Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 9, sentence 65

Long, long ago, Far, far away in the mountains An Indian village stood, Little known to other men; All lived therein at their ease, The men did well in their hunting The women worked at home, And all went well--save in _one_ thing And that one thing was this: That the town lay by a brook And except in the stream there was not A single drop of water In all the country round Save in the puddles of rain.

Who acts: Indian village, men, women, thing, town · What happens: stand, know, live, do, work, go · To what, where: mountains, ease, hunting, home, this, single drop

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 (Indian village, men, women, thing), 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	Long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 known	advcl
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 ago	punct
3	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	4 ago	advmod
4	ago	ago	ADV	_	1 Long	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 Far	punct
6	Far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	18 Little	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 away	punct
8	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	9 away	advmod
9	away	away	ADV	_	6 Far	advmod
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 mountains	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 mountains	det
12	mountains	mountain	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 away	obl
13	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 village	det
14	Indian	Indian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 village	amod
15	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 stood	nsubj
16	stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 mountains	acl:relcl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 Far	punct
18	Little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 known	amod
19	known	know	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
20	to	to	ADP	_	22 men	case
21	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 men	amod
22	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 known	obl
23	;	;	PUNCT	_	25 lived	punct
24	All	all	DET	PronType=Tot	25 lived	advmod
25	lived	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 known	parataxis
26	therein	therein	ADV	_	25 lived	advmod
27	at	at	ADP	_	29 ease	case
28	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	29 ease	nmod:poss
29	ease	ease	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 lived	obl
30	,	,	PUNCT	_	33 did	punct
31	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	32 men	det
32	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	33 did	nsubj
33	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	25 lived	conj
34	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	33 did	advmod
35	in	in	ADP	_	37 hunting	case
36	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	37 hunting	nmod:poss
37	hunting	hunting	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 did	obl
38	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	39 women	det
39	women	woman	NOUN	Number=Plur	40 worked	nsubj
40	worked	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	37 hunting	acl:relcl
41	at	at	ADP	_	42 home	case
42	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 worked	obl
43	,	,	PUNCT	_	46 went	punct
44	And	and	CCONJ	_	46 went	cc
45	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	46 went	advmod
46	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	25 lived	conj
47	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	46 went	advmod
48	--	--	PUNCT	_	49 save	punct
49	save	save	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	46 went	advcl
50	in	in	ADP	_	52 one	case
51	_	_	PUNCT	_	50 in	punct
52	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	49 save	obl
53	_	_	PUNCT	_	54 thing	punct
54	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	60 this	nsubj
55	And	and	CCONJ	_	58 thing	cc
56	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	58 thing	det
57	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	58 thing	nummod
58	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	54 thing	conj
59	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	60 this	cop
60	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	52 one	nmod
61	:	:	PUNCT	_	65 lay	punct
62	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	64 town	det
63	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	64 town	det
64	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	65 lay	nsubj
65	lay	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 known	parataxis
66	by	by	ADP	_	68 brook	case
67	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	68 brook	det
68	brook	brook	NOUN	Number=Sing	65 lay	obl
69	And	and	CCONJ	_	79 drop	cc
70	except	except	ADP	_	73 stream	case
71	in	in	ADP	_	73 stream	case
72	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	73 stream	det
73	stream	stream	NOUN	Number=Sing	79 drop	obl
74	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	75 was	expl
75	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	79 drop	cop
76	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	79 drop	advmod
77	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	79 drop	det
78	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	79 drop	amod
79	drop	drop	NOUN	Number=Sing	65 lay	conj
80	of	of	ADP	_	81 water	case
81	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	79 drop	nmod
82	In	in	ADP	_	85 country	case
83	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	85 country	det:predet
84	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	85 country	det
85	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	79 drop	nmod
86	round	round	ADV	_	87 Save	advmod
87	Save	Save	PROPN	Number=Sing	85 country	nmod
88	in	in	ADP	_	90 puddles	case
89	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	90 puddles	det
90	puddles	puddle	NOUN	Number=Plur	87 Save	nmod
91	of	of	ADP	_	92 rain	case
92	rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	90 puddles	nmod
93	.	.	PUNCT	_	19 known	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	stand	past	a Indian village	the mountains not said here			vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer mountain=Stimulus
2	know	participle				to other men	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	live	past			men's ease	therein property	vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at ease=Location
4	do	past	the men		men's hunting	well property	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	work	past	the women	men's hunting not said here	home		vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent hunting=Material
6	go	past				well property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
7	save	infinitive				in one	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
8	is a	past	thing and that one thing	this			tree rules
9	lie	past	that town			by a brook	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by brook=Location
10	not is a	past	that town not said here	a single drop	all country Save in the puddles of rain	except the stream; of water	tree rules
11	hunt		men = man				nom hunting «act transitive»: poss=agent

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 65