Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 5, sentence 76

While he was doing this, He rested his head for an instant On the over-arching log, When, with a blow of his hatchet The Indian severed the neck; Then, taking the head by one Of its shining yellow horns, He bore it to his friend Who gave it in the morning Unto the chief, who said: “This time I fear indeed, That I must lose my child, Yet thou hast more to do.”

Who acts: Thunder, blow, head, friend, chief, That · What happens: do, rest, sever, take, shine, bear · To what, where: this, head, over-arching log, neck, yellow horns, child · 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 (Thunder, blow, head, friend), 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	While	while	SCONJ	_	4 doing	mark
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 doing	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 doing	aux
4	doing	do	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 rested	advcl
5	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 doing	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 doing	punct
7	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 rested	nsubj
8	rested	rest	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 head	nmod:poss
10	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 rested	obj
11	for	for	ADP	_	13 instant	case
12	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 instant	det
13	instant	instant	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 rested	obl
14	On	on	ADP	_	17 log	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 log	det
16	over-arching	over-arching	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 log	amod
17	log	log	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 rested	obl
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	29 severed	punct
19	When	when	ADV	PronType=Int	29 severed	advmod
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 blow	punct
21	with	with	ADP	_	23 blow	case
22	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	23 blow	det
23	blow	blow	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 severed	nsubj
24	of	of	ADP	_	26 hatchet	case
25	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	26 hatchet	nmod:poss
26	hatchet	hatchet	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 blow	nmod
27	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 Indian	det
28	Indian	Indian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	29 severed	nsubj
29	severed	sever	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 rested	conj
30	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	31 neck	det
31	neck	neck	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 severed	obj
32	;	;	PUNCT	_	33 Then	punct
33	Then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	29 severed	advmod
34	,	,	PUNCT	_	35 taking	punct
35	taking	take	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	29 severed	advcl
36	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	37 head	det
37	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 taking	obj
38	by	by	ADP	_	39 one	case
39	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	35 taking	obj
40	Of	of	SCONJ	_	42 shining	mark
41	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	42 shining	nsubj
42	shining	shine	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	39 one	advcl
43	yellow	yellow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	44 horns	amod
44	horns	horn	NOUN	Number=Plur	42 shining	obj
45	,	,	PUNCT	_	47 bore	punct
46	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	47 bore	nsubj
47	bore	bear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 rested	conj
48	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	47 bore	obj
49	to	to	ADP	_	51 friend	case
50	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	51 friend	nmod:poss
51	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 bore	obl
52	Who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	53 gave	nsubj
53	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	51 friend	acl:relcl
54	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	53 gave	obj
55	in	in	ADP	_	57 morning	case
56	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	57 morning	det
57	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 gave	obl
58	Unto	unto	ADP	_	60 chief	case
59	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	60 chief	det
60	chief	chief	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 gave	obl
61	,	,	PUNCT	_	63 said	punct
62	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	63 said	nsubj
63	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	60 chief	acl:relcl
64	:	:	PUNCT	_	69 fear	punct
65	“	"	PUNCT	_	69 fear	punct
66	This	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	67 time	det
67	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	69 fear	obl:unmarked
68	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	69 fear	nsubj
69	fear	fear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	63 said	ccomp
70	indeed	indeed	ADV	_	69 fear	advmod
71	,	,	PUNCT	_	75 lose	punct
72	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	75 lose	nsubj
73	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	75 lose	nsubj
74	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	75 lose	aux
75	lose	lose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	69 fear	conj
76	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	77 child	nmod:poss
77	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	75 lose	obj
78	,	,	PUNCT	_	81 hast	punct
79	Yet	yet	CCONJ	_	81 hast	cc
80	thou	thou	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	81 hast	nsubj
81	hast	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 rested	conj
82	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	81 hast	obj
83	to	to	PART	_	84 do	mark
84	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	82 more	acl
85	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 rested	punct
86	”	"	PUNCT	_	8 rested	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past · progressive	Thunder	this				vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent this=Eventuality
2	rest	past	Thunder	Thunder's head	the over-arching log		for a instant	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent head=Theme on log=Location
3	sever	past	a blow of Thunder's hatchet	the neck		then		vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent neck=Theme
4	take	gerund	a blow of Thunder's hatchet not said here	the head			one obj	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument head=Theme one=Destination
5	shine	gerund	head	yellow horns				vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent horn=Theme
6	bear	past	Thunder	head			to Thunder's friend	vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient
7	give	past	Thunder's friend	head		morning	unto the chief	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
8	say speech: assert	past	the chief					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
9	fear in a quote	present	the chief = chief			time	indeed property	vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
10	lose in a quote	must	That	my child			I nsubj	vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Eventuality
11	have in a quote	present	thou	more				vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent more=Patient
12	do in a quote	to-infinitive						vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
13	blow		Thunder's hatchet					nom blow «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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