Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 9, sentence 1

Therefore they swore they would drown him, And dragged him down to the shore; He screamed like a mad magician, And fought like a wolverine, Tearing up trees and roots, Rending the rocks like a tempest; Yet at length they overpowered him, And took him in a canoe To the middle of the lake And throwing him in they watched him, Watched him as he was sinking Till he vanished far down below; And thinking him surely dead Returned to their homes rejoicing.

Who acts: they, He, rocks, wolverine · What happens: swear, drown, drag down, scream, fight, tear up · To what, where: him, shore, trees, rocks, wolverine, length · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems», Opening, part 9. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (they, He, rocks, wolverine), 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	Therefore	therefore	ADV	_	3 swore	advmod
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 swore	nsubj
3	swore	swear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 drown	nsubj
5	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 drown	aux
6	drown	drown	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 swore	ccomp
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 drown	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 dragged	punct
9	And	and	CCONJ	_	10 dragged	cc
10	dragged	drag	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 swore	conj
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 dragged	obj
12	down	down	ADP	_	10 dragged	compound:prt
13	to	to	ADP	_	15 shore	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 shore	det
15	shore	shore	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 dragged	obl
16	;	;	PUNCT	_	18 screamed	punct
17	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 screamed	nsubj
18	screamed	scream	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 swore	parataxis
19	like	like	ADP	_	22 magician	case
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	22 magician	det
21	mad	mad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 magician	amod
22	magician	magician	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 screamed	obl
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 fought	punct
24	And	and	CCONJ	_	25 fought	cc
25	fought	fight	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 screamed	conj
26	like	like	ADP	_	28 wolverine	case
27	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	28 wolverine	det
28	wolverine	wolverine	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 fought	obl
29	,	,	PUNCT	_	30 Tearing	punct
30	Tearing	tear	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	25 fought	advcl
31	up	up	ADP	_	30 Tearing	compound:prt
32	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	30 Tearing	obj
33	and	and	CCONJ	_	34 roots	cc
34	roots	root	NOUN	Number=Plur	32 trees	conj
35	,	,	PUNCT	_	36 Rending	punct
36	Rending	rend	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	30 Tearing	conj
37	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	38 rocks	det
38	rocks	rock	NOUN	Number=Plur	36 Rending	obj
39	like	like	ADP	_	41 tempest	case
40	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	41 tempest	det
41	tempest	tempest	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 rocks	nmod
42	;	;	PUNCT	_	47 overpowered	punct
43	Yet	yet	CCONJ	_	47 overpowered	cc
44	at	at	ADP	_	45 length	case
45	length	length	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 overpowered	obl
46	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	47 overpowered	nsubj
47	overpowered	overpower	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 swore	conj
48	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	47 overpowered	obj
49	,	,	PUNCT	_	51 took	punct
50	And	and	CCONJ	_	51 took	cc
51	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 swore	parataxis
52	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	51 took	obj
53	in	in	ADP	_	55 canoe	case
54	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	55 canoe	det
55	canoe	canoe	NOUN	Number=Sing	51 took	obl
56	To	to	ADP	_	58 middle	case
57	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	58 middle	det
58	middle	middle	NOUN	Number=Sing	51 took	obl
59	of	of	ADP	_	61 lake	case
60	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	61 lake	det
61	lake	lake	NOUN	Number=Sing	58 middle	nmod
62	And	and	CCONJ	_	63 throwing	cc
63	throwing	throw	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	51 took	conj
64	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	63 throwing	obj
65	in	in	SCONJ	_	67 watched	mark
66	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	67 watched	nsubj
67	watched	watch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	63 throwing	advcl
68	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	67 watched	obj
69	,	,	PUNCT	_	70 Watched	punct
70	Watched	watch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	51 took	conj
71	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	70 Watched	obj
72	as	as	SCONJ	_	75 sinking	mark
73	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	75 sinking	nsubj
74	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	75 sinking	aux
75	sinking	sink	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	70 Watched	advcl
76	Till	till	SCONJ	_	78 vanished	mark
77	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	78 vanished	nsubj
78	vanished	vanish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	75 sinking	advcl
79	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	80 down	advmod
80	down	down	ADV	_	81 below	advmod
81	below	below	ADV	_	78 vanished	advmod
82	;	;	PUNCT	_	84 thinking	punct
83	And	and	CCONJ	_	84 thinking	cc
84	thinking	think	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 swore	advcl
85	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	84 thinking	obj
86	surely	surely	ADV	_	87 dead	advmod
87	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	84 thinking	xcomp
88	Returned	return	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	84 thinking	ccomp
89	to	to	ADP	_	91 homes	case
90	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	91 homes	nmod:poss
91	homes	home	NOUN	Number=Plur	88 Returned	obl
92	rejoicing	rejoice	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	88 Returned	advcl
93	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 swore	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	swear	past	they			therefore property	vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	drown	would	they	him = he			vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient
3	drag down	past	they not said here	him = he	the shore		vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to shore=Destination
4	scream speech: express	past	He			like a mad magician	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	fight	past	He not said here			like a wolverine	vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
6	tear up	gerund	He not said here	trees and roots			vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location tree=Theme
7	rend	gerund	He not said here	the rocks		like a tempest	vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rock=Patient
8	overpower	past	rocks = rock	wolverine	length		tree rules
9	take	past		wolverine	a canoe	to the middle of the lake	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to middle=Destination
10	throw	gerund		wolverine			vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
11	watch	past	rocks = rock	wolverine			vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
12	watch	past		wolverine			vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
13	sink	past · progressive	wolverine				vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
14	vanish	past	wolverine			below property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
15	think speech: other	gerund	they not said here	wolverine		dead property	vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent he=Attribute clause=Theme
16	return	participle				to rocks's homes result	vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to home=Result
17	rejoice	gerund					vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

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 9, sentence 1