Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 4, sentence 58

He took the Loon for his hunter To serve him as a dog; But the Loon was often absent, Not to be found when wanted; So he took in his place two Wolves, One black, the other white; And these wild dogs are his messengers Who bear to him tidings of all.

Who acts: Kulóskap, Loon, wild dogs, messengers · What happens: take, serve, be, not find, want, bear · To what, where: Loon, Kulóskap, place, messengers, tidings

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, Loon, wild dogs, messengers), 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	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 took	nsubj
2	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Loon	det
4	Loon	Loon	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 took	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 hunter	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 hunter	nmod:poss
7	hunter	hunter	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 took	obl
8	To	to	PART	_	9 serve	mark
9	serve	serve	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 took	advcl
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 serve	obj
11	as	as	ADP	_	13 dog	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 dog	det
13	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 serve	obl
14	;	;	PUNCT	_	20 absent	punct
15	But	but	CCONJ	_	20 absent	cc
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 Loon	det
17	Loon	Loon	PROPN	Number=Sing	20 absent	nsubj
18	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 absent	cop
19	often	often	ADV	_	20 absent	advmod
20	absent	absent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 took	parataxis
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 found	punct
22	Not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	25 found	advmod
23	to	to	PART	_	25 found	mark
24	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	25 found	aux:pass
25	found	find	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	20 absent	parataxis
26	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	27 wanted	advmod
27	wanted	want	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	25 found	advcl
28	;	;	PUNCT	_	31 took	punct
29	So	so	ADV	_	31 took	advmod
30	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	31 took	nsubj
31	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 took	conj
32	in	in	ADP	_	34 place	case
33	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	34 place	nmod:poss
34	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 took	obl
35	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	36 Wolves	nummod
36	Wolves	wolf	NOUN	Number=Plur	34 place	conj
37	,	,	PUNCT	_	39 black	punct
38	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	39 black	nummod
39	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	31 took	parataxis
40	,	,	PUNCT	_	43 white	punct
41	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	43 white	det
42	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	43 white	amod
43	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	39 black	conj
44	;	;	PUNCT	_	51 messengers	punct
45	And	and	CCONJ	_	51 messengers	cc
46	these	this	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	48 dogs	det
47	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	48 dogs	amod
48	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	51 messengers	nsubj
49	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	51 messengers	cop
50	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	51 messengers	nmod:poss
51	messengers	messenger	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 took	obj
52	Who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	53 bear	nsubj
53	bear	bear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	51 messengers	acl:relcl
54	to	to	ADP	_	55 him	case
55	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	53 bear	obl
56	tidings	tiding	NOUN	Number=Plur	53 bear	obj
57	of	of	ADP	_	58 all	case
58	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	56 tidings	nmod
59	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 took	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	take	past	Kulóskap	the Loon			for Kulóskap's hunter	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent loon=Theme for hunter=Beneficiary
2	serve	to-infinitive	Kulóskap not said here	Kulóskap			as a dog	vn spend_time-104 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent he=Duration as dog=Attribute
3	is	past	the Loon				absent, often property	tree rules
4	not find	to-infinitive · passive						vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»
5	want	participle						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot
6	take	past	Kulóskap			Kulóskap's place and two Wolves		vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in place=Location
7	is a	present	this wild dogs	Kulóskap's messengers			Kulóskap nmod:poss	tree rules
8	bear	present	Kulóskap's messengers	tidings of all	Kulóskap			vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tiding=Patient

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 58