Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 4, sentence 114

Now at that time, Miʿko, The Squirrel, was as great, Or, some say, far more great Than even the Northern Bear; So the Lord Kulóskap Took Miʿko ’neath his hands, And softly smoothed him down; And as he felt the touch Miʿko grew less and less, And dwindled until he Was what we see him now.

Who acts: some, Lord Kulóskap, Kulóskap, touch, Miʿko, we · What happens: be, say, take, smooth down, feel, grow · To what, where: great Than, Miʿko, Kulóskap · 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 (some, Lord Kulóskap, Kulóskap, touch), 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	Now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	13 great	advmod
2	at	at	ADP	_	4 time	case
3	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 time	det
4	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 great	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 Miʿko	punct
6	Miʿko	Miʿko	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 time	appos
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 Squirrel	punct
8	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Squirrel	det
9	Squirrel	Squirrel	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Miʿko	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 time	punct
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 great	cop
12	as	as	ADP	_	13 great	case
13	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 say	punct
15	Or	or	CCONJ	_	18 say	cc
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 Or	punct
17	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	18 say	nsubj
18	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 great	conj
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 Than	punct
20	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	21 more	advmod
21	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	22 great	advmod
22	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 Than	amod
23	Than	Than	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 say	obj
24	even	even	ADV	_	27 Bear	advmod
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 Bear	det
26	Northern	northern	ADJ	Degree=Pos	27 Bear	amod
27	Bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 Than	nmod
28	;	;	PUNCT	_	33 Took	punct
29	So	so	ADV	_	33 Took	advmod
30	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	32 Kulóskap	det
31	Lord	Lord	PROPN	Number=Sing	32 Kulóskap	compound
32	Kulóskap	Kulóskap	PROPN	Number=Sing	33 Took	nsubj
33	Took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 great	acl:relcl
34	Miʿko	Miʿko	PROPN	Number=Sing	33 Took	obj
35	’	's	PART	_	34 Miʿko	case
36	neath	neath	ADP	_	38 hands	case
37	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	38 hands	nmod:poss
38	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	33 Took	obl
39	,	,	PUNCT	_	42 smoothed	punct
40	And	and	CCONJ	_	42 smoothed	cc
41	softly	softly	ADV	_	42 smoothed	advmod
42	smoothed	smooth	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	33 Took	conj
43	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	42 smoothed	obj
44	down	down	ADP	_	42 smoothed	compound:prt
45	;	;	PUNCT	_	49 felt	punct
46	And	and	CCONJ	_	49 felt	cc
47	as	as	SCONJ	_	49 felt	mark
48	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	49 felt	nsubj
49	felt	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	33 Took	conj
50	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	51 touch	det
51	touch	touch	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 grew	nsubj
52	Miʿko	Miʿko	PROPN	Number=Sing	53 grew	nsubj
53	grew	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	49 felt	ccomp
54	less	less	ADV	Degree=Cmp	53 grew	advmod
55	and	and	CCONJ	_	56 less	cc
56	less	less	ADV	Degree=Cmp	54 less	conj
57	,	,	PUNCT	_	59 dwindled	punct
58	And	and	CCONJ	_	59 dwindled	cc
59	dwindled	dwindle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	53 grew	conj
60	until	until	SCONJ	_	63 what	mark
61	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	63 what	nsubj
62	Was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	63 what	cop
63	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	59 dwindled	obj
64	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	65 see	nsubj
65	see	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	63 what	acl:relcl
66	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	65 see	obj
67	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	65 see	advmod
68	.	.	PUNCT	_	13 great	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	is	past				now; time	great property	tree rules
2	say speech: assert	present	some	great Than the Northern Bear				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent than=Topic
3	take	past	the Lord Kulóskap		Miʿko		neath Kulóskap's hands	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument miʿko=Destination
4	smooth down	past	the Lord Kulóskap not said here	Kulóskap			softly property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent he=Patient
5	feel	past	Kulóskap					vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
6	grow	past	the touch				Miʿko nsubj; less property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
7	dwindle	past	the touch not said here					vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
8	is a	past	Miʿko					tree rules
9	see	present	we	Miʿko		now		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus

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 114