Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 4, sentence 111

When the great Lord of All, The Chief of Beasts and Men, Descended from this ark, He went into the land Of the Wabanaki, The children of the Light; And calling all the Beasts Gave unto each a name: Unto the Bear, Mūūin; And as he gave it, asked: “Oh Bear, what would’st thou do, If thou should’st meet a man?”

Who acts: great Lord, Lord, Beasts, thou, should’st · What happens: descend, go, call, give, ask, do · To what, where: ark, land, Bear, man · 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 (great Lord, Lord, Beasts, thou), 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	When	when	SCONJ	_	15 Descended	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Lord	det
3	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 Lord	amod
4	Lord	Lord	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 Descended	nsubj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 All	case
6	All	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 Lord	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 Chief	punct
8	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Chief	det
9	Chief	Chief	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 Lord	conj
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 Beasts	case
11	Beasts	Beast	PROPN	Number=Plur	9 Chief	nmod
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 Men	cc
13	Men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 Lord	conj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 Descended	punct
15	Descended	descend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	21 went	advcl
16	from	from	ADP	_	18 ark	case
17	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	18 ark	det
18	ark	ark	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 Descended	obl
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 Descended	punct
20	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 went	nsubj
21	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
22	into	into	ADP	_	24 land	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 land	det
24	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 went	obl
25	Of	of	ADP	_	27 Wabanaki	case
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 Wabanaki	det
27	Wabanaki	Wabanaki	PROPN	Number=Sing	24 land	nmod
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	30 children	punct
29	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	30 children	det
30	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	27 Wabanaki	appos
31	of	of	ADP	_	33 Light	case
32	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	33 Light	det
33	Light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 children	nmod
34	;	;	PUNCT	_	36 calling	punct
35	And	and	CCONJ	_	36 calling	cc
36	calling	call	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	21 went	advcl
37	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	39 Beasts	det:predet
38	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	39 Beasts	det
39	Beasts	beast	NOUN	Number=Plur	40 Gave	nsubj
40	Gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	36 calling	acl:relcl
41	unto	unto	ADP	_	44 name	case
42	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	44 name	det
43	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	44 name	det
44	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 Gave	obl
45	:	:	PUNCT	_	48 Bear	punct
46	Unto	unto	ADP	_	48 Bear	case
47	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	48 Bear	det
48	Bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 calling	xcomp
49	,	,	PUNCT	_	50 Mūūin	punct
50	Mūūin	Mūūin	PROPN	Number=Sing	48 Bear	appos
51	;	;	PUNCT	_	55 gave	punct
52	And	and	CCONJ	_	55 gave	cc
53	as	as	SCONJ	_	55 gave	mark
54	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	55 gave	nsubj
55	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	21 went	conj
56	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	55 gave	obj
57	,	,	PUNCT	_	58 asked	punct
58	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	55 gave	conj
59	:	:	PUNCT	_	65 would’st	punct
60	“	"	PUNCT	_	65 would’st	punct
61	Oh	oh	INTJ	_	62 Bear	discourse
62	Bear	Bear	PROPN	Number=Sing	65 would’st	nsubj
63	,	,	PUNCT	_	65 would’st	punct
64	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	65 would’st	obj
65	would’st	would'	ADJ	Degree=Sup	58 asked	ccomp
66	thou	thou	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	67 do	nsubj
67	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	65 would’st	acl:relcl
68	,	,	PUNCT	_	72 meet	punct
69	If	if	SCONJ	_	72 meet	mark
70	thou	thou	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	71 should’st	nsubj
71	should’st	should'	ADJ	Degree=Sup	72 meet	nsubj
72	meet	meet	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	55 gave	parataxis
73	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	74 man	det
74	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	72 meet	obj
75	?	?	PUNCT	_	72 meet	punct
76	”	"	PUNCT	_	72 meet	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	descend	participle	the great Lord of All and the Chief of Beasts and Men		this ark		vn meander-47.7-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from ark=Location
2	go	past	Lord		the land of the Wabanaki		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into land=Initial_Location
3	call	gerund	Lord not said here	the Bear			vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	give	past	all Beasts			unto each name	vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient
5	give	past	Lord	land			tree rules
6	ask speech: ask	past	Lord not said here				vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
7	do in a quote	present	thou				vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
8	meet a condition, not said to happen, in a quote	infinitive	should’st thou	a man			vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=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 4, sentence 111