PUNCT	_	59 done	punct
55	As	as	SCONJ	_	59 done	mark
56	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	59 done	nsubj
57	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	59 done	aux
58	ne’er	ne'er	ADV	_	59 done	advmod
59	done	do	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	49 Suspect	advcl
60	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	61 Save	nummod
61	Save	save	NOUN	Number=Sing	59 done	obj
62	to	to	ADP	_	65 end	case
63	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	65 end	det
64	evil	evil	ADJ	Degree=Pos	65 end	amod
65	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	59 done	obl
66	,	,	PUNCT	_	69 curious	punct
67	And	and	CCONJ	_	69 curious	cc
68	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	69 curious	cop
69	curious	curious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 went	parataxis
70	And	and	CCONJ	_	72 anxious	cc
71	very	very	ADV	_	72 anxious	advmod
72	anxious	anxious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	69 curious	conj
73	to	to	ADP	_	74 Behold	case
74	Behold	behold	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	72 anxious	xcomp
75	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	78 thing	det
76	strange	strange	ADJ	Degree=Pos	78 thing	amod
77	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	78 thing	amod
78	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	74 Behold	obj
79	,	,	PUNCT	_	81 said	punct
80	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	81 said	nsubj
81	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 went	conj
82	unto	unto	ADP	_	83 himself	case
83	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	81 said	obl
84	:	:	PUNCT	_	86 Tush	punct
85	“	"	PUNCT	_	86 Tush	punct
86	Tush	tush	NOUN	Number=Sing	81 said	ccomp
87	!	!	PUNCT	_	3 went	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	go	past	Lox					vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	trudge on	gerund	Lox not said here				away property	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	go	past	Lox					vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	think speech: other	past	Lox				of the great gift of the Peculiar pious race	vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	wonder speech: ask	gerund	Lox not said here	’	Lox	since twas Lox's nature		tree rules
6	suspect	to-infinitive	Lox not said here	all kinds of deeds				vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent kind=Attribute
7	do	past · perfect	Lox	one Save		to some evil end	ne'er property	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent save=Eventuality
8	is	gerund					curious property	tree rules
9	be							tree rules
10	behold	infinitive		some strange new thing				vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer thing=Stimulus
11	say speech: assert	past	Lox				unto Lox; Tush ccomp	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
12	gift			the Peculiar pious race				nom gift «possession transitive»: of=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 19, sentence 13