Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 3, sentence 59

I can only look upon this feature as a highly interesting relic from very primitive times, when it was probably not unusual to devour the aged, perhaps for a double purpose: both to get rid of them, as was the case until recently among the islanders of Tierra del Fuego, and also, perhaps, to absorb sacramentally into the living members of the family the essence of the dead parent, whose soul is thus prevented from becoming entirely extinct.

Who acts: I, it, both · What happens: look, not be, devour, get, be, absorb · To what, where: aged, living members, soul

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 (I, it, both), 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 look	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 look	aux
3	only	only	ADV	_	4 look	advmod
4	look	look	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	7 feature	case
6	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	7 feature	det
7	feature	feature	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 look	obl
8	as	as	ADP	_	12 relic	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 relic	det
10	highly	highly	ADV	_	11 interesting	advmod
11	interesting	interesting	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 relic	amod
12	relic	relic	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 look	obl
13	from	from	ADP	_	16 times	case
14	very	very	ADV	_	15 primitive	advmod
15	primitive	primitive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 times	amod
16	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 look	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 unusual	punct
18	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	23 unusual	advmod
19	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 unusual	nsubj
20	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	23 unusual	cop
21	probably	probably	ADV	_	23 unusual	advmod
22	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	23 unusual	advmod
23	unusual	unusual	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 times	conj
24	to	to	PART	_	25 devour	mark
25	devour	devour	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	23 unusual	csubj
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 aged	det
27	aged	aged	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 devour	obj
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	33 purpose	punct
29	perhaps	perhaps	ADV	_	33 purpose	advmod
30	for	for	ADP	_	33 purpose	case
31	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	33 purpose	det
32	double	double	ADJ	Degree=Pos	33 purpose	amod
33	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 devour	obl
34	:	:	PUNCT	_	37 get	punct
35	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	37 get	nsubj
36	to	to	PART	_	37 get	mark
37	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 look	parataxis
38	rid	rid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	37 get	xcomp
39	of	of	ADP	_	40 them	case
40	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	38 rid	obl
41	,	,	PUNCT	_	45 case	punct
42	as	as	ADP	_	45 case	case
43	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	45 case	cop
44	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	45 case	det
45	case	case	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 get	obl
46	until	until	ADP	_	47 recently	case
47	recently	recently	ADV	_	37 get	advmod
48	among	among	ADP	_	50 islanders	case
49	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	50 islanders	det
50	islanders	islander	NOUN	Number=Plur	47 recently	obl
51	of	of	ADP	_	54 Fuego	case
52	Tierra	Tierra	PROPN	Number=Sing	54 Fuego	nmod:poss
53	del	del	PART	_	52 Tierra	case
54	Fuego	Fuego	PROPN	Number=Sing	50 islanders	nmod
55	,	,	PUNCT	_	62 absorb	punct
56	and	and	CCONJ	_	62 absorb	cc
57	also	also	ADV	_	62 absorb	advmod
58	,	,	PUNCT	_	59 perhaps	punct
59	perhaps	perhaps	ADV	_	62 absorb	advmod
60	,	,	PUNCT	_	62 absorb	punct
61	to	to	PART	_	62 absorb	mark
62	absorb	absorb	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	37 get	conj
63	sacramentally	sacramentally	ADV	_	62 absorb	advmod
64	into	into	ADP	_	67 members	case
65	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	67 members	det
66	living	living	NOUN	Number=Sing	67 members	compound
67	members	member	NOUN	Number=Plur	62 absorb	obl
68	of	of	ADP	_	70 family	case
69	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	70 family	det
70	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	67 members	nmod
71	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	72 essence	det
72	essence	essence	NOUN	Number=Sing	70 family	conj
73	of	of	ADP	_	76 parent	case
74	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	76 parent	det
75	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	76 parent	amod
76	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	72 essence	nmod
77	,	,	PUNCT	_	82 prevented	punct
78	whose	whose	PRON	Poss=Yes PronType=Rel	79 soul	nmod:poss
79	soul	soul	NOUN	Number=Sing	82 prevented	nsubj
80	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	82 prevented	aux:pass
81	thus	thus	ADV	_	82 prevented	advmod
82	prevented	prevent	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	76 parent	acl:relcl
83	from	from	SCONJ	_	84 becoming	mark
84	becoming	become	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	82 prevented	advcl
85	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	86 extinct	advmod
86	extinct	extinct	ADJ	Degree=Pos	84 becoming	xcomp
87	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 look	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	can	I			time	upon this feature; as a interesting relic	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent upon feature=Theme
2	not is	past	it				probably, unusual property	tree rules
3	devour	to-infinitive		the aged			for a double purpose	vn devour-39.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent aged=Patient
4	get	to-infinitive	both				recently, rid property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
5	is	past					as the case	tree rules
6	absorb	to-infinitive	both not said here		the living members of the family and the essence of the dead parent		perhaps, sacramentally property	vn absorb-39.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Goal
7	prevent	present · passive		soul			thus property	vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
8	become	gerund					extinct property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=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 3, sentence 59