Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 7, sentence 96

And when the dam was cut From where it joined the shore, There was a mighty rush, And the roar of many waters, So that the beaver dam, Which was made of giant trees Deftly fastened together, Swung full around to the westward; And yet it did not break Away from the other shore.

Who acts: dam, mighty rush, many waters · What happens: cut, join, be, make, fasten, swing around · To what, where: dam, shore, beaver dam, westward

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 (dam, mighty rush, many waters), 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	_	6 cut	cc
2	when	when	SCONJ	_	6 cut	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 dam	det
4	dam	dam	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cut	nsubj:pass
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 cut	aux:pass
6	cut	cut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	From	from	SCONJ	_	10 joined	mark
8	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	10 joined	advmod
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 joined	nsubj
10	joined	join	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 was	advcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 shore	det
12	shore	shore	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 joined	obj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 joined	punct
14	There	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	15 was	expl
15	was	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 cut	advcl
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 rush	det
17	mighty	mighty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 rush	amod
18	rush	rush	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 was	nsubj
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 roar	punct
20	And	and	CCONJ	_	22 roar	cc
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 roar	det
22	roar	roar	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cut	parataxis
23	of	of	ADP	_	25 waters	case
24	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 waters	amod
25	waters	water	NOUN	Number=Plur	22 roar	nmod
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	31 dam	punct
27	So	so	ADV	_	31 dam	advmod
28	that	that	SCONJ	_	31 dam	mark
29	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	31 dam	det
30	beaver	beaver	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 dam	compound
31	dam	dam	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 roar	conj
32	,	,	PUNCT	_	35 made	punct
33	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	35 made	nsubj:pass
34	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	35 made	aux:pass
35	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	31 dam	acl:relcl
36	of	of	ADP	_	38 trees	case
37	giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	38 trees	amod
38	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	35 made	obl
39	Deftly	deftly	ADV	_	40 fastened	advmod
40	fastened	fasten	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	35 made	advcl
41	together	together	ADV	_	40 fastened	advmod
42	,	,	PUNCT	_	43 Swung	punct
43	Swung	swing	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	35 made	conj
44	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	43 Swung	xcomp
45	around	around	ADV	_	43 Swung	advmod
46	to	to	ADP	_	48 westward	case
47	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	48 westward	det
48	westward	westward	NOUN	Number=Sing	43 Swung	obl
49	;	;	PUNCT	_	55 break	punct
50	And	and	CCONJ	_	55 break	cc
51	yet	yet	ADV	_	55 break	advmod
52	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	55 break	nsubj
53	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	55 break	aux
54	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	55 break	advmod
55	break	break	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	31 dam	conj
56	Away	away	ADV	_	55 break	advmod
57	from	from	ADP	_	60 shore	case
58	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	60 shore	det
59	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	60 shore	amod
60	shore	shore	NOUN	Number=Sing	56 Away	obl
61	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 cut	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cut	past · passive		the dam			the roar of many waters and the beaver dam parataxis	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product
2	join	past	dam	the shore				vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shore=Patient
3	be	past	a mighty rush		there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	make	past · passive		the beaver dam			of giant trees	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product
5	fasten	past					deftly, together property	vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
6	swing around	participle			the westward		around, full property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme to westward=Trajectory
7	not break away	past · do-support	dam			yet	away property	vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
8	roar		many waters					nom roar «event 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 96