Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 4, sentence 110

This is an ancient tale of the Lord, Told ’mid the tales of the spirit time, How the Master of Beasts and Men Was born in the Sunrise land, The land of the Wabanaki; Though other traditions tell That he came from across the ocean In a great stone canoe, A barque which was all of granite, Covered with trees for masts.

Who acts: This, other traditions, That, spirit time · What happens: be, bear, tell, come, cover · To what, where: ancient tale, Master, Sunrise land, ocean, barque · 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 (This, other traditions, That, spirit time), 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	This	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 tale	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 tale	cop
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 tale	det
4	ancient	ancient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 tale	amod
5	tale	tale	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 Lord	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Lord	det
8	Lord	Lord	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 tale	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 Told	punct
10	Told	Told	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Lord	appos
11	’	'	PUNCT	_	14 tales	punct
12	mid	mid	ADJ	Degree=Pos Typo=Yes	14 tales	amod
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 tales	det
14	tales	tale	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 tale	nmod
15	of	of	ADP	_	18 time	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 time	det
17	spirit	spirit	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 time	compound
18	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 tales	nmod
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	28 born	punct
20	How	how	ADV	PronType=Int	28 born	advmod
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 Master	det
22	Master	Master	PROPN	Number=Sing	28 born	nsubj:pass
23	of	of	ADP	_	24 Beasts	case
24	Beasts	Beast	PROPN	Number=Plur	22 Master	nmod
25	and	and	CCONJ	_	26 Men	cc
26	Men	Men	PROPN	Number=Sing	22 Master	conj
27	Was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	28 born	aux:pass
28	born	bear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 tale	parataxis
29	in	in	ADP	_	32 land	case
30	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	32 land	det
31	Sunrise	sunrise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	32 land	amod
32	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 born	obl
33	,	,	PUNCT	_	35 land	punct
34	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	35 land	det
35	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 land	appos
36	of	of	ADP	_	38 Wabanaki	case
37	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	38 Wabanaki	det
38	Wabanaki	Wabanaki	PROPN	Number=Sing	35 land	nmod
39	;	;	PUNCT	_	43 tell	punct
40	Though	though	SCONJ	_	43 tell	mark
41	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	42 traditions	amod
42	traditions	tradition	NOUN	Number=Plur	43 tell	nsubj
43	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	28 born	conj
44	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	46 came	nsubj
45	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	46 came	nsubj
46	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	43 tell	ccomp
47	from	from	ADP	_	50 ocean	case
48	across	across	ADP	_	50 ocean	case
49	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	50 ocean	det
50	ocean	ocean	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 came	obl
51	In	in	ADP	_	55 canoe	case
52	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	55 canoe	det
53	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	55 canoe	amod
54	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 canoe	compound
55	canoe	canoe	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 came	obl
56	,	,	PUNCT	_	58 barque	punct
57	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	58 barque	det
58	barque	barque	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 canoe	appos
59	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	61 all	nsubj
60	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	61 all	cop
61	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	58 barque	conj
62	of	of	ADP	_	63 granite	case
63	granite	granite	NOUN	Number=Sing	61 all	nmod
64	,	,	PUNCT	_	65 Covered	punct
65	Covered	cover	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	58 barque	acl
66	with	with	ADP	_	67 trees	case
67	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	65 Covered	obl
68	for	for	ADP	_	69 masts	case
69	masts	mast	NOUN	Number=Plur	65 Covered	obl
70	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 tale	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is a	present	This	a ancient tale		of the Lord; the mid tales of the spirit time nmod	tree rules
2	bear	past · passive		the Master of Beasts and Men	the Sunrise land		vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
3	tell speech: assert	present	other traditions				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	come	past	That		the ocean	in a great stone canoe; Master nsubj	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from ocean=Initial_Location
5	cover	participle		a barque not said here		with trees; for masts	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with tree=Theme
6	tell		the spirit time				nom tale «communication intransitive»: of=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 110