Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 6, sentence 5

Then the sorcerers stopped, Thinking that those before Were checked and at an end; When lo! their enemy In his sled shot over their heads, And over a mighty wall Of ice, as a bird might fly High above all in the air; Then, touching the ground once more, Ran with tremendous speed, First down into the vale, Then up, and ever up Upon the opposite hill Where the village stood, till it struck The wigwam of the chief, Ripping it all in two.

Who acts: sorcerers, Were, enemy, bird, village · What happens: stop, think, check, shoot, fly, touch · To what, where: those, heads, all, ground, wigwam, two

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 (sorcerers, Were, enemy, bird), 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	Then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 stopped	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 sorcerers	det
3	sorcerers	sorcerer	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 stopped	nsubj
4	stopped	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 Thinking	punct
6	Thinking	think	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 stopped	xcomp
7	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 those	mark
8	those	that	PRON	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	6 Thinking	obl
9	before	before	SCONJ	_	11 checked	mark
10	Were	Were	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 checked	nsubj
11	checked	check	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 Thinking	advcl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 end	cc
13	at	at	ADP	_	15 end	case
14	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 end	det
15	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 checked	conj
16	;	;	PUNCT	_	25 shot	punct
17	When	when	ADV	PronType=Int	25 shot	advmod
18	lo	lo	INTJ	_	21 enemy	discourse
19	!	!	PUNCT	_	18 lo	punct
20	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	21 enemy	nmod:poss
21	enemy	enemy	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 shot	nsubj
22	In	in	ADP	_	24 sled	case
23	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	24 sled	nmod:poss
24	sled	sled	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 enemy	nmod
25	shot	shoot	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 stopped	parataxis
26	over	over	ADP	_	28 heads	case
27	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	28 heads	nmod:poss
28	heads	head	NOUN	Number=Plur	25 shot	obl
29	,	,	PUNCT	_	34 wall	punct
30	And	and	CCONJ	_	34 wall	cc
31	over	over	ADP	_	34 wall	case
32	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	34 wall	det
33	mighty	mighty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	34 wall	amod
34	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 shot	obl
35	Of	of	ADP	_	36 ice	case
36	ice	ice	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 wall	nmod
37	,	,	PUNCT	_	42 fly	punct
38	as	as	SCONJ	_	42 fly	mark
39	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	40 bird	det
40	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 fly	nsubj
41	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	42 fly	aux
42	fly	fly	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	25 shot	conj
43	High	high	ADV	Degree=Pos	42 fly	advmod
44	above	above	ADP	_	45 all	case
45	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	42 fly	obl
46	in	in	ADP	_	48 air	case
47	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	48 air	det
48	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 fly	obl
49	;	;	PUNCT	_	52 touching	punct
50	Then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	52 touching	advmod
51	,	,	PUNCT	_	52 touching	punct
52	touching	touch	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 stopped	advcl
53	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	54 ground	det
54	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	52 touching	obj
55	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	56 more	advmod
56	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	52 touching	advmod
57	,	,	PUNCT	_	58 Ran	punct
58	Ran	run	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	52 touching	advcl
59	with	with	ADP	_	61 speed	case
60	tremendous	tremendous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	61 speed	amod
61	speed	speed	NOUN	Number=Sing	58 Ran	obl
62	,	,	PUNCT	_	64 down	punct
63	First	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	64 down	advmod
64	down	down	ADV	_	58 Ran	advmod
65	into	into	ADP	_	67 vale	case
66	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	67 vale	det
67	vale	vale	NOUN	Number=Sing	64 down	obl
68	,	,	PUNCT	_	70 up	punct
69	Then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	70 up	advmod
70	up	up	ADV	_	58 Ran	advmod
71	,	,	PUNCT	_	74 up	punct
72	and	and	CCONJ	_	74 up	cc
73	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	74 up	advmod
74	up	up	ADV	_	4 stopped	advmod
75	Upon	upon	ADP	_	78 hill	case
76	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	78 hill	det
77	opposite	opposite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	78 hill	amod
78	hill	hill	NOUN	Number=Sing	74 up	obl
79	Where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	82 stood	advmod
80	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	81 village	det
81	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	82 stood	nsubj
82	stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	78 hill	acl:relcl
83	,	,	PUNCT	_	86 struck	punct
84	till	till	SCONJ	_	86 struck	mark
85	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	86 struck	nsubj
86	struck	strike	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	82 stood	conj
87	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	88 wigwam	det
88	wigwam	wigwam	NOUN	Number=Sing	86 struck	obj
89	of	of	ADP	_	91 chief	case
90	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	91 chief	det
91	chief	chief	NOUN	Number=Sing	88 wigwam	nmod
92	,	,	PUNCT	_	93 Ripping	punct
93	Ripping	rip	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	86 struck	advcl
94	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	93 Ripping	obj
95	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	94 it	det
96	in	in	ADP	_	97 two	case
97	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	93 Ripping	obl
98	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 stopped	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	past	the sorcerers			then; ever		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
2	think speech: other	gerund	the sorcerers not said here	those				vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	check	past	Were			a end		vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	shoot	past	sorcerers's enemy in enemy's sled		sorcerers's heads		over a mighty wall of ice	vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent over head=Destination
5	fly	might	a bird		all		in the air; high property	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent above all=Location
6	touch	gerund	the sorcerers not said here	the ground		then		vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme ground=Co-Theme
7	run	participle	the sorcerers not said here			then	with tremendous speed; down property	vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent with speed=Material
8	stand	past	the village					vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
9	strike	past	village	the wigwam of the chief				vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wigwam=Patient
10	rip	gerund	village not said here	wigwam	two			vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient

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 5