Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 4, sentence 10

And then it came to pass That in the after-days Kwâbîtsis the son Of the Great Beaver, or As others tell the tale Miʿko the squirrel, or else The very devil himself Who dwelt within his heart, Tempted Malsum to slay His brother Kulóskap; For in those early days All men were wicked--all Lived but in evil deeds.

Who acts: life, others, squirrel, men · What happens: come, pass, tell, dwell, tempt, slay · To what, where: That, Kwâbîtsis, tale, squirrel, Malsum, brother · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems», Opening, part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (life, others, squirrel, 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	And	and	CCONJ	_	4 came	cc
2	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 came	advmod
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 came	nsubj
4	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 pass	mark
6	pass	pass	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	24 tell	advcl
7	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	6 pass	obj
8	in	in	ADP	_	13 Kwâbîtsis	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Kwâbîtsis	det
10	after	after	ADP	_	12 days	case
11	-	-	PUNCT	_	10 after	punct
12	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 Kwâbîtsis	obl
13	Kwâbîtsis	Kwâbîtsis	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 pass	obl
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 son	det
15	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 pass	vocative
16	Of	of	ADP	_	19 Beaver	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 Beaver	det
18	Great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 Beaver	amod
19	Beaver	Beaver	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 son	nmod
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 tell	punct
21	or	or	CCONJ	_	24 tell	cc
22	As	as	SCONJ	_	24 tell	mark
23	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	24 tell	nsubj
24	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 came	conj
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 tale	det
26	tale	tale	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 tell	obj
27	Miʿko	Miʿko	PROPN	Number=Sing	26 tale	appos
28	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	29 squirrel	det
29	squirrel	squirrel	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 tell	obj
30	,	,	PUNCT	_	35 devil	punct
31	or	or	CCONJ	_	35 devil	cc
32	else	else	ADV	_	35 devil	advmod
33	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	35 devil	det
34	very	very	ADV	_	35 devil	advmod
35	devil	devil	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 tell	parataxis
36	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	38 dwelt	nsubj
37	Who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	38 dwelt	nsubj
38	dwelt	dwell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	35 devil	acl:relcl
39	within	within	ADP	_	41 heart	case
40	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	41 heart	nmod:poss
41	heart	heart	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 dwelt	obl
42	,	,	PUNCT	_	43 Tempted	punct
43	Tempted	tempt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	38 dwelt	conj
44	Malsum	Malsum	PROPN	Number=Sing	43 Tempted	obj
45	to	to	PART	_	46 slay	mark
46	slay	slay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	43 Tempted	xcomp
47	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	48 brother	nmod:poss
48	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 slay	obj
49	Kulóskap	Kulóskap	PROPN	Number=Sing	48 brother	appos
50	;	;	PUNCT	_	59 wicked	punct
51	For	for	ADP	_	55 days	case
52	in	in	ADP	_	55 days	case
53	those	that	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	55 days	det
54	early	early	ADJ	Degree=Pos	55 days	amod
55	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	59 wicked	obl
56	All	all	DET	PronType=Tot	57 men	det
57	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	59 wicked	nsubj
58	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	59 wicked	cop
59	wicked	wicked	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 tell	parataxis
60	--	--	PUNCT	_	62 Lived	punct
61	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	62 Lived	advmod
62	Lived	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	59 wicked	parataxis
63	but	but	CCONJ	_	66 deeds	cc
64	in	in	ADP	_	66 deeds	case
65	evil	evil	ADJ	Degree=Pos	66 deeds	amod
66	deeds	deed	NOUN	Number=Plur	62 Lived	conj
67	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 came	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	past	life				then		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	pass	to-infinitive	others not said here	That		the Kwâbîtsis after days		the son of the Great Beaver vocative	vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent that=Theme in kwâbîtsis=Destination
3	tell speech: assert	present	others	the tale	the squirrel			the devil parataxis	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent tale=Recipient squirrel=Topic
4	dwell	past	squirrel					within squirrel's heart; the devil nsubj	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	tempt	past	squirrel not said here	Malsum					vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent malsum=Recipient clause=Topic
6	slay	to-infinitive	squirrel not said here	squirrel's brother					vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brother=Patient
7	is	past	all men				day	wicked property	tree rules
8	live	past						evil deeds conj	vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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 4, sentence 10