Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 4, sentence 100

Then Kulóskap was angry Yet in the rising flood He did not drown a soul, But for their arrogance Changed all to serpent form-- That of the Rattlesnake, Which crawls about the rocks, And so unto this day, Whene’er they see a man, They lift their heads and hiss; And move them up and down-- That is the way snakes dance, Shaking their rattles, too, As we do when we dance.

Who acts: Kulóskap, arrogance, Rattlesnake, Indians, That, snakes · What happens: be, rise, not drown, change, serpent, crawl · To what, where: soul, rising flood, all, form, man, heads

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 (Kulóskap, arrogance, Rattlesnake, Indians), 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	Then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 angry	advmod
2	Kulóskap	Kulóskap	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 angry	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 angry	cop
4	angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	Yet	yet	CCONJ	_	13 drown	cc
6	in	in	ADP	_	9 flood	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 flood	det
8	rising	rise	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 flood	amod
9	flood	flood	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 drown	obl
10	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 drown	nsubj
11	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 drown	aux
12	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 drown	advmod
13	drown	drown	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 angry	conj
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 soul	det
15	soul	soul	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 drown	obj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 Changed	punct
17	But	but	CCONJ	_	21 Changed	cc
18	for	for	SCONJ	_	21 Changed	mark
19	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 arrogance	nmod:poss
20	arrogance	arrogance	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 Changed	nsubj
21	Changed	change	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 angry	conj
22	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	21 Changed	obj
23	to	to	PART	_	24 serpent	mark
24	serpent	serpent	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	21 Changed	advcl
25	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 serpent	obj
26	--	--	PUNCT	_	30 Rattlesnake	punct
27	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	30 Rattlesnake	nsubj
28	of	of	ADP	_	30 Rattlesnake	case
29	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	30 Rattlesnake	det
30	Rattlesnake	Rattlesnake	PROPN	Number=Sing	21 Changed	obl
31	,	,	PUNCT	_	33 crawls	punct
32	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	33 crawls	nsubj
33	crawls	crawl	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	30 Rattlesnake	acl:relcl
34	about	about	ADP	_	36 rocks	case
35	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	36 rocks	det
36	rocks	rock	NOUN	Number=Plur	33 crawls	obl
37	,	,	PUNCT	_	46 see	punct
38	And	and	CCONJ	_	46 see	cc
39	so	so	ADV	_	46 see	advmod
40	unto	unto	ADP	_	42 day	case
41	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	42 day	det
42	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 see	obl
43	,	,	PUNCT	_	44 Whene’er	punct
44	Whene’er	whene'er	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 day	conj
45	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	46 see	nsubj
46	see	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	33 crawls	conj
47	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	48 man	det
48	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 see	obj
49	,	,	PUNCT	_	51 lift	punct
50	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	51 lift	nsubj
51	lift	lift	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	46 see	conj
52	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	53 heads	nmod:poss
53	heads	head	NOUN	Number=Plur	51 lift	obj
54	and	and	CCONJ	_	55 hiss	cc
55	hiss	hiss	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	51 lift	conj
56	;	;	PUNCT	_	58 move	punct
57	And	and	CCONJ	_	58 move	cc
58	move	move	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	4 angry	parataxis
59	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	58 move	obj
60	up	up	ADP	_	58 move	compound:prt
61	and	and	CCONJ	_	62 down	cc
62	down	down	ADV	_	60 up	conj
63	--	--	PUNCT	_	67 way	punct
64	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	67 way	nsubj
65	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	67 way	cop
66	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	67 way	det
67	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	58 move	obl:unmarked
68	snakes	snake	NOUN	Number=Plur	69 dance	nsubj
69	dance	dance	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	67 way	acl:relcl
70	,	,	PUNCT	_	71 Shaking	punct
71	Shaking	shake	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	69 dance	obl
72	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	73 rattles	nmod:poss
73	rattles	rattle	NOUN	Number=Plur	71 Shaking	obj
74	,	,	PUNCT	_	75 too	punct
75	too	too	ADV	_	71 Shaking	advmod
76	,	,	PUNCT	_	79 do	punct
77	As	as	SCONJ	_	79 do	mark
78	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	79 do	nsubj
79	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	58 move	parataxis
80	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	82 dance	advmod
81	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	82 dance	nsubj
82	dance	dance	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	79 do	advcl
83	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 angry	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	Kulóskap			then	angry property	tree rules
2	rise	gerund						vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	not drown	past · do-support	Kulóskap	a soul	the rising flood			vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent soul=Patient
4	change	past	Indians's arrogance	all			of the Rattlesnake That	vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent all=Patient
5	serpent	to-infinitive	Indians's arrogance not said here	form				tree rules
6	crawl	present	the Rattlesnake That				about the rocks	vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme about rock=Trajectory
7	see	present	Indians = indian	a man		day		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer man=Stimulus
8	lift	present	Indians = indian	Indians's heads				vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Theme
9	hiss	present	Indians = indian not said here					vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
10	move up	infinitive		Indians = indian				vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent they=Theme
11	is a	present	That	the way				tree rules
12	dance	present	snakes	the way not said here				vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location way=Theme
13	shake	gerund		Indians's rattles				vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent rattle=Patient
14	do	present	we					vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
15	dance	present	we					vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
16	rattle		Indians = indian					nom rattle «event intransitive»: poss=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 4, sentence 100