Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 5, sentence 56

Now of these two, the Badger Had set his heart on becoming A wigʾladʾmûch or fairy, Which would give him magic power While the other wished to win A very beautiful girl, The daughter of a chief, A most powerful Sagamore, Who set such cruel tasks To all who came to woo her That all who had made the trial Thus far had come to their deaths.

Who acts: Badger, wigʾladʾmûch, other, powerful Sagamore, meat · What happens: set, become, give, wish, win, come · To what, where: heart, wigʾladʾmûch, magic power, Badger, beautiful girl, such cruel tasks

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 (Badger, wigʾladʾmûch, other, powerful Sagamore), 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	9 set	advmod
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 two	case
3	these	this	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	4 two	det
4	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 set	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 two	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Badger	det
7	Badger	Badger	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 set	nsubj
8	Had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 set	aux
9	set	set	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 heart	nmod:poss
11	heart	heart	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 set	obj
12	on	on	ADP	_	13 becoming	case
13	becoming	become	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 set	advcl
14	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 wigʾladʾmûch	det
15	wigʾladʾmûch	wigʾladʾmûch	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 becoming	xcomp
16	or	or	CCONJ	_	17 fairy	cc
17	fairy	fairy	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 wigʾladʾmûch	conj
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 give	punct
19	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	21 give	nsubj
20	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	21 give	aux
21	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 wigʾladʾmûch	parataxis
22	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 give	iobj
23	magic	magic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 power	amod
24	power	power	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 give	obj
25	While	while	SCONJ	_	28 wished	mark
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 other	det
27	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	28 wished	nsubj
28	wished	wish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	21 give	advcl
29	to	to	PART	_	30 win	mark
30	win	win	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	28 wished	xcomp
31	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	34 girl	det
32	very	very	ADV	_	33 beautiful	advmod
33	beautiful	beautiful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	34 girl	amod
34	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 win	obj
35	,	,	PUNCT	_	37 daughter	punct
36	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	37 daughter	det
37	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 girl	conj
38	of	of	ADP	_	40 chief	case
39	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	40 chief	det
40	chief	chief	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 daughter	nmod
41	,	,	PUNCT	_	45 Sagamore	punct
42	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	45 Sagamore	det
43	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	44 powerful	advmod
44	powerful	powerful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	45 Sagamore	amod
45	Sagamore	Sagamore	PROPN	Number=Sing	30 win	obl
46	,	,	PUNCT	_	48 set	punct
47	Who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	48 set	nsubj
48	set	set	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	45 Sagamore	acl:relcl
49	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	51 tasks	amod
50	cruel	cruel	ADJ	Degree=Pos	51 tasks	amod
51	tasks	task	NOUN	Number=Plur	48 set	obj
52	To	to	ADP	_	53 all	case
53	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	48 set	obl
54	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	55 came	nsubj
55	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	53 all	acl:relcl
56	to	to	PART	_	57 woo	mark
57	woo	woo	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	55 came	xcomp
58	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	57 woo	obj
59	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	60 all	nsubj
60	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	57 woo	obl
61	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	63 made	nsubj
62	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	63 made	aux
63	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	60 all	acl:relcl
64	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	65 trial	det
65	trial	trial	NOUN	Number=Sing	63 made	obj
66	Thus	thus	ADV	_	67 far	advmod
67	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	69 come	advmod
68	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	69 come	aux
69	come	come	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	63 made	advcl
70	to	to	ADP	_	72 deaths	case
71	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	72 deaths	nmod:poss
72	deaths	death	NOUN	Number=Plur	69 come	obl
73	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 set	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	set	past · perfect	the Badger	Badger's heart			now	of this two	vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient heart=Result
2	become	gerund	the Badger not said here	a wigʾladʾmûch or fairy					vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
3	give	would	a wigʾladʾmûch or fairy	magic power	Badger				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient power=Theme
4	wish	past	the other						vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
5	win not said to happen	to-infinitive	the other not said here	a beautiful girl and the daughter of a chief				a powerful Sagamore obl	vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent girl=Eventuality
6	set	past	a powerful Sagamore	such cruel tasks				to all	vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient task=Result
7	come	past						who nsubj	tree rules
8	woo	to-infinitive		wolverine				all That obl	vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient
9	make	past · perfect		the trial				who nsubj	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trial=Product
10	come	past · perfect				meat's deaths		far property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to death=Initial_Location
11	die		meat						nom death «event intransitive»: poss=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 5, sentence 56