Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 6, sentence 97

And the second brother, who wished To remain in peace in the land, So stays, for while his roots Are in the ground he _must_ do so; And the third, who fain would live To the end in perfect health, Unless they’ve cut him down Is standing as of yore.

Who acts: second brother, roots, man · What happens: wish, remain, stay, be, do, fain · To what, where: peace, ground, perfect health, man

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 (second brother, roots, man), 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	And	and	CCONJ	_	17 stays	cc
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 brother	det
3	second	second	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	4 brother	amod
4	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 stays	nsubj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 wished	punct
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 wished	nsubj
7	wished	wish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 brother	acl:relcl
8	To	to	PART	_	9 remain	mark
9	remain	remain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 wished	xcomp
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 peace	case
11	peace	peace	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 remain	obl
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 land	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 land	det
14	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 remain	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 stays	punct
16	So	so	ADV	_	17 stays	advmod
17	stays	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 stays	punct
19	for	for	ADP	_	26 ground	case
20	while	while	SCONJ	_	26 ground	mark
21	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	22 roots	nmod:poss
22	roots	root	NOUN	Number=Plur	26 ground	nsubj
23	Are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	26 ground	cop
24	in	in	ADP	_	26 ground	case
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 ground	det
26	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 stays	obl
27	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	31 do	nsubj
28	_	_	PUNCT	_	27 he	punct
29	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	31 do	aux
30	_	_	PUNCT	_	31 do	punct
31	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	26 ground	acl:relcl
32	so	so	ADV	_	31 do	advmod
33	;	;	PUNCT	_	36 third	punct
34	And	and	CCONJ	_	36 third	cc
35	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	36 third	det
36	third	third	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	56 standing	advmod
37	,	,	PUNCT	_	39 fain	punct
38	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	39 fain	nsubj
39	fain	fain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	36 third	parataxis
40	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	41 live	aux
41	live	live	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	39 fain	xcomp
42	To	to	ADP	_	44 end	case
43	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	44 end	det
44	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	41 live	obl
45	in	in	ADP	_	47 health	case
46	perfect	perfect	ADJ	Degree=Pos	47 health	amod
47	health	health	NOUN	Number=Sing	41 live	obl
48	,	,	PUNCT	_	51 ’ve	punct
49	Unless	unless	SCONJ	_	51 ’ve	mark
50	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	51 ’ve	nsubj
51	’ve	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	39 fain	conj
52	cut	cut	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	51 ’ve	xcomp
53	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	52 cut	obj
54	down	down	ADP	_	52 cut	compound:prt
55	Is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	56 standing	aux
56	standing	stand	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	17 stays	advcl
57	as	as	ADP	ExtPos=ADP	59 yore	case
58	of	of	ADP	_	57 as	fixed
59	yore	yore	NOUN	Number=Sing	56 standing	obl
60	.	.	PUNCT	_	17 stays	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wish	past	the second brother					vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	remain not said to happen	to-infinitive	the second brother not said here		peace		in the land	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in peace=Location
3	stay	present	the second brother					vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	is	present	man's roots				for the ground	tree rules
5	do	must	man	the ground not said here				vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ground=Eventuality
6	fain	present					who nsubj	tree rules
7	live	would			perfect health	to the end		vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in health=Location
8	have a condition, not said to happen	present	roots = root					tree rules
9	cut down	infinitive	roots = root not said here	man				vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset he=Product
10	stand	present · progressive	the second brother not said here				as yore	vn assuming_position-50 «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 6, sentence 97