Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 19, sentence 2

He was the first to fight And last one to give in (Indeed, he never did Give in, nor meant to do), From which it came that he Was specially admired By all the blackguard beasts Who prowled about the woods; Wherein they differed little From many among men.

Who acts: One, soul, blackguard beasts, beasts · What happens: be, fight, give in, not give in, mean, do · To what, where: One, many

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 (One, soul, blackguard beasts, beasts), 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	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 first	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 first	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 first	det
4	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 fight	mark
6	fight	fight	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 first	acl
7	And	and	CCONJ	_	9 one	cc
8	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 one	amod
9	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 fight	conj
10	to	to	PART	_	11 give	mark
11	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 fight	advcl
12	in	in	ADP	_	11 give	compound:prt
13	(	(	PUNCT	_	14 Indeed	punct
14	Indeed	indeed	ADV	_	11 give	advmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 Give	punct
16	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 Give	nsubj
17	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	19 Give	advmod
18	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 Give	aux
19	Give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 first	parataxis
20	in	in	ADV	_	19 Give	advmod
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 meant	punct
22	nor	nor	CCONJ	Polarity=Neg	23 meant	cc
23	meant	mean	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	19 Give	advcl
24	to	to	PART	_	25 do	mark
25	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	23 meant	xcomp
26	)	)	PUNCT	_	25 do	punct
27	,	,	PUNCT	_	31 came	punct
28	From	from	ADP	_	29 which	case
29	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	31 came	obl
30	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	31 came	nsubj
31	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	25 do	advcl
32	that	that	SCONJ	_	36 admired	mark
33	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	36 admired	nsubj
34	Was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	36 admired	aux:pass
35	specially	specially	ADV	_	36 admired	advmod
36	admired	admire	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	31 came	advcl
37	By	by	ADP	_	41 beasts	case
38	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	41 beasts	det:predet
39	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	41 beasts	det
40	blackguard	blackguard	NOUN	Number=Sing	41 beasts	compound
41	beasts	beast	NOUN	Number=Plur	36 admired	obl
42	Who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	43 prowled	nsubj
43	prowled	prowl	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	41 beasts	acl:relcl
44	about	about	ADP	_	46 woods	case
45	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	46 woods	det
46	woods	wood	NOUN	Number=Plur	43 prowled	obl
47	;	;	PUNCT	_	50 differed	punct
48	Wherein	wherein	ADV	PronType=Int	50 differed	advmod
49	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	50 differed	nsubj
50	differed	differ	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 first	conj
51	little	little	ADV	Degree=Pos	53 many	advmod
52	From	from	ADP	_	53 many	case
53	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	50 differed	obj
54	among	among	ADP	_	55 men	case
55	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	53 many	nmod
56	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 first	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	past	One		first property	tree rules
2	fight	to-infinitive			last one conj	vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	give in	to-infinitive			indeed property	vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	not give in	past · do-support	One			vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	mean	participle	One not said here			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
6	do not said to happen	to-infinitive	One not said here			vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
7	come	past	soul		which obl	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from which=Initial_Location
8	admire	past · passive	all blackguard beasts	One	specially property	vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer subject=Stimulus
9	prowl	past	all blackguard beasts		about the woods	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme about wood=Trajectory
10	differ	past	beasts = beast	many	among men; wherein property	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 19, sentence 2