Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 2, sentence 38

I need only call the reader’s attention to the very remarkable song recording the attack of the squirrels on _Lappilatwan_, who dwelt in the birch tree, “ever sitting with his mouth open” (_wechkutonébit_), a song of which Mr. Leland gives a most charming version.

Who acts: I, remarkable song, Leland, reader · What happens: call, record, dwell, sit, give, charm · To what, where: attention, remarkable song, attack, birch tree, charming version, squirrels · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems», Opening, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, remarkable song, Leland, reader), 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	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 call	nsubj
2	need	need	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 call	aux
3	only	only	ADV	_	4 call	advmod
4	call	call	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 reader	det
6	reader	reader	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 attention	nmod:poss
7	’s	's	PART	_	6 reader	case
8	attention	attention	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 call	obj
9	to	to	ADP	_	13 song	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 song	det
11	very	very	ADV	_	12 remarkable	advmod
12	remarkable	remarkable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 song	amod
13	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 call	obl
14	recording	record	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	13 song	acl
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 attack	det
16	attack	attack	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 recording	obj
17	of	of	ADP	_	19 squirrels	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 squirrels	det
19	squirrels	squirrel	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 attack	nmod
20	on	on	ADP	_	22 Lappilatwan	case
21	_	_	PUNCT	_	20 on	punct
22	Lappilatwan	Lappilatwan	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 squirrels	nmod
23	_	_	PUNCT	_	26 dwelt	punct
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 dwelt	punct
25	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	26 dwelt	nsubj
26	dwelt	dwell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 call	advcl
27	in	in	ADP	_	30 tree	case
28	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	30 tree	det
29	birch	birch	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 tree	compound
30	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 dwelt	obl
31	,	,	PUNCT	_	34 sitting	punct
32	“	"	PUNCT	_	34 sitting	punct
33	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	34 sitting	advmod
34	sitting	sit	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	26 dwelt	ccomp
35	with	with	ADP	_	37 mouth	case
36	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	37 mouth	nmod:poss
37	mouth	mouth	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 sitting	obl
38	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	34 sitting	xcomp
39	”	"	PUNCT	_	34 sitting	punct
40	(	(	PUNCT	_	42 wechkutonébit	punct
41	_	_	PUNCT	_	42 wechkutonébit	punct
42	wechkutonébit	wechkutonébit	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 call	parataxis
43	_	_	PUNCT	_	42 wechkutonébit	punct
44	)	)	PUNCT	_	42 wechkutonébit	punct
45	,	,	PUNCT	_	47 song	punct
46	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	47 song	det
47	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 wechkutonébit	conj
48	of	of	ADP	_	49 which	case
49	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	52 gives	obl
50	Mr.	Mr.	PROPN	Number=Sing	51 Leland	nmod:desc
51	Leland	Leland	PROPN	Number=Sing	52 gives	nsubj
52	gives	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	47 song	acl:relcl
53	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	56 version	det
54	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	55 charming	advmod
55	charming	charm	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	56 version	amod
56	version	version	NOUN	Number=Sing	52 gives	obj
57	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 call	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call speech: assert	present	I	the reader's attention	the remarkable song			wechkutonébit and a song parataxis	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent attention=Topic to song=Recipient
2	record	gerund	the remarkable song not said here	the attack of the squirrels on Lappilatwan					vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent attack=Theme
3	dwell	past				the birch tree		who nsubj	tree rules
4	sit in a quote	gerund					ever	with Lappilatwan's mouth; open property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	give	present	Leland Mr.	a charming version				of a song	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent version=Theme
6	charm	gerund							vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
7	attend		the reader						nom attention «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent
8	attack			the squirrels on Lappilatwan					nom attack «act 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 2, sentence 38