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Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 19, sentence 93

Many bloody fights had been fought, many men, women and children had been tortured by constant and cruel wars until some of the wise men among the Indians began to think that something must be done, and that whatever was to be done should be done quickly.

Who acts: constant wars, many men · What happens: fight, torture, begin, think, do · To what, where: Many bloody fights, children, something, whatever · 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 (constant wars, many men), 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

amodamodnsubj:passauxaux:passpunctamodnsubjpunctconjccnsubj:passauxaux:passconjcaseamodccconjoblcasenmodcasedetamodnmodcasedetnmodparataxismarkxcompmarknsubjauxaux:passccomppunctccmarkobjaux:passmarkaux:passadvclauxaux:passconjadvmodpunctrootManyADJbloodyADJfightsNOUNhadAUXbeenAUXfoughtVERB,PUNCTmanyADJmenNOUN,PUNCTwomenNOUNandCCONJchildrenNOUNhadAUXbeenAUXtorturedVERBbyADPconstantADJandCCONJcruelADJwarsNOUNuntilADPsomeDETofADPtheDETwiseADJmenNOUNamongADPtheDETIndiansPROPNbeganVERBtoPARTthinkVERBthatSCONJsomethingPRONmustAUXbeAUXdoneVERB,PUNCTandCCONJthatSCONJwhateverPRONwasAUXtoPARTbeAUXdoneVERBshouldAUXbeAUXdoneVERBquicklyADV.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ManymanyADJDegree=Pos3 fightsamod
2bloodybloodyADJDegree=Pos3 fightsamod
3fightsfightNOUNNumber=Plur6 foughtnsubj:pass
4hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin6 foughtaux
5beenbeAUXTense=Past VerbForm=Part6 foughtaux:pass
6foughtfightVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
7,,PUNCT_9 menpunct
8manymanyADJDegree=Pos9 menamod
9menmanNOUNNumber=Plur31 begannsubj
10,,PUNCT_11 womenpunct
11womenwomanNOUNNumber=Plur9 menconj
12andandCCONJ_16 torturedcc
13childrenchildNOUNNumber=Plur16 torturednsubj:pass
14hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin16 torturedaux
15beenbeAUXTense=Past VerbForm=Part16 torturedaux:pass
16torturedtortureVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass9 menconj
17bybyADP_21 warscase
18constantconstantADJDegree=Pos21 warsamod
19andandCCONJ_20 cruelcc
20cruelcruelADJDegree=Pos18 constantconj
21warswarNOUNNumber=Plur16 torturedobl
22untiluntilADP_23 somecase
23somesomeDETPronType=Ind21 warsnmod
24ofofADP_27 mencase
25thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art27 mendet
26wisewiseADJDegree=Pos27 menamod
27menmanNOUNNumber=Plur23 somenmod
28amongamongADP_30 Indianscase
29thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art30 Indiansdet
30IndiansIndianPROPNNumber=Plur27 mennmod
31beganbeginVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin6 foughtparataxis
32totoPART_33 thinkmark
33thinkthinkVERBVerbForm=Inf31 beganxcomp
34thatthatSCONJ_38 donemark
35somethingsomethingPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Ind38 donensubj
36mustmustAUXVerbForm=Fin38 doneaux
37bebeAUXVerbForm=Inf38 doneaux:pass
38donedoVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass33 thinkccomp
39,,PUNCT_49 donepunct
40andandCCONJ_49 donecc
41thatthatSCONJ_46 donemark
42whateverwhateverPRONPronType=Rel46 doneobj
43wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin46 doneaux:pass
44totoPART_46 donemark
45bebeAUXVerbForm=Inf46 doneaux:pass
46donedoVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass49 doneadvcl
47shouldshouldAUXVerbForm=Fin49 doneaux
48bebeAUXVerbForm=Inf49 doneaux:pass
49donedoVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass6 foughtconj
50quicklyquicklyADV_49 doneadvmod
51..PUNCT_6 foughtpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1fightpast · perfect · passiveMany bloody fightsvn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Co-Agent
2torturepast · perfect · passiveconstant wars until some of the wise men among the Indianschildrenvn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer
3beginpastmany men and womenvn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
4think speech: otherto-infinitivemany men and women not said herevn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
5domust · passivesomethingvn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality
6dopast · passivewhatevervn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: whatever=Eventuality
7doshould · passivequickly propertyvn act-114-1 «NP V»

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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