Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 8, sentence 85

Then he bade farewell to the Turtle, And they built up a blazing fire And threw him at once into it; Wherein, being very lazy, He turned over and went to sleep, And when the fire burned low He called for more wood to rebuild it Because it was bitterly cold.

Who acts: foe, bade, fire · What happens: bade, build up, blaze, throw, be, turn over · To what, where: blazing fire, bade, fire, sleep · Speech: someone speaks here

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 (foe, bade, fire), 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	3 bade	advmod
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 bade	nsubj
3	bade	bade	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 built	nsubj
4	farewell	farewell	ADV	_	7 Turtle	advmod
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 Turtle	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Turtle	det
7	Turtle	Turtle	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 bade	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 built	punct
9	And	and	CCONJ	_	11 built	cc
10	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 built	nsubj
11	built	build	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	up	up	ADP	_	11 built	compound:prt
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 fire	det
14	blazing	blaze	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	15 fire	amod
15	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 built	obj
16	And	and	CCONJ	_	17 threw	cc
17	threw	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 built	conj
18	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 threw	obj
19	at	at	ADP	_	20 once	case
20	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	17 threw	obl
21	into	into	ADP	_	22 it	case
22	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 threw	obl
23	;	;	PUNCT	_	28 lazy	punct
24	Wherein	wherein	ADV	PronType=Int	28 lazy	advmod
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	28 lazy	punct
26	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	28 lazy	cop
27	very	very	ADV	_	28 lazy	advmod
28	lazy	lazy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 built	parataxis
29	,	,	PUNCT	_	31 turned	punct
30	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	31 turned	nsubj
31	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	28 lazy	parataxis
32	over	over	ADP	_	31 turned	compound:prt
33	and	and	CCONJ	_	34 went	cc
34	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	31 turned	conj
35	to	to	ADP	_	36 sleep	case
36	sleep	sleep	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 went	obl
37	,	,	PUNCT	_	45 called	punct
38	And	and	CCONJ	_	45 called	cc
39	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	42 burned	advmod
40	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	41 fire	det
41	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 burned	nsubj
42	burned	burn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	45 called	advcl
43	low	low	ADV	Degree=Pos	42 burned	advmod
44	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	45 called	nsubj
45	called	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	31 turned	conj
46	for	for	ADP	_	48 wood	case
47	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	48 wood	amod
48	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 called	obl
49	to	to	PART	_	50 rebuild	mark
50	rebuild	rebuild	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	45 called	advcl
51	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	50 rebuild	obj
52	Because	because	SCONJ	_	56 cold	mark
53	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	56 cold	nsubj
54	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	56 cold	cop
55	bitterly	bitterly	ADV	_	56 cold	advmod
56	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	50 rebuild	advcl
57	.	.	PUNCT	_	11 built	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bade		foe			then	to the Turtle	tree rules
2	build up	past	bade	a blazing fire			waters = water nsubj	vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Causer fire=Patient
3	blaze	gerund						vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	throw	past	bade not said here	bade	fire			vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Causer he=Theme into it=Result
5	is	gerund					lazy, wherein property	tree rules
6	turn over	past	foe					vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
7	go	past	foe not said here		sleep			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to sleep=Initial_Location
8	burn	past	the fire				low property	vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
9	call	past	foe				for more wood	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S_INF»: agent=Agent for wood=Recipient
10	rebuild	to-infinitive	foe not said here	fire				vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Result
11	is	past	fire				bitterly, cold property	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 85