Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 8, sentence 4

Kulóskap gave the names To everything on earth; He first made man and woman Bestowing on them life; He also made the winds To make the waters move; The Turtle was his uncle, Tiakēūch the Mink Was his adopted son, While Mūnŭmkwech, the Woodchuck-- She was his grandmother.

Who acts: Kulóskap, waters, Turtle, uncle, woman · What happens: give, make, bestow, move, be, adopt · To what, where: names, man, life, winds, uncle, adopted son

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 (Kulóskap, waters, Turtle, uncle), 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	Kulóskap	Kulóskap	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 gave	nsubj
2	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 names	det
4	names	name	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 gave	obj
5	To	to	ADP	_	6 everything	case
6	everything	everything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	4 names	nmod
7	on	on	ADP	_	8 earth	case
8	earth	earth	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 everything	nmod
9	;	;	PUNCT	_	12 made	punct
10	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 made	nsubj
11	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	12 made	advmod
12	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 gave	conj
13	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 made	obj
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 woman	cc
15	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 man	conj
16	Bestowing	bestow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 made	advcl
17	on	on	ADP	_	18 them	case
18	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 Bestowing	obl
19	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 Bestowing	obj
20	;	;	PUNCT	_	23 made	punct
21	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 made	nsubj
22	also	also	ADV	_	23 made	advmod
23	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 gave	conj
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 winds	det
25	winds	wind	NOUN	Number=Plur	23 made	obj
26	To	to	PART	_	27 make	mark
27	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	23 made	advcl
28	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	29 waters	det
29	waters	water	NOUN	Number=Plur	30 move	nsubj
30	move	move	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	27 make	ccomp
31	;	;	PUNCT	_	36 uncle	punct
32	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	33 Turtle	det
33	Turtle	Turtle	PROPN	Number=Sing	36 uncle	nsubj
34	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	36 uncle	cop
35	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	36 uncle	nmod:poss
36	uncle	uncle	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 son	nsubj
37	,	,	PUNCT	_	38 Tiakēūch	punct
38	Tiakēūch	Tiakēūch	PROPN	Number=Sing	36 uncle	appos
39	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	40 Mink	det
40	Mink	Mink	PROPN	Number=Sing	38 Tiakēūch	appos
41	Was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	44 son	cop
42	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	44 son	nmod:poss
43	adopted	adopt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	44 son	amod
44	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gave	iobj
45	,	,	PUNCT	_	47 Mūnŭmkwech	punct
46	While	while	SCONJ	_	47 Mūnŭmkwech	mark
47	Mūnŭmkwech	Mūnŭmkwech	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 gave	obl
48	,	,	PUNCT	_	50 Woodchuck	punct
49	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	50 Woodchuck	det
50	Woodchuck	Woodchuck	PROPN	Number=Sing	47 Mūnŭmkwech	conj
51	--	--	PUNCT	_	55 grandmother	punct
52	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	55 grandmother	nsubj
53	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	55 grandmother	cop
54	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	55 grandmother	nmod:poss
55	grandmother	grandmother	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 Mūnŭmkwech	appos
56	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 gave	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	give	past	Kulóskap	the names	to everything on earth; Mūnŭmkwech and the Woodchuck obl	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent son=Recipient name=Theme
2	make	past	Kulóskap	man and woman	first property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Product
3	bestow	gerund	Kulóskap not said here	life	on man	tree rules
4	make	past	Kulóskap	the winds		vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wind=Product
5	make	to-infinitive	Kulóskap not said here			tree rules
6	move	present	the waters			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
7	is a	past	the Turtle	Kulóskap's uncle	Kulóskap nmod:poss; Tiakēūch appos	tree rules
8	adopt	participle				vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
9	is a	past	Kulóskap's uncle	Kulóskap's adopted son	Kulóskap nmod:poss	tree rules
10	is a	past	woman	Kulóskap's grandmother	Kulóskap nmod:poss	tree rules

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 8, sentence 4