Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 5, sentence 2

Before he came they knew not How to make nets or weapons; Then he, the Mighty Master, Showed them the hidden virtues Of plants and roots and blossoms, And all the herbs which Indians Could use for any purpose; And also every creature, Beasts, birds, and all the fishes, All things which could be eaten Or serve for joy to man.

Who acts: thing, shad, herbs · What happens: come, not know, make, show, use, eat · To what, where: creature, nets, shad, things · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems», Opening, part 5. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (thing, shad, herbs), 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	Before	before	SCONJ	_	3 came	mark
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 came	nsubj
3	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 knew	nsubj
5	knew	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 came	parataxis
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 knew	advmod
7	How	how	ADV	PronType=Int	9 make	advmod
8	to	to	PART	_	9 make	mark
9	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 knew	ccomp
10	nets	net	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 make	obj
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 weapons	cc
12	weapons	weapon	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 nets	conj
13	;	;	PUNCT	_	21 Showed	punct
14	Then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	21 Showed	advmod
15	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 Showed	nsubj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 Master	punct
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 Master	det
18	Mighty	Mighty	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 Master	compound
19	Master	Master	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 he	conj
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 Master	punct
21	Showed	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 came	conj
22	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 Showed	obj
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 virtues	det
24	hidden	hidden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 virtues	amod
25	virtues	virtue	NOUN	Number=Plur	21 Showed	obj
26	Of	of	ADP	_	27 plants	case
27	plants	plant	NOUN	Number=Plur	25 virtues	nmod
28	and	and	CCONJ	_	29 roots	cc
29	roots	root	NOUN	Number=Plur	27 plants	conj
30	and	and	CCONJ	_	31 blossoms	cc
31	blossoms	blossom	NOUN	Number=Plur	27 plants	conj
32	,	,	PUNCT	_	40 use	punct
33	And	and	CCONJ	_	40 use	cc
34	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	36 herbs	det:predet
35	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	36 herbs	det
36	herbs	herb	NOUN	Number=Plur	40 use	nsubj
37	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	38 Indians	nsubj
38	Indians	Indian	PROPN	Number=Plur	36 herbs	conj
39	Could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	40 use	aux
40	use	use	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	21 Showed	advcl
41	for	for	ADP	_	43 purpose	case
42	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	43 purpose	det
43	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 use	obl
44	;	;	PUNCT	_	48 creature	punct
45	And	and	CCONJ	_	48 creature	cc
46	also	also	ADV	_	48 creature	advmod
47	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	48 creature	det
48	creature	creature	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 came	obl
49	,	,	PUNCT	_	50 Beasts	punct
50	Beasts	beast	NOUN	Number=Plur	48 creature	conj
51	,	,	PUNCT	_	52 birds	punct
52	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	48 creature	conj
53	,	,	PUNCT	_	57 fishes	punct
54	and	and	CCONJ	_	57 fishes	cc
55	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	57 fishes	det:predet
56	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	57 fishes	det
57	fishes	fish	NOUN	Number=Plur	48 creature	conj
58	,	,	PUNCT	_	60 things	punct
59	All	all	DET	PronType=Tot	60 things	det
60	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	48 creature	conj
61	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	64 eaten	nsubj
62	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	64 eaten	aux
63	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	64 eaten	aux:pass
64	eaten	eat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	60 things	acl:relcl
65	Or	or	CCONJ	_	66 serve	cc
66	serve	serve	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	64 eaten	conj
67	for	for	ADP	_	68 joy	case
68	joy	joy	NOUN	Number=Sing	66 serve	obl
69	to	to	ADP	_	70 man	case
70	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	66 serve	obl
71	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 came	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	come	past	thing	every creature and Beasts and birds and all fishes and all things			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	not know	past	shad				vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	make	to-infinitive		nets or weapons			vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset net=Product
4	show	past	thing	shad	then	the hidden virtues of plants and roots and blossoms obj	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient virtue=Topic
5	use	could	all herbs and Indians all herbs and Indians all herbs			for any purpose	vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
6	eat	could · passive		all things			vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
7	serve	infinitive				for joy; to man	vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent for joy=Recipient

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 5, sentence 2