Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 3, sentence 46

[12] We see from these tales that the wizards could transform themselves into animals at will; that they could cast a spell or curse on an enemy, even though he might also be a _Mʾdeolin_; that they could violate the laws of nature so far as to walk in hard ground, sinking up to the ankles or knees at every step, and, finally--that they could communicate with each other telepathically.

Who acts: 12, wizards, tale · What happens: see, transform, cast, be, violate, walk · To what, where: tales, spell, enemy, Mʾdeolin, laws, hard ground

This is a sentence of «Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems», Opening, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (12, wizards, tale), 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	[	[	PUNCT	_	2 12	punct
2	12	12	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 see	nsubj
3	]	]	PUNCT	_	2 12	punct
4	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 see	nsubj
5	see	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 tales	case
7	these	this	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	8 tales	det
8	tales	tale	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 see	obl
9	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 transform	obj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 wizards	det
11	wizards	wizard	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 transform	nsubj
12	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 transform	aux
13	transform	transform	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 tales	acl:relcl
14	themselves	themselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	13 transform	obj
15	into	into	ADP	_	16 animals	case
16	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 transform	obl
17	at	at	ADP	_	18 will	case
18	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 animals	acl:relcl
19	;	;	PUNCT	_	23 cast	punct
20	that	that	SCONJ	_	23 cast	mark
21	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 cast	nsubj
22	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	23 cast	aux
23	cast	cast	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 see	conj
24	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	25 spell	det
25	spell	spell	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 cast	obj
26	or	or	CCONJ	_	27 curse	cc
27	curse	curse	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 spell	conj
28	on	on	ADP	_	30 enemy	case
29	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	30 enemy	det
30	enemy	enemy	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 cast	obl
31	,	,	PUNCT	_	40 Mʾdeolin	punct
32	even	even	ADV	_	40 Mʾdeolin	advmod
33	though	though	SCONJ	_	40 Mʾdeolin	mark
34	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	40 Mʾdeolin	nsubj
35	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	40 Mʾdeolin	aux
36	also	also	ADV	_	40 Mʾdeolin	advmod
37	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	40 Mʾdeolin	cop
38	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	40 Mʾdeolin	det
39	_	_	PUNCT	_	40 Mʾdeolin	punct
40	Mʾdeolin	Mʾdeolin	PROPN	Number=Sing	23 cast	obl
41	_	_	PUNCT	_	23 cast	punct
42	;	;	PUNCT	_	46 violate	punct
43	that	that	SCONJ	_	46 violate	mark
44	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	46 violate	nsubj
45	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	46 violate	aux
46	violate	violate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 see	conj
47	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	48 laws	det
48	laws	law	NOUN	Number=Plur	46 violate	obj
49	of	of	ADP	_	50 nature	case
50	nature	nature	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 laws	nmod
51	so	so	ADV	_	52 far	advmod
52	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	46 violate	advmod
53	as	as	SCONJ	_	55 walk	mark
54	to	to	PART	_	55 walk	mark
55	walk	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	52 far	advcl
56	in	in	ADP	_	58 ground	case
57	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	58 ground	amod
58	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 walk	obl
59	,	,	PUNCT	_	60 sinking	punct
60	sinking	sink	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	46 violate	advcl
61	up	up	ADP	_	60 sinking	compound:prt
62	to	to	ADP	_	64 ankles	case
63	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	64 ankles	det
64	ankles	ankle	NOUN	Number=Plur	60 sinking	obl
65	or	or	CCONJ	_	66 knees	cc
66	knees	knee	NOUN	Number=Plur	64 ankles	conj
67	at	at	ADP	_	69 step	case
68	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	69 step	det
69	step	step	NOUN	Number=Sing	60 sinking	obl
70	,	,	PUNCT	_	78 communicate	punct
71	and	and	CCONJ	_	78 communicate	cc
72	,	,	PUNCT	_	71 and	punct
73	finally	finally	ADV	_	78 communicate	advmod
74	--	--	PUNCT	_	73 finally	punct
75	that	that	SCONJ	_	78 communicate	mark
76	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	78 communicate	nsubj
77	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	78 communicate	aux
78	communicate	communicate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	46 violate	conj
79	with	with	ADP	_	80 each	case
80	each	each	DET	ExtPos=PRON PronType=Rcp	78 communicate	obl
81	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	80 each	fixed
82	telepathically	telepathically	ADV	_	78 communicate	advmod
83	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 see	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	see	present	12		this tales	We nsubj	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	transform	could	the wizards	this tales		into animals	tree rules
3	cast	could	wizards = wizard	a spell or curse	a enemy		vn throw-17.1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent spell=Theme on enemy=Destination
4	is a	might	tale	a Mʾdeolin			tree rules
5	violate	could	wizards = wizard	the laws of nature		far property	tree rules
6	walk	to-infinitive	wizards = wizard not said here		hard ground		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in ground=Trajectory
7	sink up	gerund	wizards = wizard not said here			to the ankles or knees; at every step	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
8	communicate	could	wizards = wizard			with each; finally, telepathically property	vn correspond-36.1 «NP V PP.co-agent PP.theme whether S»: agent=Agent with each=Co-Agent

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 3, sentence 46