Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 7, sentence 77

Then the Master taught them a cry, A strange long cry like the howl Of a dog when he calls to the moon, Or when, far away in the forest, He seeks to find his master; And told them when they required him To utter this long strange cry.

Who acts: Master, LOONS, this, dog · What happens: teach, call, seek, find, tell, require · To what, where: cry, LOONS, moon, master · Speech: someone speaks here

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 (Master, LOONS, this, dog), 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 taught	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Master	det
3	Master	Master	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 taught	nsubj
4	taught	teach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 taught	obj
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 cry	det
7	cry	cry	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 taught	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 cry	punct
9	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 cry	det
10	strange	strange	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 cry	amod
11	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 cry	amod
12	cry	cry	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cry	conj
13	like	like	ADP	_	15 howl	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 howl	det
15	howl	howl	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 cry	nmod
16	Of	of	ADP	_	18 dog	case
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 dog	det
18	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 howl	nmod
19	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	21 calls	advmod
20	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 calls	nsubj
21	calls	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 taught	parataxis
22	to	to	ADP	_	24 moon	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 moon	det
24	moon	moon	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 calls	obl
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	30 away	punct
26	Or	or	CCONJ	_	30 away	cc
27	when	when	SCONJ	_	30 away	mark
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	30 away	punct
29	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	30 away	advmod
30	away	away	ADV	_	21 calls	advmod
31	in	in	ADP	_	33 forest	case
32	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	33 forest	det
33	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 away	obl
34	,	,	PUNCT	_	36 seeks	punct
35	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	36 seeks	nsubj
36	seeks	seek	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	21 calls	conj
37	to	to	PART	_	38 find	mark
38	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	36 seeks	xcomp
39	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	40 master	nmod:poss
40	master	master	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 find	obj
41	;	;	PUNCT	_	43 told	punct
42	And	and	CCONJ	_	43 told	cc
43	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 taught	conj
44	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	43 told	iobj
45	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	47 required	advmod
46	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	47 required	nsubj
47	required	require	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	43 told	ccomp
48	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	47 required	obj
49	To	to	PART	_	50 utter	mark
50	utter	utter	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	47 required	xcomp
51	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	54 cry	nsubj
52	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	54 cry	amod
53	strange	strange	ADJ	Degree=Pos	54 cry	amod
54	cry	cry	NOUN	Number=Sing	50 utter	ccomp
55	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 taught	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	teach speech: other	past	the Master	a cry and a strange long cry like the howl of a dog	LOONS = loon	then		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient cry=Topic
2	call	present	Master		the moon		away property	vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to moon=Recipient
3	seek	present	Master					tree rules
4	find not said to happen	to-infinitive	Master not said here	Master's master				vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent master=Topic
5	tell speech: assert	past	the Master not said here		LOONS = loon			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic
6	require	past	LOONS = loon	Master				vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
7	utter speech: other	to-infinitive	LOONS = loon not said here					vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
8	cry speech: express		this					tree rules
9	howl		a dog					nom howl «communication 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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Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 7, sentence 77