Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 5, sentence 61

Now to seek the beautiful girl It was needful that the lover Should sail far over the sea; And during this adventure The Būʾūin or magician Was charged to take all care Of Kâktugwââs, the Thunder; And therefore he begged the Master To lend him his canoe, To which Kulóskap answered, “I will gladly lend it to thee If thou’lt honestly return it When thou needest it no more.

Who acts: bade, lover, Was, Kulóskap, thou, Kâktugwââs · What happens: seek, be, sail, charge, take, beg · To what, where: beautiful girl, sea, Būʾūin, care, Master, canoe · 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 (bade, lover, Was, Kulóskap), 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	3 seek	advmod
2	to	to	PART	_	3 seek	mark
3	seek	seek	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 girl	det
5	beautiful	beautiful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 girl	amod
6	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 seek	obj
7	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 needful	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 needful	cop
9	needful	needful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 seek	parataxis
10	that	that	SCONJ	_	14 sail	mark
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 lover	det
12	lover	lover	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 sail	nsubj
13	Should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 sail	aux
14	sail	sail	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 needful	advcl
15	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	14 sail	advmod
16	over	over	ADP	_	18 sea	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 sea	det
18	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 sail	obl
19	;	;	PUNCT	_	29 charged	punct
20	And	and	CCONJ	_	29 charged	cc
21	during	during	ADP	_	23 adventure	case
22	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	23 adventure	det
23	adventure	adventure	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 charged	obl
24	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 Būʾūin	det
25	Būʾūin	Būʾūin	PROPN	Number=Sing	29 charged	nsubj:pass
26	or	or	CCONJ	_	27 magician	cc
27	magician	magician	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 Būʾūin	conj
28	Was	Was	PROPN	Number=Sing	29 charged	nsubj:pass
29	charged	charge	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 seek	parataxis
30	to	to	PART	_	31 take	mark
31	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	29 charged	advcl
32	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	33 care	det
33	care	care	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 take	obj
34	Of	of	ADP	_	35 Kâktugwââs	case
35	Kâktugwââs	Kâktugwââs	PROPN	Number=Sing	33 care	nmod
36	,	,	PUNCT	_	38 Thunder	punct
37	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	38 Thunder	det
38	Thunder	Thunder	PROPN	Number=Sing	35 Kâktugwââs	appos
39	;	;	PUNCT	_	43 begged	punct
40	And	and	CCONJ	_	43 begged	cc
41	therefore	therefore	ADV	_	43 begged	advmod
42	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	43 begged	nsubj
43	begged	beg	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 seek	conj
44	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	45 Master	det
45	Master	master	NOUN	Number=Sing	43 begged	obj
46	To	to	PART	_	47 lend	mark
47	lend	lend	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	43 begged	ccomp
48	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	47 lend	obj
49	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	50 canoe	nmod:poss
50	canoe	canoe	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 lend	obj
51	,	,	PUNCT	_	55 answered	punct
52	To	to	ADP	_	53 which	case
53	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	55 answered	obl
54	Kulóskap	Kulóskap	PROPN	Number=Sing	55 answered	nsubj
55	answered	answer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 seek	parataxis
56	,	,	PUNCT	_	61 lend	punct
57	“	"	PUNCT	_	61 lend	punct
58	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	61 lend	nsubj
59	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	61 lend	aux
60	gladly	gladly	ADV	_	61 lend	advmod
61	lend	lend	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	55 answered	ccomp
62	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	61 lend	obj
63	to	to	ADP	_	64 thee	case
64	thee	thou	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	61 lend	obl
65	If	if	SCONJ	_	68 return	mark
66	thou’lt	thou'lt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	68 return	amod
67	honestly	honestly	ADV	_	66 thou’lt	advmod
68	return	return	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	61 lend	conj
69	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	68 return	obj
70	When	when	ADV	PronType=Int	72 needest	advmod
71	thou	thou	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	72 needest	nsubj
72	needest	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	68 return	advcl
73	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	72 needest	obj
74	no	no	ADV	_	75 more	advmod
75	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	72 needest	obj
76	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 seek	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	seek	to-infinitive		the beautiful girl			now		vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent girl=Theme
2	is	past	bade					needful property	tree rules
3	sail	should	the lover			the sea		far property	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent over sea=Trajectory
4	charge	participle · passive		the Būʾūin or magician			during this adventure	Was nsubj:pass	vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme
5	take	to-infinitive		all care of Kâktugwââs					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent care=Theme
6	beg speech: request	past	Was	the Master				therefore property	vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent master=Recipient clause=Topic
7	lend not said to happen	to-infinitive		Master's canoe	Master				vn give-13.1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient canoe=Theme
8	answer speech: assert	past	Kulóskap					which obl	tree rules
9	lend in a quote	future	Kulóskap	bade	thee			gladly property	vn give-13.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to thou=Recipient
10	thou'lt in a quote	participle						honestly property	tree rules
11	return a condition, not said to happen, in a quote	present	Kulóskap not said here	bade					vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
12	need in a quote	present	thou	bade					tree rules
13	care		Kâktugwââs						nom care «act intransitive»: of=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 61