Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 5, sentence 65

But when they came to the bay There was no canoe to be seen, But not very far away, There arose a little island Of granite which was covered With pine-trees, tall and waving.

Who acts: canoes · What happens: come, see, be, cover, wave · To what, where: bay, granite

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 (canoes), 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	But	but	CCONJ	_	9 was	cc
2	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	4 came	advmod
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 came	nsubj
4	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 was	advcl
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 bay	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 bay	det
7	bay	bay	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 came	obl
8	There	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	9 was	expl
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	23 arose	cop
10	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	11 canoe	det
11	canoe	canoe	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 was	nsubj
12	to	to	PART	_	14 seen	mark
13	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	14 seen	aux:pass
14	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 canoe	acl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 arose	punct
16	But	but	CCONJ	_	23 arose	cc
17	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	19 far	advmod
18	very	very	ADV	_	19 far	advmod
19	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	23 arose	advmod
20	away	away	ADV	_	19 far	advmod
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 far	punct
22	There	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	23 arose	expl
23	arose	arise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
24	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	26 island	det
25	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	26 island	amod
26	island	island	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 arose	obj
27	Of	of	ADP	_	28 granite	case
28	granite	granite	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 island	nmod
29	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	31 covered	nsubj:pass
30	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	31 covered	aux:pass
31	covered	cover	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	28 granite	acl:relcl
32	With	with	ADP	_	35 trees	case
33	pine	pine	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 trees	compound
34	-	-	PUNCT	_	33 pine	punct
35	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	31 covered	obl
36	,	,	PUNCT	_	37 tall	punct
37	tall	tall	ADJ	Degree=Pos	35 trees	amod
38	and	and	CCONJ	_	39 waving	cc
39	waving	wave	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	37 tall	conj
40	.	.	PUNCT	_	23 arose	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	come	past	canoes = canoe		the bay		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to bay=Initial_Location
2	see	to-infinitive · passive					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»
3	is	past			there	a little island of granite obj; arise, far property	tree rules
4	cover	past · passive		granite		with pine trees	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination with tree=Theme
5	wave	gerund					vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=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 65