Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 9, sentence 72

And when the messenger came To see the Sagamore, Behold, there lay before him, Lazily in the mud, A creature who was more Of monster than of man-- Though truly in human form-- For he was immense in size, In measure like a giant, Fat, bloated, at all points Most brutal to behold; His great, round, yellow eyes Stuck from his head as knots Or knobsticks from a pine.

Who acts: messenger, creature · What happens: come, see, lay, be, bloat, stick · To what, where: Sagamore, mud, size, points, yellow eyes, head

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 (messenger, creature), 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	And	and	CCONJ	_	14 lay	cc
2	when	when	SCONJ	_	5 came	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 messenger	det
4	messenger	messenger	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 came	nsubj
5	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 lay	advcl
6	To	to	PART	_	7 see	mark
7	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 came	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Sagamore	det
9	Sagamore	Sagamore	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 see	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 came	punct
11	Behold	behold	INTJ	_	5 came	discourse
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 came	punct
13	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	14 lay	expl
14	lay	lay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
15	before	before	ADP	_	16 him	case
16	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 lay	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 mud	punct
18	Lazily	lazily	ADV	_	21 mud	advmod
19	in	in	ADP	_	21 mud	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 mud	det
21	mud	mud	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 lay	obl
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 creature	punct
23	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	24 creature	det
24	creature	creature	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 mud	conj
25	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	27 more	nsubj
26	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	27 more	cop
27	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	24 creature	acl:relcl
28	Of	of	ADP	_	29 monster	case
29	monster	monster	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 more	obl
30	than	than	ADP	_	32 man	case
31	of	of	ADP	_	32 man	case
32	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 more	obl
33	--	--	PUNCT	_	38 form	punct
34	Though	though	SCONJ	_	38 form	mark
35	truly	truly	ADV	_	38 form	advmod
36	in	in	ADP	_	38 form	case
37	human	human	ADJ	Degree=Pos	38 form	amod
38	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 lay	obl
39	--	--	PUNCT	_	43 immense	punct
40	For	for	ADP	_	43 immense	case
41	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	43 immense	nsubj
42	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	43 immense	cop
43	immense	immense	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 lay	conj
44	in	in	ADP	_	45 size	case
45	size	size	NOUN	Number=Sing	43 immense	obl
46	,	,	PUNCT	_	48 measure	punct
47	In	in	ADP	_	48 measure	case
48	measure	measure	NOUN	Number=Sing	43 immense	conj
49	like	like	SCONJ	_	53 Fat	mark
50	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	53 Fat	det
51	giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	53 Fat	amod
52	,	,	PUNCT	_	51 giant	punct
53	Fat	fat	ADJ	Degree=Pos	48 measure	acl
54	,	,	PUNCT	_	55 bloated	punct
55	bloated	bloat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	53 Fat	advcl
56	,	,	PUNCT	_	59 points	punct
57	at	at	ADP	_	59 points	case
58	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	59 points	det
59	points	point	NOUN	Number=Plur	55 bloated	obl
60	Most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	61 brutal	amod
61	brutal	brutal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	59 points	amod
62	to	to	ADP	_	63 behold	case
63	behold	behold	INTJ	_	61 brutal	discourse
64	;	;	PUNCT	_	66 great	punct
65	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	66 great	nmod:poss
66	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 lay	conj
67	,	,	PUNCT	_	68 round	punct
68	round	round	ADJ	Degree=Pos	66 great	conj
69	,	,	PUNCT	_	71 eyes	punct
70	yellow	yellow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	71 eyes	amod
71	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	68 round	conj
72	Stuck	stick	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	71 eyes	acl
73	from	from	ADP	_	75 head	case
74	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	75 head	nmod:poss
75	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	72 Stuck	obl
76	as	as	ADP	_	77 knots	case
77	knots	knot	NOUN	Number=Plur	72 Stuck	obl
78	Or	or	CCONJ	_	79 knobsticks	cc
79	knobsticks	knobstick	NOUN	Number=Plur	77 knots	conj
80	from	from	ADP	_	82 pine	case
81	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	82 pine	det
82	pine	pine	NOUN	Number=Sing	72 Stuck	obl
83	.	.	PUNCT	_	14 lay	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	past	the messenger					vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	see	to-infinitive	the messenger not said here	the Sagamore				vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sagamore=Stimulus
3	lay	present			the mud and a creature; there	before messenger	in human form	vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent before he=Destination
4	is	past	a creature				of monster; than man; more property	tree rules
5	is	past	messenger		size		measure conj; immense property	tree rules
6	bloat	participle	messenger not said here		all points			tree rules
7	stick	participle		yellow eyes not said here	messenger's head		as knots or knobsticks; from a pine	vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient

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 72