Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 19, sentence 34

But Lox to himself repeating “All smoke has fire behind it,” Kept bravely at his leaping Until the Indian Devil Of madness and desperation Awoke within his soul, And he swore by it that he ever Would keep straight on with his jumping Till something blazed--or burst!

Who acts: Indian Devil, Lox · What happens: repeat, keep, awake, swear, jump, blaze · To what, where: Lox, leaping

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 (Indian Devil, 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	But	but	CCONJ	_	15 Kept	cc
2	Lox	lox	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 Kept	nsubj:pass
3	to	to	ADP	_	4 himself	case
4	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	2 Lox	nmod
5	repeating	repeat	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	15 Kept	mark
6	“	"	PUNCT	_	9 has	punct
7	All	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 smoke	det
8	smoke	smoke	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 has	nsubj
9	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 Kept	aux
10	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 has	obj
11	behind	behind	ADP	_	12 it	case
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 fire	nmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 has	punct
14	”	"	PUNCT	_	9 has	punct
15	Kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
16	bravely	bravely	ADV	_	15 Kept	advmod
17	at	at	ADP	_	19 leaping	case
18	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 leaping	nmod:poss
19	leaping	leaping	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 Kept	obl
20	Until	until	SCONJ	_	28 Awoke	mark
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 Devil	det
22	Indian	Indian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 Devil	amod
23	Devil	Devil	PROPN	Number=Sing	28 Awoke	nsubj
24	Of	of	ADP	_	25 madness	case
25	madness	madness	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 Devil	nmod
26	and	and	CCONJ	_	27 desperation	cc
27	desperation	desperation	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 madness	conj
28	Awoke	awake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 Kept	advcl
29	within	within	ADP	_	31 soul	case
30	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	31 soul	nmod:poss
31	soul	soul	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 Awoke	obl
32	,	,	PUNCT	_	35 swore	punct
33	And	and	CCONJ	_	35 swore	cc
34	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	35 swore	nsubj
35	swore	swear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	28 Awoke	parataxis
36	by	by	ADP	_	37 it	case
37	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	35 swore	obl
38	that	that	SCONJ	_	42 keep	mark
39	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	42 keep	nsubj
40	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	42 keep	advmod
41	Would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	42 keep	aux
42	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	35 swore	advcl
43	straight	straight	ADV	_	44 on	advmod
44	on	on	ADV	_	42 keep	advmod
45	with	with	SCONJ	_	47 jumping	mark
46	his	his	PRON	Gender=Masc Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	47 jumping	nsubj
47	jumping	jump	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	42 keep	advcl
48	Till	till	ADP	_	49 something	case
49	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	47 jumping	obl
50	blazed	blaze	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	49 something	acl
51	--	--	PUNCT	_	53 burst	punct
52	or	or	CCONJ	_	53 burst	cc
53	burst	burst	NOUN	Number=Sing	49 something	conj
54	!	!	PUNCT	_	15 Kept	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	repeat	gerund						vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	keep	present · perfect · passive		Lox to Lox	Lox's leaping		bravely property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme at leaping=Location
3	awake	past	the Indian Devil of madness and desperation				within Lox's soul	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	swear	past	Lox				by smoke	vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
5	keep	would	Lox			ever		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
6	jump	gerund	Lox			till something burst		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
7	blaze	participle						vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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 34