Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 19, sentence 4

So he lifted up his voice All in the Wolfish tongue; For he was deeply learned In many languages; And soon was in the midst Of a score of howling beasts Of lupine land-loafers, Who danced and rolled and screamed, Biting each other for joy At seeing him again-- The Indian Devil, Lox.

Who acts: Afar, lupine land loafers · What happens: lift up, learn, be, dance, roll, scream · To what, where: voice, Wolfish tongue, Afar, many languages, midst, each

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 (Afar, lupine land loafers), 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 lifted	advmod
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 lifted	nsubj
3	lifted	lift	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	up	up	ADP	_	3 lifted	compound:prt
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 voice	nmod:poss
6	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lifted	obj
7	All	all	ADV	_	11 tongue	advmod
8	in	in	ADP	_	11 tongue	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 tongue	det
10	Wolfish	wolfish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 tongue	amod
11	tongue	tongue	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lifted	obl
12	;	;	PUNCT	_	17 learned	punct
13	For	for	SCONJ	_	17 learned	mark
14	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 learned	nsubj
15	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 learned	aux:pass
16	deeply	deeply	ADV	_	17 learned	advmod
17	learned	learn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 lifted	conj
18	In	in	ADP	_	20 languages	case
19	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 languages	amod
20	languages	language	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 learned	obl
21	;	;	PUNCT	_	27 midst	punct
22	And	and	CCONJ	_	27 midst	cc
23	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	27 midst	advmod
24	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	27 midst	cop
25	in	in	ADP	_	27 midst	case
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 midst	det
27	midst	midst	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lifted	parataxis
28	Of	of	ADP	_	30 score	case
29	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	30 score	det
30	score	score	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 midst	nmod
31	of	of	ADP	_	33 beasts	case
32	howling	howling	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 beasts	compound
33	beasts	beast	NOUN	Number=Plur	30 score	nmod
34	Of	of	ADP	_	38 loafers	case
35	lupine	lupine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	38 loafers	amod
36	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 loafers	compound
37	-	-	PUNCT	_	36 land	punct
38	loafers	loafer	NOUN	Number=Plur	33 beasts	nmod
39	,	,	PUNCT	_	41 danced	punct
40	Who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	41 danced	nsubj
41	danced	dance	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	38 loafers	acl:relcl
42	and	and	CCONJ	_	43 rolled	cc
43	rolled	roll	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	41 danced	conj
44	and	and	CCONJ	_	45 screamed	cc
45	screamed	scream	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	41 danced	conj
46	,	,	PUNCT	_	47 Biting	punct
47	Biting	bite	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	45 screamed	advcl
48	each	each	DET	ExtPos=PRON PronType=Rcp	47 Biting	obj
49	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	48 each	fixed
50	for	for	ADP	_	51 joy	case
51	joy	joy	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 Biting	obl
52	At	at	SCONJ	_	53 seeing	mark
53	seeing	see	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	47 Biting	advcl
54	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	53 seeing	obj
55	again	again	ADV	_	53 seeing	advmod
56	--	--	PUNCT	_	59 Devil	punct
57	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	59 Devil	det
58	Indian	Indian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	59 Devil	amod
59	Devil	Devil	PROPN	Number=Sing	27 midst	conj
60	,	,	PUNCT	_	61 Lox	punct
61	Lox	Lox	PROPN	Number=Sing	59 Devil	flat
62	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 lifted	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lift up	past	Afar	Afar's voice	the Wolfish tongue			vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent voice=Theme in tongue=Destination
2	learn	past · passive		Afar	many languages		deeply property	vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic
3	is	past			the midst and the Indian Devil		of a score of howling beasts of lupine land loafers; the Indian Devil conj; soon property	tree rules
4	dance	past	lupine land loafers					vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	roll	past	lupine land loafers not said here					vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
6	scream speech: express	past	lupine land loafers not said here					vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
7	bite	gerund	lupine land loafers not said here	each			for joy	vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent each=Patient
8	see	gerund	lupine land loafers not said here	Afar		again		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus
9	score			howling beasts of lupine land loafers				nom score «cognition 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 4