Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 8, sentence 16

Now the Master had a boy His faithful servitor, Nʾmokswes or the Sable; A boy of elfin kind Who played the magic flute Wherewith he could entice All birds and animals To come to him, when they Once heard its wondrous sound.

Who acts: Master, boy, birds · What happens: have, play, entice, come, hear · To what, where: boy, magic flute, birds, Master, wondrous sound

This is a sentence of «Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems», Opening, part 8. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Master, boy, birds), 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	Now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 had	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Master	det
3	Master	Master	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 had	nsubj
4	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 boy	det
6	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 had	obj
7	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 servitor	nmod:poss
8	faithful	faithful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 servitor	amod
9	servitor	servitor	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 had	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 Nʾmokswes	punct
11	Nʾmokswes	Nʾmokswes	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 servitor	appos
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	14 Sable	cc
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Sable	det
14	Sable	Sable	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 Nʾmokswes	conj
15	;	;	PUNCT	_	22 played	punct
16	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 boy	det
17	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 played	nsubj
18	of	of	ADP	_	20 kind	case
19	elfin	elfin	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 kind	amod
20	kind	kind	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 boy	nmod
21	Who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	22 played	nsubj
22	played	play	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 had	parataxis
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 flute	det
24	magic	magic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 flute	amod
25	flute	flute	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 played	obj
26	Wherewith	wherewith	ADV	PronType=Int	29 entice	advmod
27	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	29 entice	nsubj
28	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	29 entice	aux
29	entice	entice	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	25 flute	acl:relcl
30	All	all	DET	PronType=Tot	31 birds	det
31	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	29 entice	obj
32	and	and	CCONJ	_	33 animals	cc
33	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	31 birds	conj
34	To	to	PART	_	35 come	mark
35	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	29 entice	advcl
36	to	to	ADP	_	37 him	case
37	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	35 come	obl
38	,	,	PUNCT	_	42 heard	punct
39	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	42 heard	advmod
40	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	42 heard	nsubj
41	Once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	42 heard	advmod
42	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	22 played	conj
43	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	45 sound	nmod:poss
44	wondrous	wondrous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	45 sound	amod
45	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 heard	obj
46	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 had	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	the Master	a boy		now	Master's faithful servitor obj	tree rules
2	play	past	a boy of elfin kind	the magic flute			Who nsubj	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flute=Theme
3	entice	could	boy	all birds and animals			wherewith property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus bird=Experiencer
4	come	to-infinitive	boy not said here		Master			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to he=Initial_Location
5	hear	past	birds = bird	flute's wondrous sound			once property	vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer sound=Stimulus

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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The tree

Pragmatics

Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 8, sentence 16