Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 8, sentence 71

But when they do this, ’twill be Close by the Sagamore’s lodge, And that you may escape them I give you, Uncle, the power To jump twice over the roof; But if they chance to bring it To a third attempt, ’twill be A very terrible thing for you, And yet it _must_ come to pass; ‘No honey without a sting; No chase, no venison.’”

Who acts: you, I, man, chance, twill · What happens: be, escape, give, jump, chance, bring · To what, where: man, Uncle, roof, chance, terrible thing, chase

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 (you, I, man, chance), 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	But	but	CCONJ	_	10 Close	cc
2	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	4 do	advmod
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 do	nsubj
4	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 Close	aux
5	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 do	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 do	punct
7	’	'	PUNCT	_	4 do	punct
8	twill	twill	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 do	obl:unmarked
9	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 Close	cop
10	Close	close	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
11	by	by	ADP	_	15 lodge	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Sagamore	det
13	Sagamore	Sagamore	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 lodge	nmod:poss
14	’s	's	PART	_	13 Sagamore	case
15	lodge	lodge	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 Close	obl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 escape	punct
17	And	and	CCONJ	_	21 escape	cc
18	that	that	SCONJ	_	21 escape	mark
19	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	21 escape	nsubj
20	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	21 escape	aux
21	escape	escape	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 Close	conj
22	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 escape	obj
23	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	24 give	nsubj
24	give	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	21 escape	advcl
25	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	24 give	iobj
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 Uncle	punct
27	Uncle	Uncle	PROPN	Number=Sing	24 give	iobj
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	30 power	punct
29	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	30 power	det
30	power	power	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 Uncle	appos
31	To	to	PART	_	32 jump	mark
32	jump	jump	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	30 power	acl
33	twice	twice	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	32 jump	advmod
34	over	over	ADP	_	36 roof	case
35	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	36 roof	det
36	roof	roof	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 jump	obl
37	;	;	PUNCT	_	66 come	punct
38	But	but	CCONJ	_	66 come	cc
39	if	if	SCONJ	_	41 chance	mark
40	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	41 chance	nsubj
41	chance	chance	NOUN	Number=Sing	66 come	nsubj
42	to	to	PART	_	43 bring	mark
43	bring	bring	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	41 chance	acl
44	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	43 bring	obj
45	To	to	ADP	_	48 attempt	case
46	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	48 attempt	det
47	third	third	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	48 attempt	amod
48	attempt	attempt	NOUN	Number=Sing	56 thing	obl
49	,	,	PUNCT	_	48 attempt	punct
50	’	'	PUNCT	_	48 attempt	punct
51	twill	twill	NOUN	Number=Sing	56 thing	nsubj
52	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	56 thing	cop
53	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	56 thing	det
54	very	very	ADV	_	55 terrible	advmod
55	terrible	terrible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	56 thing	amod
56	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	43 bring	obj
57	for	for	ADP	_	58 you	case
58	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	56 thing	nmod
59	,	,	PUNCT	_	66 come	punct
60	And	and	CCONJ	_	66 come	cc
61	yet	yet	ADV	_	66 come	advmod
62	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	61 yet	nsubj
63	_	_	PUNCT	_	61 yet	punct
64	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	66 come	aux
65	_	_	PUNCT	_	66 come	punct
66	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 Close	conj
67	to	to	PART	_	68 pass	mark
68	pass	pass	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	66 come	xcomp
69	;	;	PUNCT	_	72 honey	punct
70	‘	'	PUNCT	_	72 honey	punct
71	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	72 honey	det
72	honey	honey	NOUN	Number=Sing	68 pass	obj
73	without	without	ADP	_	75 sting	case
74	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	75 sting	det
75	sting	sting	NOUN	Number=Sing	68 pass	obl
76	;	;	PUNCT	_	78 chase	punct
77	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	78 chase	det
78	chase	chase	NOUN	Number=Sing	66 come	obl
79	,	,	PUNCT	_	81 venison	punct
80	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	81 venison	det
81	venison	venison	NOUN	Number=Sing	78 chase	appos
82	.	.	PUNCT	_	81 venison	punct
83	’	'	PUNCT	_	81 venison	punct
84	”	"	PUNCT	_	81 venison	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present · do-support						by the Sagamore's lodge; close property	tree rules
2	escape	may	you	man					vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme they=Initial_Location
3	give	present	I		Uncle			you iobj	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient uncle=Theme
4	jump	to-infinitive	I not said here			the roof		twice property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over roof=Trajectory
5	chance a condition, not said to happen		man						tree rules
6	bring	to-infinitive	chance not said here	chance					vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent it=Theme
7	is a	infinitive	twill	a terrible thing				to a third attempt; for you	tree rules
8	come	must	chance	no chase			yet		tree rules
9	pass	to-infinitive	chance not said here	no honey				without a sting	vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme honey=Trajectory

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 71