Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 9, sentence 68

But after a time they saw That the brook was running low, Not only in summer time, But in autumn after the rains; And as the water fell Their spirits, too, sank low; But day by day it grew less, Until its bed was as dry As a dead bone is, which lies In the ashes of a fire.

Who acts: women, brook, water, bed · What happens: see, run, fall, sink, grow, be · To what, where: That, spirits, ashes · 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 (women, brook, water, bed), 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	_	6 saw	cc
2	after	after	ADP	_	4 time	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 time	det
4	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 saw	obl
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 saw	nsubj
6	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	6 saw	obj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 brook	det
9	brook	brook	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 running	nsubj
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 running	aux
11	running	run	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 saw	ccomp
12	low	low	ADV	Degree=Pos	11 running	advmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 time	punct
14	Not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	18 time	advmod
15	only	only	ADV	_	18 time	advmod
16	in	in	ADP	_	18 time	case
17	summer	summer	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 time	compound
18	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 running	obl
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 autumn	punct
20	But	but	CCONJ	_	22 autumn	cc
21	in	in	ADP	_	22 autumn	case
22	autumn	autumn	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 running	obl
23	after	after	ADP	_	25 rains	case
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 rains	det
25	rains	rain	NOUN	Number=Plur	22 autumn	nmod
26	;	;	PUNCT	_	31 fell	punct
27	And	and	CCONJ	_	31 fell	cc
28	as	as	SCONJ	_	31 fell	mark
29	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	30 water	det
30	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 fell	nsubj
31	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 saw	conj
32	Their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	33 spirits	nmod:poss
33	spirits	spirit	NOUN	Number=Plur	31 fell	obj
34	,	,	PUNCT	_	35 too	punct
35	too	too	ADV	_	31 fell	advmod
36	,	,	PUNCT	_	37 sank	punct
37	sank	sink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	31 fell	advcl
38	low	low	ADJ	Degree=Pos	37 sank	xcomp
39	;	;	PUNCT	_	45 grew	punct
40	But	but	CCONJ	_	45 grew	cc
41	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 grew	obl:unmarked
42	by	by	ADP	_	43 day	case
43	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	41 day	nmod
44	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	45 grew	nsubj
45	grew	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 saw	conj
46	less	less	ADV	Degree=Cmp	45 grew	advmod
47	,	,	PUNCT	_	53 dry	punct
48	Until	until	SCONJ	_	53 dry	mark
49	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	50 bed	nmod:poss
50	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 dry	nsubj
51	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	53 dry	cop
52	as	as	ADV	_	53 dry	advmod
53	dry	dry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	45 grew	parataxis
54	As	as	ADP	_	57 bone	case
55	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	57 bone	det
56	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	57 bone	amod
57	bone	bone	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 dry	obl
58	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	53 dry	cop
59	,	,	PUNCT	_	61 lies	punct
60	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	61 lies	nsubj
61	lies	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	53 dry	conj
62	In	in	ADP	_	64 ashes	case
63	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	64 ashes	det
64	ashes	ash	NOUN	Number=Plur	61 lies	obl
65	of	of	ADP	_	67 fire	case
66	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	67 fire	det
67	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	64 ashes	nmod
68	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 saw	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	past	women = woman	That		time		tree rules
2	run	past · progressive	the brook			autumn; time	low property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	fall	past	the water	women's spirits				vn become-109.1-1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient spirit=Result
4	sink	past	the water not said here				low property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
5	grow	past	brook			day	less property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
6	is	past	brook's bed				as a dead bone; dry property	tree rules
7	lie	present			the ashes of a fire		which nsubj	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in ash=Location

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 68