Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 7, sentence 57

Then, since he could do only one thing more, The Master had recourse to sorcery And used the awful spells, and sang the songs Which raise the dead and scare the devils wild And send the witches howling to their graves, And make the forest pines bend low to earth.

Who acts: Baby, Master, songs, devils, witches, forest pines · What happens: do, have, use, sing, raise, scare · To what, where: one thing, recourse, awful spells, songs, dead, witches

This is a sentence of «Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems», Opening, part 7. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Baby, Master, songs, devils), 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	14 had	advmod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Then	punct
3	since	since	SCONJ	_	6 do	mark
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 do	nsubj
5	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 do	aux
6	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 had	advcl
7	only	only	ADV	_	8 one	advmod
8	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 thing	nummod
9	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 do	obj
10	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	6 do	advmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 do	punct
12	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Master	det
13	Master	Master	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 had	nsubj
14	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
15	recourse	recourse	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 had	obj
16	to	to	ADP	_	17 sorcery	case
17	sorcery	sorcery	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 recourse	nmod
18	And	and	CCONJ	_	19 used	cc
19	used	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 had	conj
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 spells	det
21	awful	awful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 spells	amod
22	spells	spell	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 used	obj
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 sang	punct
24	and	and	CCONJ	_	25 sang	cc
25	sang	sing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 had	conj
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 songs	det
27	songs	song	NOUN	Number=Plur	25 sang	obj
28	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	29 raise	nsubj
29	raise	raise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	27 songs	acl:relcl
30	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	31 dead	det
31	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	29 raise	obj
32	and	and	CCONJ	_	33 scare	cc
33	scare	scare	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	29 raise	conj
34	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	35 devils	det
35	devils	devil	NOUN	Number=Plur	36 wild	nsubj
36	wild	wild	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	33 scare	ccomp
37	And	and	CCONJ	_	38 send	cc
38	send	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	36 wild	conj
39	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	40 witches	det
40	witches	witch	NOUN	Number=Plur	38 send	obj
41	howling	howl	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	40 witches	acl
42	to	to	ADP	_	44 graves	case
43	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	44 graves	nmod:poss
44	graves	grave	NOUN	Number=Plur	41 howling	obl
45	,	,	PUNCT	_	47 make	punct
46	And	and	CCONJ	_	47 make	cc
47	make	make	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	29 raise	parataxis
48	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	50 pines	det
49	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	50 pines	compound
50	pines	pine	NOUN	Number=Plur	51 bend	nsubj
51	bend	bend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	47 make	ccomp
52	low	low	ADJ	Degree=Pos	51 bend	xcomp
53	to	to	ADP	_	54 earth	case
54	earth	earth	NOUN	Number=Sing	52 low	obl
55	.	.	PUNCT	_	14 had	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	do	could	Baby	one thing				vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Eventuality
2	have	past	the Master	recourse		then	to sorcery	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent recourse=Patient
3	use	past	the Master not said here	the awful spells				vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spell=Patient
4	sing speech: express	past	the Master not said here	the songs				vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location song=Theme
5	raise	present	the songs	the dead				vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dead=Theme
6	scare	infinitive	the songs not said here					tree rules
7	wild	present	the devils					tree rules
8	send	present	the devils not said here	the witches				vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent witch=Theme
9	howl	gerund	the witches not said here		devils's graves			vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to grave=Recipient
10	make	infinitive						tree rules
11	bend	present	the forest pines				low property	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 7, sentence 57