Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 6, sentence 32

Yet had they not gone far When coming round a point They saw another beast, Also of giant size, Waiting to be their death; Abúkchelû the Skunk, A thing which many dread More than a raging wolf; And he, too, had his tail Uplifted in the air; But, ere the brute could make His hideous attack, The wary gifted one Caught up his hunting spear, And, hurling it with haste, So pierced Abúkchelû, That father of the skunks, That down he fell and died.

Who acts: waves, many, As, brute, wary gifted one, hurling · What happens: not go, come, see, wait, be, dread · To what, where: Abúkchelû, point, beast, death, thing, tail

This is a sentence of «Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems», Opening, part 6. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (waves, many, As, brute), 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	Yet	yet	CCONJ	_	5 gone	cc
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 gone	aux
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 gone	nsubj
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 gone	advmod
5	gone	go	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	8 coming	advmod
7	When	when	ADV	PronType=Int	8 coming	advmod
8	coming	come	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 gone	conj
9	round	round	ADP	_	11 point	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 point	det
11	point	point	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 coming	obl
12	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 saw	nsubj
13	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 point	acl:relcl
14	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	15 beast	det
15	beast	beast	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 saw	obj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 size	punct
17	Also	also	ADV	_	20 size	advmod
18	of	of	ADP	_	20 size	case
19	giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 size	amod
20	size	size	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 coming	obl
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 Waiting	punct
22	Waiting	wait	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 coming	conj
23	to	to	PART	_	26 death	mark
24	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	26 death	cop
25	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	26 death	nmod:poss
26	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 Waiting	advcl
27	;	;	PUNCT	_	28 Abúkchelû	punct
28	Abúkchelû	Abúkchelû	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 gone	obl
29	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	30 Skunk	det
30	Skunk	Skunk	PROPN	Number=Sing	28 Abúkchelû	appos
31	,	,	PUNCT	_	33 thing	punct
32	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	33 thing	det
33	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 Skunk	appos
34	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	36 dread	obj
35	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	36 dread	nsubj
36	dread	dread	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	33 thing	acl:relcl
37	More	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	36 dread	obj
38	than	than	ADP	_	41 wolf	case
39	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	41 wolf	det
40	raging	rage	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	41 wolf	amod
41	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 More	obl
42	;	;	PUNCT	_	48 had	punct
43	And	and	CCONJ	_	48 had	cc
44	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	48 had	nsubj
45	,	,	PUNCT	_	44 he	punct
46	too	too	ADV	_	48 had	advmod
47	,	,	PUNCT	_	46 too	punct
48	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 gone	parataxis
49	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	50 tail	nmod:poss
50	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 had	obj
51	Uplifted	uplift	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	50 tail	acl
52	in	in	ADP	_	54 air	case
53	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	54 air	det
54	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	51 Uplifted	obl
55	;	;	PUNCT	_	58 ere	punct
56	But	but	CCONJ	_	58 ere	cc
57	,	,	PUNCT	_	56 But	punct
58	ere	ere	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	48 had	parataxis
59	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	60 brute	det
60	brute	brute	NOUN	Number=Sing	62 make	nsubj
61	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	62 make	aux
62	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	58 ere	ccomp
63	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	65 attack	nmod:poss
64	hideous	hideous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	65 attack	amod
65	attack	attack	NOUN	Number=Sing	62 make	obj
66	,	,	PUNCT	_	70 one	punct
67	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	70 one	det
68	wary	wary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	70 one	amod
69	gifted	gift	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	70 one	amod
70	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	65 attack	appos
71	Caught	catch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	70 one	acl
72	up	up	ADP	_	71 Caught	compound:prt
73	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	75 spear	nmod:poss
74	hunting	hunting	NOUN	Number=Sing	75 spear	compound
75	spear	spear	NOUN	Number=Sing	71 Caught	obj
76	,	,	PUNCT	_	85 pierced	punct
77	And	and	CCONJ	_	85 pierced	cc
78	,	,	PUNCT	_	79 hurling	punct
79	hurling	hurl	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	85 pierced	csubj:pass
80	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	79 hurling	obj
81	with	with	ADP	_	82 haste	case
82	haste	haste	NOUN	Number=Sing	79 hurling	obl
83	,	,	PUNCT	_	85 pierced	punct
84	So	so	ADV	_	85 pierced	advmod
85	pierced	pierce	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	58 ere	conj
86	Abúkchelû	Abúkchelû	PROPN	Number=Sing	85 pierced	obj
87	,	,	PUNCT	_	89 father	punct
88	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	89 father	det
89	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	86 Abúkchelû	appos
90	of	of	ADP	_	92 skunks	case
91	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	92 skunks	det
92	skunks	skunk	NOUN	Number=Plur	89 father	nmod
93	,	,	PUNCT	_	97 fell	punct
94	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	97 fell	nsubj
95	down	down	ADV	_	97 fell	advmod
96	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	97 fell	nsubj
97	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	86 Abúkchelû	parataxis
98	and	and	CCONJ	_	99 died	cc
99	died	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	97 fell	conj
100	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 gone	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	not go	past · perfect	waves = wave	Abúkchelû			vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	come	gerund	waves = wave not said here		a point	of giant size; far property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme round point=Initial_Location of size=Destination
3	see	past	waves = wave	another beast			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer beast=Stimulus
4	wait	gerund	waves = wave not said here				vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	is a	to-infinitive	waves = wave not said here	waves's death		waves = wave nmod:poss	tree rules
6	dread	present	many	a thing			tree rules
7	rage	gerund					vn entity_specific_modes_being-47.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
8	have	past	As	As's tail			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tail=Patient
9	uplift	participle		As's tail not said here	the air		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
10	ere	past					tree rules
11	make	could	the brute	As's hideous attack			vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset attack=Product
12	gift	participle					vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
13	catch up	participle	the wary gifted one not said here	As's hunting spear			vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spear=Theme
14	hurl	gerund		tail		with haste	vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
15	pierce	participle	hurling	Abúkchelû			vn poke-19-1 «NP V NP PP.patient»: agent=Agent abúkchelû=Instrument
16	fall	past	That			As nsubj; down property	vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
17	die	past	That not said here				vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
18	attack		As				nom attack «act transitive»: 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 6, sentence 32